Welcome to CELT

The Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) was created in the summer of 2010 with the support of Dr. Kumble Subbaswamy (Provost), Dr. Jeannine Blackwell (Associate Provost for Academic Administration), Dr. Mike Mullen (Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies) and others as a way of highlighting educational development resources and services available to UK instructors. The center is housed on the fifth floor of the King Building (home of the Science Library) in room 518. More…

Dr. Jonathan Golding Selected Kentucky Professor of the Year

Psychology Professor Jonathan Golding was named the 2011 Kentucky Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. As stated on the awards website, "The U.S. Professors of the Year program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country-those who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students. Sponsored by CASE and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, it is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring." For more information, see the UKNOW website story.

Re-imagining the Classroom

In a continuation of the series CELT began in the Fall, we will again examine innovative ways to re-imagine the classroom. Two events in the planning stage involve including a service learning component in courses and re-thinking how PowerPoint slides are designed (see below). Details about these and other events will be announced as they become available.

Assertion-Evidence Design Workshops

PowerPoint slides are rightfully criticized when they present information in a text-heavy, bulleted list manner. An alternative approach, advocated by Michael Alley at Penn State University, is called assertion-evidence design in which a concise sentence headline states the main assertion of the slide and the body of the slide contains visual evidence to support the assertion. Workshops on this topic will be offered in mid-April by Melissa Marshall from PennState. Details to follow.

College of Arts and Sciences Course Redesign Institute

CELT will be working with the College of Arts and Sciences this Spring semester to offer workshops on course redesign to a group of faculty from diverse disciplines in A&S. The institute will address promoting student engagement, using active learning techniques, teaching in a hybrid online environment, making better use of class time, and enhancing current practices using instructional technology.

Demystifying Teaching Evaluations

Have you wondered what students think about when completing end of semester teaching evaluations? CELT is planning a session with a researcher from the University of Texas who has asked that very question. Details are forthcoming so please stay tuned.

Community Abandoned, Community Embraced: Learning with the Community from New Orleans to Lexington

Monday, February 20, 7:30pm
Marksbury Building Auditorium (corner of Rose and Maxwell Streets)

The Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) is delighted to present Dr. Michael Bernstein, Provost of Tulane University, who will give a talk entitled "Tulane University Since Hurricane Katrina: Crisis and Change in the Wake of Catastrophe." Poet Nikky Finney will open the event by reading from her National Book Award winning collection Head Off and Split. A reception, sponsored by University Engagement, will follow. More…

CELT Staff Member in the News

Kathryn Cunningham's treadmill desk is the subject of a June 2 UKNOW article written by Erin Holaday Ziegler entitled, "UK Staffer Walks While She Works." It's also front page news in the June 7th edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader in an article by Cheryl Truman entitled, "UK Employee's Treadmill Desk Keeps Her Fit and Alert"