Curriculum, Assessment & Teaching Transformation Blog

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is the systematic inquiry into student learning and teaching practices in higher education. Participating in inquiry, particularly adjacent to or outside of one’s home discipline, affords an opportunity for scholarly growth. It also provides a reflective metacognitive exercise as faculty seek to identify and continually refine efficacious pedagogy.

Teaching large classes can be a challenge for some instructors, with challenges including lack of flexibility, class climate management, difficulty of setting and enforcing classroom behavior, minimum attention to students, limited monitoring of students’ learning and difficulty in engaging students to activities (Fortes, & Tchantchane, 2010). This project explored techniques and teaching methodologies that experienced instructors may have, which can ultimately be shared with their peers to address these challenges.

The mention of Artificial Intelligence programs like ChatGPT – or Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer – will cause readers to recoil with emotions including but not limited to anxiety and anger. For faculty and support staff considering how best to move forward in a world where ChatGPT is a reality, I recommend familiarizing yourselves with the Academic Integrity policy here at the University at Buffalo.

The purpose of this study is to explore variables contributing to differences in student assessments of overall instructor quality from 2017-2019. Using data from 362,238 course evaluations, across four semesters (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019), this study asks, “What instructor, student, and course variables predict overall evaluation of instructors?”

The end of the semester doesn’t have to be exhausting. Taking time for yourself during fall recess to recharge. Reflection is crucial step to this process. I encourage you to challenge your students to do the same.

Effective exam proctoring is a critical component in the overall process of protecting exam integrity and accurate assessment of student learning in the classroom. Nevertheless, a recent court case involving Cleveland State University (CSU) has highlighted the fundamental contention between rigorous proctoring and student privacy.

Now that we've begun a new academic year, we thought that it would be fitting to look back on CATT's impact throughout the previous academic year. As we gain stride with our work this fall, we are standing on the shoulders of the great work done by each of CATT's respective teams.

UBIT recently released the results of their 2021 Student Experience Survey. Unsurprisingly, students across the University at Buffalo rely upon technology in most facets of their lives, from using GroupMe and Discord to communicate with classmates, the new Level Up studio to play and develop games, and even using smart lightbulbs in their homes.

UB recently lost a wonderful member of our longstanding community and, as two people whose lives were greatly impacted by J. Ronald Gentile (Ron), we wanted to take a moment to reflect on this extraordinary mentor.

An interview with Jeanne Myers and Steven Sturman. The FACT2 Excellence in Administrative Leadership Award is a system-level honor conferred to acknowledge and recognize consistently noteworthy achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence.