Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL)

The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning is dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and assessing teaching effectiveness and student learning. We assist faculty, academic units, and teaching assistants in improving instruction. In addition to the events listed below, we are always available for individual consultations or special activities within a department or college. Most of the workshops count toward CITL certificate program continuing education credit. Please check back often to see what events have been added. Want reminders of what teaching sessions are coming up soon? Join our CITL listserv by sending an e-mail message (must be from your University of Illinois address) to listserv@illinois.edu, and in the body of the message write only the following:  subscribe CITL

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    • 10:00 - 11:00 am
      6/9/2020

    Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10am to 11am on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about emerging technologies, other educational tech on campus, how you can access our spaces, and anything else of interest!

    • 10:00 - 11:00 am
      6/16/2020

    Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10am to 11am on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about emerging technologies, other educational tech on campus, how you can access our spaces, and anything else of interest!

    • 10:00 - 11:00 am
      6/23/2020

    Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10am to 11am on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about emerging technologies, other educational tech on campus, how you can access our spaces, and anything else of interest!

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
      6/23/2020

    Backward design is an approach to teaching that begins with the desired results and then develops the curriculum around those desired results. Join us to learn why backward design is the right approach for your course.

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
      6/25/2020

    Learning objectives are brief statements about what students should be able to do as a result of your course.  By the end of this workshop, you will be able to write learning objectives in a useful form, use Bloom’s Taxonomy to make sure your objectives are at the appropriate level, and evaluate your learning objectives.

    • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
      6/29/2020

    We are excited at the opportunity to work with our visitors in our spaces again. In anticipation we have developed a set of protocols to make sure that everyone can use the spaces and technologies safely. This event will include a presentation on the new protocols along with a discussion on keeping spaces safe and best practices.

    • 10:00 - 11:00 am
      6/30/2020

    Join us for virtual office hours every Tuesday from 10am to 11am on Zoom. Jamie and Megan will be there to answer your questions about emerging technologies, other educational tech on campus, how you can access our spaces, and anything else of interest!

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
      6/30/2020

    Once you've figured out what you want students to learn in your course, you need to consider how you'll tell if students are meeting these goals. This can get more complicated in online courses. In this session, we'll explore the kinds of assessments you can use, what purposes they serve, and what kinds of things can be assessed online.

For more teaching information, visit our main CITL web site.  To join our CITL listserv, send an e-mail message (must be from your University of Illinois address) to listserv@illinois.edu, and in the body of the message write only the following: subscribe CITL