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OIA Mini-Course | Intentional Learning Relationships

Sept. 20, 2021

This two-week, fully online mini-course introduces strategies for intentionally building and strengthening instructor-student relationships | September 20 - October 1, 2021

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OIA Mini-Course

CIRTL Postdoc Pathway Program

Wednesday

CIRTL postdoc fellows will learn the basic theory and skills necessary to be an effective teacher by learning about teaching and working with our team to find a suitable teaching mentor and plan a successful partnership.

Apply by September 15

NEW Central Classroom Support

Sept. 3, 2021

To help streamline classroom service requests, there is a new phone number to call for all your centrally scheduled classroom service needs: 520-621-3852. Reasons to call this number can include missing furniture, shortage of masks, broken projector, problematic HVAC,  computer issues, etc. Your call will be triaged and sent to the appropriate area for resolution.

Classroom Support
CLS SO 204

New General Education Program Soft Launch Spring 2022

Aug. 30, 2021

The new Gen Ed program emphasizes interdisciplinary thinking, perspective-taking, and reflection.

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Graduating Students

OIA Office Hours

Aug. 16, 2021

Attention Fall 2021 Instructors!  Do you have questions as you prepare for the fall semester? The Office of Instruction and Assessment can help August 16-19 during OIA Office Hours.  

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OIA Office Hours

Syllabus Language for Fall 2021 Classes

July 19, 2021

The Pandemic Academic Coordination workgroup and an advisory group of faculty members have finalized recommended language for inclusion in your Fall 2021 syllabi. The language can be downloaded here. This guidance is intended to augment the Attendance Policies and Practices provided by the Dean of Students Office. The course syllabus policies and templates are available for undergraduate courses and graduate courses.

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Syllabus

Amendment to Credit for Prior Learning Policy

June 25, 2021

In Spring 2021 the Graduate Council, the Graduate College Academic Administrators Council, and Faculty Senate approved a proposal to update the Credit for Prior Learning policy. The updated policy can be found online.

Updated Policy
Admin Building Drawing

Building Communities in Online Courses

June 1, 2021

Participants in this 1-week, asynchronous, fully online mini-course will explore and discover the impact that instructor presence, collaboration, personalized learning and social networking can have on the development of community, connectedness, and learning in online courses.

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Summer Mini Courses

May 25, 2021

Spend about an hour a day on online mini-courses this summer.   Develop skills for teaching online, collaborative learning, building communities, and fine-tuning your class.  Register through EDGE Learning. 

OIA's mini-course schedule

New Director for Transfer Credit & Articulation

May 17, 2021

Effective Monday, May 17th, Dr. Shelley McGrath will join the Transfer Credit & Articulation team as the Director.  Dr. McGrath comes to TCA with over 19 years of experience in higher education including program/project management, assessment, institutional analysis, instruction, consulting, policy reform, communications, operations management, and student advisement. Congratulations Shelley!

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Shelley McGrath, Ph.D.