Teaching in the CTEI

In this first episode of our second season, Angela speaks with two of CTEI's Instructional Designers, Peg Checchi and Laura Smith. They discuss some of the unusual ways they've assisted faculty with their course design and teaching, as well as what they'd like to do to help faculty. Among other topics, a couple of CTEI's relatively new tech tools are discussed, H5P and Canvas Studio , both of whic...

In this final episode of our first season of Teaching in the CTEI, Angela speaks with Dr. Emily Rush, the newest member of CTEI's Instructional Design team. In addition to sharing her wealth of experience in teaching and instructional design, Emily offers some practical recommendations on creating social presence and impactful student learning experiences with minimal faculty effort. Are you looki...

How well do you know what is and isn't working for your students in your course? What changes could you make now to improve your students' learning experiences in this and future semesters? In this episode, Angela speaks with Dr. Yasmin Cavenagh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Women, Children and Family Nursing, College of Nursing, and Dr. Evguenia (Jenny) Popova, Assistant Professor in...

You don't have to be an expert to teach well with Canvas! In this episode, Angela leads a conversation with thought leaders (and experts) in online teaching and learning about how to harness the power of Canvas to teach effectively in your online or blended classroom. Among other topics, guests discuss best practices for using Canvas discussion forums, groups, grading, and built-in multimedia tool...

The Fall 2021 term is almost upon us! Is your course ready to teach? In this fifth episode, CTEI Director Angela Solic speaks with Matt West, CTEI's Instructional Technologist, and Micah Murdock, Project Manager for our Canvas migration, about what all Rush faculty need to know when preparing your course in Blackboard or Canvas. Whether you teach fully online or in a blended format, Matt and Micah...

In this fourth episode, CTEI Director Angela Solic speaks with Dr. Evguenia Popova, Assistant Professor and Dr. Bridget Hahn, Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator, both from the Department of Occupational Therapy in the College of Health Sciences at Rush. Dr. Popova and Dr. Hahn discuss their recent research on resilience and self-care among Occupational Therapy graduate students and strat...

In this third episode, CTEI Director Angela Solic speaks with Dr. Kathryn Osborne, Associate Professor in the  Department of Women, Children and Family Nursing in the College of Nursing and one of Rush's Canvas Pilot faculty currently teaching in Canvas this summer. Among other topics, Dr. Osborne reflects on the process of getting ready to teach in Canvas, learning the new platform, and coll...

In this second episode, CTEI staff interview faculty and students who have made the transition to Canvas learning management system. Faculty reflect on their own experiences and share helpful tips and recommendations for those now making the big move. The big takeaway...embrace the opportunity and dig deep in that Canvas Sandbox ! Guest speakers include: Chef Kat Kessler, Former Department Ch...

For our inaugural podcast episode, the staff of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI) at Rush University will be sharing how CTEI is working behind the scenes to support Rush faculty who are preparing for the upcoming move and why we love working in Canvas.