Faculty Voices about Teaching, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Faculty Voices about Teaching

There are many examples across campus of our instructors implementing successful teaching strategies and instructional methods to enhance our students' learning. In the video clips below are some of those examples of effective teaching.

Video Library

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  • An interview with Prof. Prasanta Kalita who discusses the benefits of collaborative learning and real life applications.
  • An interview with Prof. Shelly Schmidt who discusses the power of visuals for enhancing learning in Food Science 101.
  • An interview with Prof. Ty Newell who discusses the use of a Problem-Based Learning Approach to structure his refrigeration course. More information on using Problem-Based Learning in the classroom can be found at http://www.udel.edu/pbl/
  • An interview with Prof. Cele Otnes who discusses the student and instructor benefits of requiring students to turn in drafts of their group projects.
  • An interview with Prof. Mats Selen who discusses the positive impact of using Just-in-Time teaching on his introductory physics class.