The Mantle and eMantle Archives
CETL Newsletters
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The Mantle – February 2016, Volume 7, Number 2
eMantle – May 2015, Volume 3, Number 3
eMantle – March 2015, Volume 3, Number 2
The Mantle – January 2015, Volume 6, Number 2
eMantle – Oct-Nov 2014, Volume 3, Number 1
The Mantle – September 2014, Volume 6, Number 1
eMantle – May 2014, Volume 2, Number 8
eMantle – April 2014, Volume 2, Number 7
eMantle – March 2014, Volume 2, Number 6
eMantle – February 2014, Volume 2, Number 5
eMantle – January 2014, Volume 2, Number 4
eMantle – November 2013, Volume 2, Number 3
eMantle – October 2013, Volume 2, Number 2
eMantle – September 2013, Volume 2, Number 1
eMantle – April 2013, Volume 1, Number 6
eMantle – March 2013, Volume 1, Number 5
eMantle – February 2013, Volume 1, Number 4
eMantle – November 2012, Volume 1, Number 3
eMantle – October 2012, Volume 1, Number 2
eMantle – September 2012, Volume 1, Number 1
The Mantle
April 2013, Volume 1, Number 6
- Study Skills Presentations
- Guest Speaker – Lynee Gaillet
March 2013, Volume 1, Number 5
- Another Use for CIS
- Kick-starting the 2nd Half of Your Semester!
February 2013, Volume 1, Number 4
- Contractual Readmission Program
- The SI Movement
- Peer Tutor Program
November 2012, Volume 1, Number 3
- Establishing Expectations: How good is your Syllabus?
- Learning Assumptions
- Tools to Incorporate into the Classroom
October 2012, Volume 1, Number 2
- Teaching Portfolios: Why & How
- Faculty Development Lunch Invitation
- Two Models for Peer Assisted Learning: SI and PLTL
- New Faculty Seminar
- Working with Academically At-Risk Students
September 2012, Volume 1, Number 1
- Welcome
- Peer Mentor Program
- Supplemental Instruction
- Faculty Development Lunches
- New Faculty Seminars
September 2011, Volume 5, Number 1
- Reducing the Cost of Textbooks
- No More Paper – eTextbooks Are Here to Stay
- Open Education Resources
- AST Workshops
- Faculty Development Lunches
- Final Supplemental Instruction (SI) Report
- The Front Line
- The Ubiquitous Gap
- Summer Happenings at the Center
- AST Workshops
March 2011, Volume 4, Number 3
- Graduate Student Workshops
- Teacher Behavior Checklist for Midterm Assessment
- Course Design and Redesign
- SECAC/ALDP
December 2010, Volume 4, Number 2
- Residential College South
- Contractual Readmission Program Update
- Engineering “New” Engineers!
- SI is Catching On
September 2010, Volume 4, Number 1
- Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award
- Graduate Instructor Award
- Graduate Student Training Programs
- Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
- Supplemental Instruction comes to UM
April 2010, Volume 3, Number 6
- Service: Approach Purposefully with a Purpose
- The Nuts and Bolts of Service Learning
- Planning Assessment for Service Learning
- Lott Announces Retirement as Center Director
March 2010, Volume 3, Number 5
- Teaching: A Complex Behavior in a Former Playground
- How to Orchestrate Change
- New Teaching Tools Available
- Academic Success Training Workshops
February 2010, Volume 3, Number 4
- Investing in Students Is Important
- Executive Function in Learning
- UM Considers Supplemental Instruction
- Mini-grant Awards for 2009-2010
- Graduate Instructor/Teaching Assistant Award for Teaching Excellence
November 2009, Volume 3, Number 3
- Creating a Beautiful Course
- Student Entitlement?
- Great Teaching like Great Communication Requires Work
- Any Questions?
- Attendance and Achievement
October 2009, Volume 3, Number 2
- Bridging the Gap between Performance and Theory
- Motivating the Unmotivated
- When Is a Cell Phone Helpful in Class?
- E-Portfolios: Something for Everyone
August 2009, Volume 3, Number 1
- When Should Teaching Be Discussed?
- Developing Relationships Helps My Teaching
- Psychological Factors that Impact Academic Achievement: Fixed Mindsets
- Developing a Continuous Process for Assurance of Learning: School of Business Administration Model
- Multiple Choice and Critical Thinking Are Not Mutually Exclusive
April 2009, Volume 2, Number 6
- Alicia Bouldin: Not Yammering Yonder But Lighting Learning Lamps
- Honoring Differences Between Expert and Novice Learners
- Students and Office Hours – How, Where, and When?
- Tests as Learning Tools
March 2009, Volume 2, Number 5
- Flexibility, Involvement, and Caring: Keys to Teaching
- Quaker Principles Can Aid Education
- Best Practices: Contractual Readmission Program
- Promoting Learning via Academic Success Training (AST) Workshops
February 2009, Volume 2, Number 4
- A Vision: Quality Enhancement via Core Values at the University of Mississippi
- What is Known About our Students
November 2008, Volume 2, Number 3
- A Concept, a Plan, a Reality in the Making: Residential Colleges for Ole Miss
- Universal Course Design in Brief
October 2008, Volume 2, Number 2
- For Dr. Gregory Schirmer, Teaching and Research Go Hand in Hand
- Adapting Instruction to Student Learning Styles
August 2008, Volume 2, Number 1
- How Can Faculty Be Like Mrs. Lennon?
- Ryan Bubalo – A Teacher in Progress; Winner of 2008 CETL Graduate Instructor Teaching Excellence Award
- Survey: What Are You Doing in Your Department and Classroom to Help Students Be Successful?
- Student Engagement: A Key to Effective Teaching; an interview with outgoing Provost, Dr. Carolyn Ellis Staton
- A Student Record Primer
April 2008, Volume 1, Number 5
- Travis Montgomery: Student and Teacher; an interview with the winner of the 2007 Lawrence “Shaky” Yates Award for Outstanding Teaching in Freshman Composition
- Devising and Using Learning Objectives
January/February 2008, Volume 1, Number 4
- Real Applications Inspire Students; an interview with Waheed Uddin, the first recipient of the Epps/Dart Award for Teaching Excellence of the Deep South Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers
- Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) from a User’s Perspective
November 2007, Volume 1, Number 3
- From Piqued Curiosity to Teaching Award Winner; an interview with Jeffrey R. Watt, winner of the 2007 Mississippi Humanities Teaching Award
- Teaching Tips: Student Advice from Psychologists
- Book Review: Filene, P. (2006). The Joy of teaching: A practical guide for new college instructors. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
September 2007, Volume 1, Number 2
- Sheri Rieth: Hard Work Will Become Your Work Ethic; an interview with the 2007 Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher of the Year
- Building Teaching Commons at the University of Mississippi
- Teaching Tips: Examples of Evidence-Based Education
August 2007, Volume 1, Number 1
- Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Debuts!
- David Willson: CEO of the Classroom and the Pride of The South Band; an interview with the 2007 winner of the 2007 Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award