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CTLA 201 Wins Prestigious Sloan-C Excellence in Faculty Development for Online Teaching Award
The Fall 2009 Workshop Schedule is now available!
The Faculty Development Workshop Certificate Program (WCP) and the names of the Certificate Awardees are now available.
The WebTycho training schedule lists sessions through Fall 2009.
The new Faculty Excellence Web site highlights outstanding UMUC faculty! The names of the Drazek Award Recipients are now available.
Expectations for Faculty Teaching at UMUC
The documents attached below in PDF format represent a base-line set of standards for teaching in both the online and face-to-face classrooms. They are grounded in the UMUC research studies into best instructional practices of the Fleming-Carswell study of the Graduate School and in the Best Online Instructional Practices Study produced by the Office of Evaluation, Research, and Grants (formerly IRAHE). They also draw on the combined experience and expertise of those at UMUC who work closely with online and face-to-face teaching faculty and reflect extensive input from the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Graduate School, the Faculty Advisory Council, UMUC Asia and Europe, the School of Undergraduate Studies, the Office of Evaluation, Research, and Grants, as well as the Provost's Office.
The Expectations for Classroom Setup and Online Teaching document was presented and approved at the Academic Affairs Council in June 2004, with the intention that it should be circulated throughout the university community, and incorporated into future faculty handbooks, guidelines, and training.
As a base-line set of expectations, the documents are meant to promote consistent quality standards throughout UMUC. A faculty member's school or discipline may require additional practices or stipulations for teaching, based on unique characteristics of a particular program. Faculty should consult with their academic administrators if they have any questions about the requirements for classrooms and practices in their programs.
For those who teach in the Graduate School of Management and Technology, there is a GSMT version of the document included below.
