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    2013 Summer Book Club

    This Summer, join the CETL for a fun weekly reading and group discussion of Alan Colins and Richard Halverson’s Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology. The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America.

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    CETL Mini Grants

    Click to learn more about our Teaching and Learning Mini-Grants and to fill out an application.

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    Faculty Survey

    Click on the slider image, fill out the faculty survey, and enter for a chance of winning fun prizes. Winners will be notified by email. Good luck!

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Zombies and Learning

Today’ s post is a guest post from Kaeli Vandertulip, Assistant Professor of Library Science and Reference and Instruction Librarian.  Kaeli can be reached at kvandertulip@txwes.edu I started using zombies in library instruction four years ago.  When I started teaching students about citation styles, I was lucky to have half the class awake at the [...]

Learning Theories Every Teacher Should Know About

“A learning theory is an attempt to describe how people learn, helping us understand this inherently complex process.” The graphic in this post provides some of the learning theories you should know as an educator: For full article go to: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/learning-theories-every-teacher-should.html

B.F. Skinner and the Teaching Machine

Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904-90) is certainly one of the most prominent names in psychology, behaviorism, social philosophy and his work has significantly influenced education. By his own accounts, his interest in education came from a visit he made to his daughter’s 4th grade class. After listening to a mathematics lesson he was in disbelief that [...]

Presenting Dynamically with Prezi

We understand that professors have busy schedules. If you were not able to attend the Presenting Dynamically with Prezi workshop offered by the CETL, but are still interested in learning about this wonderful Web 2.0 presentation tool, please take a look at our embedded prezi presentation presentation below. If you need additional information on how [...]

Online Tutoring via Skype!

Imagine being at home or away from campus and you discover that you need a little bit of extra assistance to help you complete your assignment for class. In that situation, you would probably consider coming to campus and going to Academic Success Center for tutoring. Wouldn’t it also be nice to get that same [...]

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The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Texas Wesleyan University (CETL) promotes a student-centered university by providing resources and professional growth opportunities to faculty on enhancing instructional practice, integrating technology, and promoting essential student skills.

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