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CELT and College of Medicine Launch ASPIRE Program

Trey Conatser
 Sep 10, 2024
Community & Belonging

Today, CELT and the College of Medicine's Office of Community Advancement held the first meeting of ASPIRE: Adopting Supportive Practices for Interconnectedness in Research Environments. This inaugural cohort of principal investigators began a semester-long program focused on fostering effective teamwork and community in the research environment.

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Pedagogy of Play: Design Lab

Oct 1, 2024, 1:00 – 2:15 PM
Community & Belonging, Curiosity

This in-person design lab builds on the “Exploring the Pedagogy of Play” workshop. Bring your ideas for incorporating play and work collaboratively with other faculty members to build out and explore playful pedagogy in your courses. Engage in hands-on activities and brainstorming sessions to transform your concepts into actionable strategies for enhancing student learning through play.

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CELT Launches Digital Badging Program

Trey Conatser
 Mar 11, 2024
Community & Belonging, Universal Design for Learning

We are excited to announce the formal launch of our digital badging program at CELT, with our inaugural badge on inclusive teaching. CELT badges are designed to recognize sustained inquiry and development on important topics in teaching and learning, and to support the professional advancement of faculty, graduate students, and instructional staff at UK.

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Setting Boundaries and Clear Expectations to Support Learning

Jan 24, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Community & Belonging, Self-Regulation, Student Engagement

Maintaining effective boundaries supports instructors’ wellbeing and ability to teach, and ultimately facilitates their ability to support meaningful student learning. This virtual session will focus on how instructors can develop, communicate, and follow through with boundaries as they relate to teaching practices.

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Co-Creating Learning Opportunities in Your Classroom

Jan 31, 2024, 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Community & Belonging, Student Engagement

This virtual session will introduce possibilities for instructor-student collaboration at varying levels of course design. Participants will learn about the benefits of co-creating learning for both students and instructors, and explore ways they can work with students to enhance their current assignments and courses.

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CELT Team Presents Findings on Teaching Traumatic Histories at H-Net Conference

Cassandra Jane Werking
 Aug 31, 2023
Community & Belonging, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

As part of CELT’s work to support effective teaching at UK and beyond, a team of CELT staff presented at H-Net’s 2023 Teaching Conference on Tuesday, August 22. The conference theme “Critical Conversations: Teaching and Creating Community in Difficult Times,” prioritized transdisciplinary and multi-level conversations around current challenges facing teaching and learning. CELT team members Dr.

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Strategies for Facilitating Effective Discussions

Feb 8, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Community & Belonging, Student Engagement

Leading an effective class discussion depends on many variables and requires introspection, attention to the tendencies of students, and extensive preparation. There is no set formula for running a perfect discussion but there are helpful steps instructors can take when planning those discussions. Join us for this in-person session where we will explore some of these strategies and troubleshoot challenges that can arise during discussion-based activities.

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