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Navigating Changes in Winter Teaching
The University of Oregon has updated winter 2022 instructional policies in response to COVID conditions. Instructors may move courses with 20 percent or more Covid-related student absences to synchronous online instruction for a limited period of time in consultation with their unit heads and…
Core Education Syllabus Statements
The value of core education is often not obvious to students. Faculty are critical for making the goals and value of core education transparent for students. You can help students embrace the value of exploration, intellectual growth, and practicing broadly applicable skills that underpin core…
Resources for Continuous Improvement
Take the next step in refining your teaching practice with these resources
External Vendor Digital Tools in Teaching
To enhance teaching and learning at the University of Oregon (UO), instructors may consider using a variety of digital tools, including tools that UO has already integrated into Canvas as well as new tools that UO has not yet reviewed and integrated. Instructors interested in utilizing…
Instructor Reflections
The Instructor Reflection is a centrally administered survey, intended to assist faculty in documenting and archiving your ideas for continual course improvement as well as provide a mechanism to place your own voice into the Teaching Evaluation process at the course level.…
Teaching at the UO FAQ
This FAQ features questions about supporting students, student conduct, accessibility, and other issues that arise related to teaching. Who Are Our Students? To What Support Can I Direct Students? How Should I Design for Accessibility? What Capabilities Does my Classroom Have, and What Online…
2018 TEP Statement on Student Evaluations of Teaching
UO student evaluations of teaching (SET) recently--and substantively--changed. These changes are described in detail in the Teaching Evaluation pages. Part of the rationale which spurred the Office of the Provost and the University Senate to support these changes is preserved below. This…
Student Feedback
UPDATE! The end-of-term is approaching quickly and students will soon be filling out their experience surveys. These surveys offer valuable insight and will be used in your annual program assessment. We encourage you to allow class time in week 10 for students to submit their surveys…
Teaching Portfolios
A teaching portfolio is a brief and comprehensive factual description of teaching activities and accomplishments that highlights what is unique or effective about an individual's approach to teaching. Currently, teaching portfolios are being used at colleges and universities across the nation for…
Self Presentation
An instructor's self-presentation is a crucial part of the Continuous Improvement and Evaluation of Teaching system, especially how instructors are engaging to develop and refine their professional, inclusive, engaged, and research-informed teaching practices. Self-presentation materials…