Faculty Resources
Faculty Professional Development
A set of resources for Faculty involving Faculty Development Leave Program, Faculty Incentive Program for Fellowship Recipients, InSPIRE, Microcredentials for Faculty, Provost's Faculty Fellows Program, UTEP Edge Curriculum Fellows.
Coursera Career Academy
Faculty and staff may pursue Coursera Career Academy certificates at no cost to them. These certificates complement many areas of study and provide skills useful in a variety of disciplines.
English Language Learning
The resources below will help guide and teach the necessary skills to better support our English language learners in the classroom and on a personal understanding level.
- Collaborative Framework to Support English Learner Students Instruction
- Teacher Development to Support English Language Learners in the Context of Common Core State Standards
- Teacher Skills to Support English Language Learners
- Best Practices for Educating English Language Learners: History, Controversy, and a Path Forward
- Teaching Multilingual Learners in University Classes: A Survey of Faculty
Gamification
Gamification is a strategy that implements gaming elements into non-gaming environments, to promote engagement in learning, learning comprehension, and foster overall enjoyment within the scope of learning experiences.
- Gamify: This is a YouTube Channel that provides education on strategies for gamification, what gamification is, how to implement it, and more.
- What is Gamification? Experts Opinion: This video goes into brief detail as to what gamification is and a few of the key concepts.
- Top 4 Gamification Techniques: This video goes indepth about 4 techniques that have become the blueprint for gamification.
These publications delve deeper into Gamification and its practices in a learning environment.
- Gamified Project-Based Learning: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape
- Gamification in theory and action: A Survey
- Assessing the effects of gamification in the classroom: A longitudinal study on intrinsic motivation, social comparison, satisfaction, effort, and academic performance
UTEP Edge for Faculty and Staff
The UTEP Edge aims to develop these assets through High-Impact Practices (HIPs), or Edge Experiences, that are made possible by faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners.
