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Center for Teaching Excellence events share good teaching practices and support a campus culture that rewards and values teaching.
- Contact Us
- 1322 Greene Street
- Thomas Cooper Library
- Level 5, Room L511
- University of South Carolina
- Columbia, SC 29208
- 803.777.8322
- 803.777.0640 fax
- Other Calendars
February
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Monday
Online Tools for Teaching
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March
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April
Spring 2013 Calendar
January
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Thursday
Responding to an Active Shooter
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February
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The CTE's grew significantly in 2011-2012. Responsibilities for supporting Distributed Learning, Integrative Learning and USC Connect, and Teaching/Instructional Assistant Training, were added. Two Instructional Designers were hired, and have worked one-on-one with over 50 faculty to convert courses to online delivery. A Program Manager was hired to develop and implement training programs and ongoing support of all teaching and instructional assistants at the University. The part-time Webmaster and part-time Faculty Director positions became full-time to support the CTE's expanding activities. Additional personnel included a Program Director, Program Coordinator, Program Assistant, and three faculty Associate Directors.
The result is that this year, the CTE sponsored and cosponsored 69 seminars and workshops, 5 cohort programs, 5 grant cohort programs, 19 confidential consultations on pedagogy, and dozens of other professional development activities. This year the CTE also organized and delivered 5 conferences and orientation events, including New Faculty Orientation and Oktoberbest - A Celebration of Teaching. In all, the CTE has contributed to over 5089 countable hours of in-person professional development to faculty, instructors and graduate students so this year. Additional professional development is provided through the www.sc.edu/cte website. For example, the CTE's Video Archive was visited 9,657 times.
Much of what was accomplished was through partnerships with other units, including the Provost's Office, the CIO's Office, University Libraries, Teaching and Technology Services, the Office of Student Engagement, TRIO Opportunity Scholars Program, the Graduate School, Carolina Leadership Initiative, Office of Student Organizations, Office of Undergraduate Research, USC Connect, and other units.


