Instructional Advancement Center

Mission

• The Instructional Advancement Center encourages, supports, and recognizes the instructional activities by the Faculty in order to enhance teaching and learning at the University of Miami.

Strategic Plan

• Increase instructors' awareness of a range of instructional techniques and provide them with opportunities to learn the techniques that they wish to incorporate into their teaching.

Tactical Plan

• Voluntary participation
• Application of Keller's ARCS model of change
• Increase faculty skill sets
• Support faculty teaching, both with and without technology

Activities

• Training
  • Lunch and Learn series
  • Workshops
  • TA Training series
  • Tablet PC Teaching Fellows
  • SGID student feedback process
• Support
  • Smart classrooms in the Memorial Building and the Learning Center
  • Blackboard course managment system
  • Original Writing initiative
  • Podcasting Grants
• Recognition
  • Excellence in Teaching Awards