Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence

Prepare for class with CAFE

Posted by on January 8, 2025

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host open sessions in early January to prepare instructors for the spring 2025 semester. Several topic-specific open forums will be available including an overview of general Canvas features, MATLAB in Canvas, end-of-course evaluations and more.

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Improve learning experiences with pedagogical values Oct. 29

Posted by on October 17, 2024

What are your pedagogical values? The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence reminds faculty members about the webinar, titled “Pedagogical Values: Understanding Your Teaching Practice,” 3-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28.

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Enroll in online teaching recertification seminar

Posted by on October 17, 2024

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence reminds instructors, who teach online, about the next Online Teaching Recertification Seminar this semester. The seminar, which begins Monday, Oct. 28, and runs until Nov. 15, fulfills the University of Missouri System requirement for faculty to recertify every five years after completing the Online Teaching Certification Seminar.

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Apply to present at the 2025 Innovation in Teaching and Learning Conference

Posted by on September 30, 2024

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is accepting presentation proposals for the fourth annual Innovation in Teaching and Learning Conference scheduled on Thursday, March 13.

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Support quality educational experiences, register for a course review

Posted by on September 12, 2024

To ensure that courses meet S&T’s standards and are designed with the students’ best educational experience in mind, the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence invites you to register for a quality course review. Before submitting a course for review, you can contact a CAFE instructional designer to help you prepare or answer any questions you may have.

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CAFE offers virtual office hours

Posted by on September 9, 2024

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) virtual office hours are 10-11 a.m. every Tuesday. This dedicated time is to answer any questions relating to teaching and learning at S&T.

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Explore teaching excellence with Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professors

Posted by on August 29, 2024

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence will host a yearlong Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Summit, and there will be three sessions in September, November and April.

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Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence announces fall Communities of Practice

Posted by on August 29, 2024

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is pleased to announce the continuation of its Communities of Practice (CoP) series for the upcoming semester. The sessions, which were well-attended last semester, will focus on “Teaching with AI,” “Teaching with Active Learning,” and “Teaching using KEEN.”

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Ignition Grants go to seven projects focused on online programs

Posted by on August 19, 2024

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence and online education is excited to announce the recipients of the Kummer Ignition Grants for Sustainable Educational Transformation. Under the direction of the provost, these grants were created to fund new and innovative projects that will lead to strategic transformations in education at S&T.

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Learn about course design through building blocks workshops

Posted by on July 24, 2024

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is hosting building blocks workshops at noon Tuesday, Aug. 6, through Thursday, Aug. 8, in the Faculty Innovation Studio in G-11 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library.

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