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Teaching Evaluation
Teaching is evaluated at the University of Oregon for a variety of reasons, including for promotion and tenure, contract renewal, and assignment of merit raises. Because these applications are so important to faculty members and the university, evaluation instruments and processes must be as…
Teaching Awards and Special Opportunities
In support and celebration of teaching excellence, the University of Oregon offers a number of awards and other opportunities for faculty and graduate employee teaching practices. We encourage you to explore these awards and opportunities to find ones that may intersect with your teaching goals and…
UO Winter Teaching FAQs
This page distills policy, resources, and guidance related to teaching in Winter 2021. We will continue to build it as new questions emerge. If you have a question not found here, please send it to us at tep@uoregon.edu. Keep asking! This is how we all learn to teach well during this unprecedented…
Recent UO Survey on Academic Obstacles for Remote Learning
In June 2020, the University of Oregon administered a SERU Survey focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on the student experience. Of surveyed undergraduates, we received 3,859 responses (22.8%). The survey highlights the differential impact of COVID-19 on students’…
Coordinating Teaching Teams
Faculty and graduate student teachers who collaborate across lecture and linked discussion sections and labs face distinct challenges–and also enjoy special opportunities to collaborate and deepen student learning. This page offers a step-by-step process and questions to support setting…
Learning Objectives and Backward Design
The gold standard for course design is to begin the process by articulating goals for student learning (learning objectives) and then align the activities, tone, and assignments of the class with them. Educational developers call this process of articulation and alignment “backward design” (Wiggins…