Instructional Innovation

Explore Teaching Tidbits Workshops Fall 2023

Posted on August 29, 2023

Check out the Teaching Tidbits Workshops! This Fall CATE and our campus partner the Instructional Design and Media Production Studio offer workshops where you can explore many teaching strategies including generative AI in your classroom.

CATE Seminar Series Fall 2023

Posted on August 29, 2023

Check out the CATE Seminar Series, featuring research projects conducted by UIC instructors who are enhancing their teaching with research. Learn about classroom-based research and new teaching strategies and innovations.

Teaching Recognition Program 2022-2023 Award Winners and Call for Applications

Posted on August 29, 2023

The TRP is UIC's self-nominated, faculty-administered teaching award program. These instructors have a documented history of teaching excellence and have shown a long-term commitment to teaching at UIC.

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Conversations for Creating Inclusive and Accessible Practices

Posted on August 28, 2023

A collaboration between UIC United Faculty (UICUF), the Center for Advancement of Teaching Excellence (CATE), the Disability Resource Center (DRC), and the Disability Cultural Center (DCC)

Register for CIRTL@UIC Fall Offerings

Posted on August 28, 2023

Programming and events for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to develop teaching skills and prepare for the job market

Thanks for joining us at the CATE Open House!

Posted on August 24, 2023

It was great to see so many new and familiar faces join us during the CATE Open House event on August 16. We are excited to continue growing and building a community for teaching and learning at UIC and welcome you back to another great semester!

Register for the Inclusive Education Scholars Certificate Program

Crystal Tse | Posted on August 08, 2023

Inclusive Education Scholars Certificate Program is an exciting new professional learning program on inclusive teaching co-developed by CATE and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Engagement and funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Congratulations to First Cohort of Inclusive Education Scholars!

Posted on May 01, 2023

Learn more about the inaugural cohort of Inclusive Education Scholars who have demonstrated a commitment to student success and equity, diversity, and inclusion at UIC.

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Call to Action: UIC Instructors' Teaching Needs

Posted on May 01, 2023

Take a 2-minute survey on what you would like to see next to advance your teaching. You can also learn more about CATE's needs assessment results and how we are using that data to inform our resources and programming.

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Legislative Suppression of Critical Race Theory in Higher Education

Teri McMurtry-Chubb, CATE Affiliate in Inclusive Pedagogy | Posted on April 03, 2023

Critical Race Theory has become a legislative scapegoat for the discussion of what versions of America we will teach and what versions we will resist. As educators, we must stay informed and assure students of an inclusive educational experience.

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Designing & Teaching an Online Course

Nicole Messier, Senior Instructional Designer at CATE | Posted on April 03, 2023

The CATE team has developed an online asynchronous course, Designing & Teaching an Online Course, to share best practices, resources, templates, and technologies to create a quality online course.

ChatGPT: Perspectives and Strategies for Prohibiting, Reducing, or Embracing it in Your Curriculum

Erin Stapleton-Corcoran, CATE instructional designer | Posted on February 28, 2023

Educators are divided on whether they want to prohibit, reduce, or embrace AI generative tool usage in their classrooms. CATE offers some guidelines and tips to approach ChatGPT usage in your current classroom.

Beyond workshops

Posted on February 27, 2023

Want to expand your digital teaching toolkit while building your Blackboard skills? Register now for the Blackboard Digital Teaching and Learning Series

Action Research Scholars: Project Spotlight

Posted on January 30, 2023

Meet the scholars from the very first cohort of the Janet Riddle Action Research Scholars program: Martina Bode and Shavila Devi, and learn more about their project.

Teaching Recognition Program: 2022-2023 Award Winners

Posted on January 30, 2023

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022-2023 Teaching Recognition Program Award!

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Join the Inclusive Education Scholars Certificate Program

Posted on January 09, 2023

Register for CIRTL Network Spring 2023 Programming

Posted on January 09, 2023

Programming and events for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to develop teaching skills and prepare for the academic job market.

Instructional Design Consultations

Posted on January 05, 2023

As an instructor, how do you know if what you’re doing in the classroom is working?

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Explore CATE's Teaching Guides for Instructors

Posted on October 28, 2022

CATE is excited to introduce two new Inclusive Teaching Guides for instructors: Pronoun Usage, and Navigating Social Identity in the classroom!

Podcast: Teaching for Student Success

Posted on October 28, 2022

Dr. Tessa Andrews (University of Georgia) discusses how expert instructors think about, prepare and implement active learning in their generative classrooms versus how novices think about, prepare and implement active learning.

CATE's Charge: To support all those with teaching responsibilities at UIC in adopting evidence-based, inclusive, and innovative teaching practices to ensure the success of a diverse student body from the undergraduate to graduate and professional student level.

Reflecting on CATE's Priorities and Impact on Instruction

Posted on October 03, 2022

Learn more about CATE's priorities and the work we have done to support instructors in the past year. CATE endeavors to use a data-driven approach to inform the work that we do, and we strive to foster and model a culture of assessment at the center

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Teaching Recognition Program Award Recipients from 2021-2022

Posted on October 03, 2022

Get inspired by recipients of the 2021-2022 Teaching Recognition Program Award! Watch video spotlights of the award winners to learn about their teaching philosophies and how they engage with their students at UIC.

Upcoming Teaching Statement Workshops Offered by CIRTL@UIC

Posted on October 03, 2022

Attend a free online workshop this fall designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars develop a teaching statement for the academic job market.

Meet the 2022-2023 Action Research Scholars

Posted on September 08, 2022

Congratulations to our first cohort of UIC instructors who have been accepted into CATE's Action Research Scholars program: Yeow Siow, Lieke van Heumen, Charitianne Williams, Trischa Duke, Claudia Fernández, and Sajna Razi!

Call for Applications: Teaching Recognition Program Award

Posted on September 08, 2022

The first deadline is today for the 2022-2023 Teaching Recognition Program (TRP) Award, which recognizes instructors who show a long-term commitment to teaching excellence at UIC.