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Welcome to the CTE Website

We hope that you will find many useful resources both on this website and in the center. We are located on the second floor of the Johnson Center (Room 241) and invite you to stop by anytime.

The CTE offers a range of support and learning opportunities for instructors across Mason's campuses.This site is designed to provide information specific to teaching at Mason as well as numerous resources created to sustain and enhance your teaching and learning practices, whether you are just getting started or have years of experience. We invite you to explore all of the resources here in order to learn about available programs and support. If you don't find what you are looking for, please contact us. We look forward to working with you.

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The Center for Teaching Excellence Team

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The CTE Spring 2012 Newsletter is here!

Mason Recognizes Faculty for Teaching Excellence:
Congratulations to all of the great educators honored at the April 9th Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony. Read about our Award Winning Faculty in the Mason News here.

The 2012 Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference will be held on Friday, September 21st, from 9:00-6:00 in the Johnson Center.
This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Stephen Brookfield, author of Teaching for Critical Thinking (2011) and many other books on teaching and learning.
Please see the Call for Proposals for information regarding proposal submissions and the conference theme. Proposals are due on Friday, April 6th.

Tomorrow's Professor Blog: A partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University to create a forum for comments and discussion about articles from the Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List and about general issues concerning higher education.

Teaching Professor Blog: The Teaching Professor Blog features weekly posts from Dr. Maryellen Weimer, professor emeritus at Penn State Berks and one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching, regarding topics as: the scholarship of teaching and learning, classroom policies, active learning, assessment, generational differences, and student performance.

The Wired Campus Blog: From the Chronicle of Higher Education

ProfHacker: delivers tips, tutorials, and commentary on pedagogy, productivity, and technology in higher education.

NspirD2, Kaneb Center, University of Notre Dame: Explore new ways to integrate technology into teaching & learning

Vanderbilt Center for Teaching Blog

Award Winning Faculty The Center for Teaching Excellence is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Teaching Excellence Awards:
Yoosun Chung, Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities (Teaching with Technology); Paul Cooper, Chemistry & Biochemistry; Margaret Daniels, School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism; Lisa Lister, English (General Education Award); Tamara Maddox, Computer Science; Julie Owen, New Century College; and Danielle Rudes, Criminology, Law & Society. Additionally, Robert Sachs (Mathematical Sciences) is the winner of the 2012 David J. King Award.
Our annual Teaching Excellence Awards celebration will be held on Monday, April 9th, from 3:30-5:00 in the Concert Hall Lobby of the Center for the Arts. Congratulations to all!

Got Questions About Teaching?
“How do I improve my lecturing style?” “How do I construct effective exams?" “What do I do if I catch a student cheating or plagiarizing?” These are some of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) posed by Faculty and GTAs. We have put together a comprehensive list of these FAQs with some responses and resources. Please contact us with any of your questions that are not addressed in our list