ACE (Achievement Centered Education)
This new General Education Program is built on student learning outcomes that answer the fundamental question, What should all undergraduate students — irrespective of their majors and career aspirations — know or be able to do upon graduation?
Contact: Nancy Mitchell
Blackboard Users Listserv
E-mail support for those using Blackboard to enhance teaching and learning. Join the Blackboard users' email listserv by sending an email to listserv@unl.edu with the phrase subscribe bb-user
in the body of the email.
Contact: Paul Erickson
Calendar
An online calendar featuring events which support teaching and instructional development.
Contact: teaching@unl.edu
CASNR Teaching & Learning Improvement Council
Organize Winter Interim Teaching Workshop each January. Host teaching-related seminars and pre-tenure workshops.
Contact: John Markwell
Digital Library Resources for Teaching
Assist instructors in using digital library resources effectively, particularly through Blackboard.
Contact: Robert Bolin & Scott Childers
Digital Learning Lab
Assist faculty and students in creating, locating and using multimedia.
Contact: Richie Graham & Scott Childers
Distributed Environment for Active Learning Lab or DEAL Lab
Partner with faculty and staff at UNL to develop new and exciting active learning environments.
Contact: Robert Losee
E-Reserves at UNL Libraries
Enable faculty to make course materials available online 24/7.
Contact: Chanty Stovall
EDU Assessment System
Interactive, flexible, 24/7, web-based assessment via a system that delivers homework, quizzes, and tests online.
Contact: EDUsupport2@unl.edu | A listserv is also available
Extended Education and Outreach
Assist faculty in planning, designing, and delivering distance courses.
Contact: Marie Barber & Karen Bell-Dancy
Institute for International Teaching Assistants
Prepare international graduate students to teach American undergraduates.
Contact: Laurie Bellows
Instructional Support Services for Graduate Teaching Assistants
Help graduate teaching assistants develop as teachers and scholars.
Contact: Laurie Bellows
Instructional Technology Advisory Committee
Study, advise, and promote issues related to teaching and learning and learning with technology.
Contact: Ron Roeber
Instructional Technology Group
Develop, promote and support the use of technology for teaching and learning.
Contact: Bruce Sandhorst
SWAP Meets (Sharing Wisdom And Power in Technology) - Join the ITG instructors on the last Wednesday of every month from noon to 1:30 p.m. for the SWAP Meets. This brown-bag event is at the Nebraska Union at 14th & R Streets.
New Media Center
Provide faculty and staff development and consultation regarding rich media and new technology integration into their course work..
Contact: Todd Jensen
Online Pedagogy Community of Practice
Support for faculty who are teaching online.
Contact: Charles Ansorge, Marie Barber & Paul Erickson
PEARL
PEARL is an online software program that provides structure, resources, and guidance to help programs collect, analyze, and use data on student learning outcomes. It is housed through the Office of Undergraduate Studies.
Contact: Jessica Jonson
Peer Review of Teaching Project
Support faculty in the development of a community of scholars who write about the intellectual work involved in teaching.
Contact: Paul Savory & Amy Goodburn
Preparing Future Faculty Program
Provide doctoral students with opportunities to observe and experience faculty responsibilities at a variety of academic institutions.
Contact: Laurie Bellows, Helen Moore, & Amy Burnett
Services for Students with Disabilities
Serve as a resource for faculty and staff who work with students with disabilities.
Contact: Veva Cheney
Student Technology Training
Free software training for students - office software, web design, graphics, statistics, My.UNL, and more.
Contact: Andrew Frye
Teaching Council
Encourage and support efforts to improve instruction and learning at all levels at UNL.
Contact: Dave Wilson
Technology Skills Development & Resources
Workshops, Tutorials, documentation, consulting, and help with instructional technology.
Contact: Ranelle Maltas
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Corps
Provide peer mentors to faculty teaching large first-year courses.
Contact:
Visual Literacy Community of Practice
Support for faculty teaching in the Visual Literacy Program (a Program of Excellence).
Contact: Dana Fritz