The UNM-Valencia Teaching & Learning Center is located in the heart of the campus in the Learning Resource Center. We seek to enhance teaching and learning, improve student and faculty success and stimulate instructional effectiveness. Please come by and see us whenever you get the chance and see for yourself all that the Teaching & Learning Center has to offer!
Support
The TLC is located in Room 138 and 139 of the LRC. We are open Monday-Thursday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Friday 8:00 AM until 12:00 pm. We offer pager support until 7:00 PM Monday through Thursday and are available for weekend support with advanced notice.
Development
We offer many workshops in a wide range of instruction including computer software, Microsoft Office, Audio and Visual Equipment, Classroom Management and much more. We also offer to the staff and faculty a variety of Teaching Resources including a specialty equipment checkout, private teaching library, and anything else instructors might need.
Strategy
The Center hosts a variety of faculty workshops and seminars and offers a wide range of instructional resources. Our main goal is to provide the campus all it needs to strive at its best. We have an excellent staff that works directly with the staff and faculty and we are always looking for ways to improve teaching methods for stronger student success.
Conduct Classes and Workshops- Each semester the Teaching and Learning Center will provide workshops, classes and seminars to help the faculty and staff learn new skills and concepts so that they may better support student learning. Classes will include computer software applications, instructional media development, electronic communication skills and teaching methods.
Provide Individual Consultations to Faculty and Staff- Faculty can receive assistance developing strategies to improve student learning. Resources, mentors, and information will be provided. All consultations will be confidential.
Offer Instructional Technology Tutorials- The Center will provide tutorials for faculty and staff that need help with computer applications and technology.
Encourage Collaboration Between UNM-VC faculty and the wider educational community to improve teaching and learning- The Teaching and Learning Center will improve opportunities for faculty to support, publicize, and demonstrate the use of best practices and innovative approaches to teaching and learning by establishing formal and informal communications forums. The TLC will publicize all training opportunities, workshops, and sessions in its calendar of events and activities.
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“Web CT can be quite intimidating for first time users. Our goal is to help you make it a seamless tool in your class..”
-Najib Manea, PhD
What type of Workshops does the Teaching & Learning Center offer?
| Dates | Semester Kickoff Classes SP 2010 | Time |
| 01/12/10 | Web CT | 9-11am |
| 01/12/10 | Using Smart Boards & Sympodiums | 11-12pm |
| 01/12/10 | Clickers | 12-2pm |
| 01/13/10 | Groupwise | 9-10am |
| 01/13/10 | Classroom Capture Refresher | 11-12pm |
| 01/13/10 | Groupwise | 3:30-4:30pm |
| 01/14/10 | Clickers | 9-11am |
| 01/14/10 | Using Smart Boards & Sympodiums | 11-12pm |
| 01/14/10 | Web CT | 12-2pm |
| Dates | Online Learning Courses | Thursdays |
| Jan 18 - Feb 19 | Beginning Online Instruction | 12-2pm |
| Feb 22 - Apr 2 | Design & Development of Online Courses | 12-2pm |
| Apr 5 - May 7 | Online Instruction Assessment | 12-2pm |
| Dates | Skill Developmental Classes | Mondays |
| 1/25 - 2/22 | Microsoft Word 2007 Level 1 | 12-2pm |
| 3/1 - 3/22 | Microsoft Power Point 2007 Level 1 | 12-2pm |
| 3/29 - 4/26 | Beginning Web Design (NOT Dreamweaver) | 12-2pm |
| Dates | Bring Your Lunch and Learn | Tue & Wen |
| Jan 26 & 27 | Using Lecture Capture for Class Success | 12-1pm |
| Feb 2 & 3 | Blog's in the Classroom | 12-1pm |
| Mar 2 & 3 | Portfolio Building Blocks | 12-1pm |
| Apr 6 & 7 | Introduction to Digital Communications | 12-1pm |
| May 4 & 5 | Introduction to Camtasia | 12-1pm |