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Write@UNG Series 2016-2017
The Write@UNG workshop series has wrapped up its first year of workshops 2016-2017. This faculty development program stretches across five campuses and enriches scholarly productivity through a focus on research…
Research-Based Teaching Series 2016-2017
The Research-Based Teaching Series (RBTS) had its final workshop for the 2016-2017 academic year. Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership (CTLL), RBTS…
USG Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Fellows 2017-2018 Program
The second cohort of the University System of Georgia (USG) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellows had their orientation at the USG Teaching and Learning Conference in Athens, Georgia,…
UNG at the 2017 USG Teaching and Learning Conference
On April 5-7, 2017, the University System of Georgia (USG) hosted the USG Teaching and Learning Conference at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education in Athens, Georgia. Faculty, staff, and…
Lesson Plan Template for Scaffolding Student Learning
As an educator at the University of North Georgia (UNG), I spend my time with preservice teachers, preparing them for K-12 classrooms. The information that I share with my preservice teachers can…
Priorities and Pedagogies: Reflections on Writing Instruction
Teaching composition is often compared to drudgery because the grading load can be intense and because writing pedagogy seems stuck in a rut. In the minds of many instructors, the…
Enabling ALL Students via Analytics
Eric Westervelt, an educational correspondent for NPR, wrote a very interesting article in the Learning & Tech section entitled “The Higher Ed learning Revolution: Tracking Each Student’s Every Move.” In the…
2016-2017 Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program
Two faculty from the University of North Georgia (UNG) participated in the selective 2016-2017 cohort of the Governor's Teaching Fellows (GTF) Program, a statewide initiative advancing instructional excellence in Georgia's…
The Return on Investment (ROI) of Diversity and Inclusion
The ROI of Diversity and Inclusion When presenting workshops on diversity and inclusion, I often ask students and faculty to reflect on the question “What’s in it for me?” This…
Finding the Classroom: Conceptualizing Reality in Higher Education
“Publics are asked to accommodate to an objectified ‘reality,’ marked off and demarcated in cost-benefit terms. It is reified, and ‘given’; we are all being required to sublimate our private…