career & personal development

The 4 Cs: Our key to hiring an awesome team

June 7, 2022Posted by michaelbandstraBlog, Collaborationblog, career & personal development, teamwork & collaboration

Ever hear the expression, “‘A’ people hire ‘A’ people, and ‘B’ people hire ‘C’ people”?

Writing for accessibility

December 4, 2020Posted by ctliadminAccessibility, Blog, Delivering Content, Learning Experience Designcareer & personal development, critical thinking, writing, Writing for Accessibility

While writing isn’t everyone’s strong suit, it’s a necessary part of your role as an instructor.

Recommending a Peer Tutor

October 9, 2020Posted by ctliadminThe Owlcareer & personal development, learning & development, peer tutor, tutor

Peer tutoring not only benefits the student in need of help, but it reinforces the peer tutor’s learning as well.

Adjusting to remote learning

September 17, 2020Posted by ctliadmineLearning CafeAdjusting to Remote Learning, career & personal development, critical thinking, innovation, learning toolkit, one-pager, problem solving, teamwork & collaboration

Quick study tips for adjusting to remote learning.

Chapter mind map

September 3, 2020Posted by ctliadminTeaching Toolkit, Toolkit Activitycareer & personal development, Chapter Mind Map, one-pager, problem solving

Mental Cartography? Introduce your class to the concept of using mind maps to create visuals of textbook chapters.

Testing For success

September 2, 2020Posted by ctliadminTeaching Toolkit, Toolkit Activitycareer & personal development, communication, critical thinking, one-pager, Powerpoint 101, problem solving

Quizzes are a great way of testing learners’ abilities. Why not use them more often?

Dreams & gripes

August 31, 2020Posted by ctliadminTeaching Toolkit, Toolkit Activitycareer & personal development, Dreams & Gripes, innovation, one-pager, problem solving, teamwork & collaboration

This is a good way to find problems and solutions With a human-centered approach.

Brain dump

August 29, 2020Posted by ctliadminTeaching Toolkit, Toolkit Activitybrain dump, career & personal development, communication, critical thinking, group work, one-pager, teamwork & collaboration

Help learners mentally de-clutter with a brain dump exercise.

Say something: A learner-led discussion strategy

August 22, 2020Posted by ctliadminTeaching Toolkit, Toolkit Activitycareer & personal development, collaboration, communication, teamwork

Say Something is great to use as a warm-up, to help students process and review a complex topic, or to practice the skill of building a conversation.

Online group work

August 20, 2020Posted by ctliadminTeaching Toolkit, Toolkit Activitycareer & personal development, communication, critical thinking, global citizenship, innovation, Online Group Work, problem solving, teamwork & collaboration

How to make group work not suck in an online environment.