Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
Register for digital accessibility training
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) and the Digital Accessibility Task Force invite all faculty and staff to attend a virtual training session on digital accessibility. These interactive sessions will help you enhance the accessibility of course content, websites, mass communications and more.
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Check out WOWZA! Wednesdays
WOWZA! Wednesdays give instructors a weekly opportunity to meet over lunch to view and discuss tools, technologies and tricks of the trade that bring a wow factor to the classroom. Sessions will be held noon-1 p.m. every Wednesday, June 4 through July 23, in Room G-11 Curtis Laws Wilson Library.
Read More »Input needed: Faculty self-assessment and needs survey
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) invites all S&T instructors, including faculty, adjuncts, lecturers and graduate teaching assistants, to participate in a brief survey to help identify and address the evolving needs of the instructional community.
Read More »Location change: Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Summit planned April 16
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host the Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Summit 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the Ozark Room of the Havener Center. All faculty are invited.
Read More »CAFE to host seminar on AI, student learning April 22
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) invites faculty, staff and students to a talk on artificial intelligence and student learning by Dr. Badri Adhikari, associate professor of computer science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. His seminar, titled “Beyond Academic Honesty: Helping Students Excel in Their Process and Reflect on AI Usage,” will begin at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in Room 222 Computer Science Building.
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Get certified in online teaching at S&T
Several sessions of Missouri S&T-led online teaching certification and recertification seminars are available for S&T instructors now through the summer. Participants will strengthen their online teaching skills by exploring five pillars of quality course design.
Read More »KEEN Community of Practice meeting set for Jan. 29
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence will host the first KEEN Community of Practice meeting at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Room G-11 of Curtis Laws Wilson Library. Seed grant recipients Dr. Mario Buchely, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, and Dr. Alexander Douglas, assistant teaching professor of mining and explosives engineering, will discuss how they integrated KEEN practices into their classrooms.
Read More »Prepare for class with CAFE
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.
Read More »Improve learning experiences with pedagogical values Oct. 29
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.
Read More »Enroll in online teaching recertification seminar
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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