Center for Faculty Development & Innovation

Teaching Resources

• New Faculty Orientation 2023 Module - This module will provide you with the information you need to begin your experience at SIUE. This is a great resource for both new and current faculty! 

• Tips and Links for the First Days - Suggestions for creating a supportive, inclusive, and equitable classroom, including a link for you to add your own advice. 

• Making a Syllabus - The Making a Syllabus page includes resources for creating a syllabus, a link to IDLT's syllabus template and sample syllabus policies.

• Generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat, Claude) - This page contains useful resources and tools related to generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs and how faculty can integrate them into their classroom policies.  

• Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Resources on how to create an inclusive classroom environment. Including:
  • Diversity and Inclusion Sample Syllabus Statement
  • Microaggressions
  • Ground Rules
    

• Plagiarism Prevention - This page contains tools and policies related to plagiarism and cheating.

• Student Group Projects - The Student Group Project page contains resources for organizing effective student group projects.

• Critical Thinking - The Critical Thinking page provides resources and strategies to help students develop critical thinking skills.

• Flipped Classroom - The Flipped Teaching page contains resources pertaining to the Flipped Teaching method.

• Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET)-  SET is one source of information used to make data-driven and validated tenure and promotion decisions (Student Evaluation of Teaching Committee). It is a tool to gather end-of-semester student evaluations of your teaching (SIUE policy 1J7).

• 2023 SIUE Students' Discussion on STEM Education- results from peer-led focus groups about problems student are facing in pursuing their STEM education

• ITS Training/Library Resources - This page contains information about Library services related to teaching.

• Digital Content Captioning for Faculty - A service offered by Online and Education Outreach, IDLT, and ACCESS provides assistance to faculty in captioning videos that they have created and stored in the Yuja software for instructional purposes. Additional information about this service , including a form to request captioning assistance, is available on the captioning request link.

• On-Demand Videos - Midweek Mentor On-Demand offers our entire campus community unlimited access to 20-minute-long online professional development seminars. You can access the materials on computers, laptops, tablets, or cell phones. Learn from your office, on the train, or even on the beach! On-Demand videos cover a broad range of faculty development topics and are used in the Midweek Mentor sessions.

• Searchable Advice Finder from The Chronicle of Higher Education - Academic experts offer guidance to use whether you’re new to higher education, new to your role, or simply need a refresher.

• Midweek Mentor Blog - Midweek Mentor blog comes out about every other week and may include content from the Midweek Mentor blog. If you have ideas for a Midweek Mentor blog, contact Dr. Nicole Klein at nklein@siue.edu. 

• Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE) - The EUE funds innovative projects in undergraduate education. There is no EUE competition planned for FY23.