Every month TLC will post the newest and noteworthy materials on the Teaching & Learning Hub. Here is October’s list.

Announcement

• Congratulations Megan Hamilton Giebert! – Megan has accepted the offer of promotion to be TLC’s New Associate Director of Learning Design Solutions.

Teaching Strategies & Pedagogies

• Class Observations – We are proud to offer class observations, a no-strings-attached opportunity to receive friendly feedback from an instructional designer about your teaching techniques and classroom learning environment. Contact us at teach@wit.edu to request one! Please include information about class session dates and times, so we can identify a partner with a compatible schedule.
• Inclusive Syllabi and Rubrics – Have you heard about the inclusive syllabus templates and rubric, available on our Equity in Learning page? These resources were designed by Wentworth’s Equity in Learning group to promote belonging, inclusion, and equity in the classroom. Please complete this brief survey to share any suggestions you have for improving these templates – your perspective and experience is helpful!
• CoLab Podcast: Universal Design for Learning – Wentworth instructional designers Josh Luckens, Megan Hamilton Giebert, and Lucy Wolski discuss strategies to implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in college classrooms. UDL is a framework that seeks to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn best.
• Guilt-Free Book Club – Reimagine Representation. The Guilt-Free Book Club invites you to register for the Friday, October 14th topic: Reimagine Representation. Come read with us from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm on Zoom! (Or don’t; we’re guilt-free.) Register for October 14th.

Other Updates

• TLC Zoom Drop-In Hours – Our virtual office hours are every Wednesday from 2 pm – 4 pm.