Initiatives & Programs
The Center for Transformative Teaching partners with many campus units to provide a variety of programming and to support key initiatives.
Peer Review of Teaching
The Peer Review of Teaching Project provides a model for documenting & assessing your teaching and your students' learning.
STAR
Successful Teaching and Affordable Resources (STAR) is a new campus initiative to drive down the cost of student education.
OER Kelly Grants
The OER Kelly grants are a $50,000 initiative to spur innovation that will lead to reduced course costs for students.
Foundational Course (Re)Design Cohort
Instructors of 100 and 200-level courses are invited to apply for a course (re)design cohort opportunity that aims to prepare students for excellence.
Designing & Embedding Sustainability within Curriculum
Instructors develop a new course module explicitly integrating sustainability and resilience concepts into curricular experiences using student-centered pedagogy.
Writing Fellows
Writing Center consultants who collaborate with faculty across disciplines to help students become stronger, more confident writers and thinkers.
ARISE
Programs offered through ARISE aim to enrich the way STEM courses are taught at UNL and to facilitate departmental change.
Effective use of UGLAs
This ARISE program helps faculty members to use undergraduate learning assistants to improve learning and teaching experiences.
Learning by Design
Participants in this ARISE program learn about fundamental course design principles and apply them to a design or redesign project.
SIOT
The five-week Summer Institute for Online Teaching guides novice instructors through the steps of course planning and development.
CIRTL
CIRTL@Nebraska offers graduate students and postdocs an opportunity to earn certifications in university teaching.
Teaching Development Program
TDP provides TAs an opportunity to be observed in the classroom, get student feedback, and to reflect on their teaching.
TA Training
TA Orientations and the Institute for International Teaching Assistants help prepare TAs for the classroom.
TOGS
The six-week Teaching Online for Graduate Students program guides graduate students through the steps of course planning and development.
TCoP
The Teamwork Community of Practice focuses on how faculty support each other in effective use of team and group work.