PROMOTING INCLUSIVE, INNOVATIVE, RESEARCH-INFORMED & EFFECTIVE TEACHING

Center for Transformative Teaching

Black-eyed Susan flowers on UNL City Campus. August 3, 2017. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

Promoting inclusive, innovative, research-informed, & effective teaching

Center for Transformative Teaching

Exterior view of Louise Pound Hall on a snow day. Snow on city campus. January 9, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Watch Presentation & Access Resources

Cavanagh spoke to the University of Nebraska regarding the role instructors play in addressing mental health challenges faced by our students. She proposes an educational approach focused on holding students accountable for rising to authentic challenges during their educational process and doing so compassionately, with their development as a key motivator.
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Spring 2024 Learning Communities

The Skillful Teacher, Gamification in Higher Education, and Mind Over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Heath with Compassionate Challenge, will be the three books centered in this spring's learning communities. First meetings begin in February.

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Institutional Access to The Teaching Professor

The Teaching Professor provides helpful applied advice for teaching in higher education and is available to all UNL instructors through the CTT. Learn how to activate your account.

Key Resources

Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning

Creating accessible digital content allows everyone, including students with disabilities, to participate in the learning experience more fully.

Flexibility: What to consider in attendance policies

There are many types of attendance policies - use this guide to learn more about options and understand policies may impact students.

Teaching and Generative Artificial Intelligence like ChatGPT

This resource helps instructors think through how AI may (or may not) be used in their courses.

Flexibility: What to consider in late work policies

Late work policies depend on factors such as the discipline, course level, enrollment size, and instructor educational philosophy.

Timely Tools for Student Success

Key ways to support student success at points of time during the term.

Inclusive Course Checklist

This guide helps instructors make their courses more inclusive so they can better support the learning needs of all students.