The Engineering Education Division in partnership with the McKelvey DEI Committee will be hosting a morning workshop focused on inclusivity in STEM courses. All McKelvey faculty and instructors are invited to join us on August 16th from 9am to noon. Denise Leonard, PhD, Associate Director for Graduate Student and Postdoc Programs at the Center for Teaching and Learning, will act as […]
Category: Resources
Libraries website redesign
From Lauren Todd, Engineering Subject Librarian: The University Libraries will launch a redesigned website on February 18. You can see a preview and learn more details here. The primary goal is to make it easier and more intuitive for our users to connect and find what they need. The updates are based on long-term feedback, and […]
New Zoom Features
There was a post on the Zoom blog that might be of interest to instructors. Zoom is releasing some featured geared toward the virtual classroom. Those features include the following: The ability to create a virtual seating chart so student and others will not move around the screen Better support for deaf or hard of […]
Syllabus statements
This blog post will be pinned to the top of the blog for the first few weeks of the Fall semester. Here you will find suggested syllabus language regarding student resources and policies for this semester. We intend these statements to be easily adapted for inclusion as a section in your existing syllabus, a separate […]
Zoom Training for Faculty
Zoom is offering a faculty focused overview of how best to use their tool. What: Faculty Zoom User Training When: Thursday, August 6th, 11 AM to 12 PM CDT Where: Click here for detail and Zoom link
Memo: SP2020 Lessons Learned
As you likely know, we added a few questions to the Spring 2020 course evaluations in order to better understand the student experience during our transition to emergency remote teaching. One of the questions asked, “Please comment on how to improve the online learning experience in this course.” This prompted over 2,000 comments, including many […]
Library online resources (and more!) from Lauren Todd
Lauren Todd (lauren.todd@wustl.edu), our university’s engineering Subject Librarian, stands ready to help you with online resources. Here are the current library services available: eBook Purchases Customized Course Research Guides (http://bit.ly/WUSTLEngLibGuides) or specific class guides (e.g. https://libguides.wustl.edu/bme465 Open Educational Resource Recommendations and Consultations for alternative Textbook Options Course Open Scholarship Collections, which are perfect for capstone […]