7 Things You Should Know About Adaptive Learning

Adaptive learning systems can support changes in the role of faculty, enable innovative teaching practices, and incorporate a variety of content formats to support students according to their learning needs.

Active Engagement: The New Currency for 21st Century Learners

Educators have the opportunity to improve the student experience by incorporating contemporary culture and real life experiences into the core curriculum.

Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace

An excerpt of Simon Sinek interview on an episode of Inside Quest.

University of Missouri Selects Canvas for Learning Management System

The Mizzou community has chosen Canvas to be its new learning management system (LMS). During a campuswide LMS review process led by a faculty-based working group, a recommendation was made for Mizzou to move from Blackboard Learn to Canvas. UM procurement followed the LMS Review with a formal request for proposals (RFP) process and subsequently…

A Playbook for Success

After 11 years of teaching, Chris Pires, associate professor in MU’s Division of Biological Sciences, says his most rewarding experience has been mentoring dozens of undergraduate students.

The Tradition Continues

Each spring the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning presents the Ernest L. Boyer Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award recognizes a faculty member who expands the boundaries of teaching, learning and technology in higher education. In five of the last six years, that honor has gone to a faculty member from Mizzou.

Winning Tradition

Mizzou faculty members earn the Boyer Award for Excellence in Teaching in four of the last five years.

Forecasting Student Success

Eric Aldrich’s interest in meteorology began when he was a child and was frightened by severe thunderstorms. If he could predict when a thunderstorm was going to happen, he thought, then maybe he wouldn’t be afraid.

Kemper Fellows Share Teaching Expertise in New Book

A project that began in 2002 has come to fruition with the publication of The Pursuit of Teaching Excellence: Lessons from the University of Missouri Kemper Teaching Fellows. The newly published book, now on bookshelves at the Mizzou Store, is a collaborative effort of 44 Kemper Fellows who share their teaching expertise.

Providing Real-World Experiences

Berkley Hudson, a professor in the School of Journalism, recognizes some faculty would rather have a graduate or doctoral student assist with research projects. Hudson understands that, but has found undergraduates can also provide valuable assistance.