Mar 02

2016-17 Faculty Fellowships for Teaching & Learning NOW AVAILABLE!

Faculty Fellow Benefits: $4,000 Stipend for Academic Year, 1 Reassigned Time each long semester (fall and spring), additional $500 for a Conference Presentation of the Faculty Fellow project

  Click here to learn more about Faculty Fellowships for Teaching and Learning. Deadline to apply is Friday, March 25, 2016.     CFEI Faculty Development Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation l Academic Affairs CFEI.FacultyDev@tamuc.edu P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, TX 75429-3011 Tel. 903.886.5511 l Fax 903.886.5991 l www.tamuc.edu/cfei Texas A&M University-Commerce

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Mar 02

Edu-Tech Cafe, Spring 2016

The Center for Faculty Excellence and Innovation invites faculty to join us for Edu-tech Café, an open session highlighting some of the innovative methods faculty are using to engage students.  Our featured guests will be Dr. Stuart Anderson and Dr. Pamela Webster of the Math Department.  We will be discussing some of the tech tools …

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Feb 24

Faculty Focus: Wheelchair Ramps and Extra Time for Learning

Extra Time

By Maryellen Weimer, PhD “A wheelchair ramp is an alternate mode of access for the physically disabled so that they may access the same benefits as others. Similarly, being allowed extra time gives the learning-disabled extra time to process what they know. My reading speed will always be slow. But having extra time gives me …

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Feb 22

Open Educational Resources page

  We’ve put together a very small list of various open educational resources which you can find on our CFEI website Open Educational Resources, also known as OER) typically refers to instructional tools that are free for faculty to use and widely available online.  This is different from a tool for which that an institution …

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Feb 17

NEW FacultyFlix at the CFEI!

Faculty Flix Location: CFEI Faculty Fellows & Scholars Lab (Gee Library, Ste. 173) Description: Faculty will view their choice of on-demand professional development multimedia. Choices include Magna 20 Minute Mentors, Academic Impressions,a nd Lynda databases with hundreds of resources to help you. Get the most out of your time!

  To learn more about FacultyFlix and other opportunities, visit http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/facultyDevelopment/facultylab.aspx.   The Magna 20 Minute Mentor Commons subscription is available (free) to all faculty. Please see the attached flyer for instructions on creating an account and accessing the multimedia resources.   The Academic Impressions membership is available (free) to all faculty. Please see the …

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