Teaching and Learning

Summer Faculty Institute 2016

Registration is open for the 2016 Summer Faculty Institute, May 31-June 2. In addition to the popular UD faculty showcase sessions, other workshops and presentations will relate to this year's themes: computational reasoning, information literacy, and maker thinking. Participants from UD will have their registration fee waived; educators from other institutions will be charged a $75 registration fee.

Visit the Summer Faculty Institute website to register and learn more about this event.

2016 Transformation Grants

Seventeen applications have been received for the 2016 Transformation Grants. Awards for the 2016 Transformation Grants will be announced in June. The applications came from faculty in all seven colleges who seek to improve teaching through innovative uses of technology. Several of 2015's recipients will showcase their successful use of the grant at the 2016 Summer Faculty Institute.

The grant program, in its fifth year, is co-sponsored by Information Technologies, the Center for Teaching & Assessment of Learning (CTAL), and the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education (ITUE).

Classroom upgrades

The IT University Media Services (IT-UMS) Classroom Technology group is currently reviewing bids for the upgrade and expansion of A/V systems in six classrooms primarily used by the Lerner College of Business and Economics. After the upgrades, these classrooms will be able to incorporate additional large LED screens to enhance teaching and learning. These upgrades are scheduled for completion this summer.

UD Capture

University faculty have increasingly relied on UD Capture, UD's lecture capture system, to enhance student learning since its 2009 implementation. This semester, there are nearly 350 courses being recorded, producing almost 650 recordings a week, resulting in over 8,600 recordings.

Due to the increased workload, UD Capture will be undergoing a major upgrade this summer. New capture hardware will be installed in most central classrooms, and in certain rooms the quality of recorded audio will be improved. The upgrades will enable larger image capture, a wider range of supported screen resolutions, and better playback experience for students. The goal is to have all centrally scheduled classrooms equipped for the start of the fall semester.

Register a course for UD Capture.