Two-Week Principles Courses
Participants enrolled in the Principles Certificate are required to take three online courses. Online courses are asynchronous, last two weeks each, and must be taken in order. Information about online course requirements and descriptions are detailed here.
- Teaching Philosophy: January 22 - February 2 (closed)
- Course Design: February 12 - 23 (closed)
- Learning Technologies: April 2 - 15
Praxis Workshops
At its most basic meaning, praxis is the combination of theory and practice. All certificates in the Certificate in University Teaching Skills Program require participants to attend several Praxis Workshops. Designed specifically with the objectives of the certificate program in mind, the Reinert Center's Praxis Workshops are interactive sessions during which an expert facilitator designs a learning experience around a particular pedagogical topic that creates the opportunity for participants to explore a new idea, or an established idea in a new way.
- January 30: Academic Integrity, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., in person
- Climate Change: How Behavior and Anxiety Impact Class Climate, February 7, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m., Zoom
- Flipped Classroom Strategies, February 20, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m., Zoom
- Experience/Reflections/Action: Ignatian Pedagogy and Active Learning, March 20, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., Wuller 222
- Active Learning for Large Classes, April 2, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m., Wuller 222
Dipping our Toes into the AI Ocean
Friday, April 5, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., Wuller 222
In this interactive workshop participants will learn basics around how generative AI works, utilize a generative AI tool to produce text and employ basic prompt writing techniques. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with others regarding AI prompting and considering generative AI usage in your course. Participants should bring their own computers and at least one past or current assignment with them.
Online Courses: Spring/Summer 2024
The Reinert Center supports instructors for the full continuum of teaching online including: preparing to teach online for the first time, online course design, assessment of online courses, as well as strategies and techniques for effective online teaching. Below is our current list of full, online course offerings. These courses can be used for credit in our Online University Teaching Skills Certificate or they may be taken by individuals not enrolled in the certificate.
The Introduction to Distance Teaching is a fully-online asynchronous course that provides a pedagogical foundation for Saint Louis University faculty who are new to the online teaching environment. The course provides faculty an opportunity to gain the experience of an online “student” and to experience a fully-online course that has been designed to align with the University’s Online Course Design Rubric while developing a plan for an online course.
*This timeline includes break for Easter Break*
Save-the-Date: Ignatian Pedagogy Institute
Tuesday, May 7, morning half-day workshop