Center for Excellence in TeachingUniversal design for learning (UDL)
A brief overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and its connection to USC course design and teaching.
Resources: Staff
Creating and facilitating communities of practice
A video by Tatiana Yevguenievna Akishina describing how to create and facilitate communities of practice in schools.
Promoting intrinsic motivation
A collection of strategies for increasing student intrinsic motivation, organized by three motivational factors.
Social justice and ethical care through the lens of Dentistry
A faculty showcase presentation by Christine D. Edwards. A video example of how to integrate social justice throughout a program.
A practical, interdisciplinary and multi-cultural approach to teaching global health ethics
A faculty showcase presentation by Mellissa Withers. A video example of how to integrate a global approach to teaching ethics.
Learning theories
An overview of fundamental aspects of the leading learning theories. University instructors use these theories to inform the decisions they make about their teaching/instruction with the goal of making it more effective.
Formative peer evaluation processes
Overview of a generalized process for accomplishing faculty peer review.