New Faculty Guide
Teaching
WKU provides many programs to assist faculty with development of academic programs, particularly with their teaching.
Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) focuses on faculty development through workshops, training sessions, seminars, webinars, micro-teaching observations, and consultations. Through this center, faculty members have access to resources that are used to facilitate development of teaching strategies, skills, and expertise. Faculty can contact CITL at any time to schedule consultations related to their teaching.
WKU ensures that all faculty, regardless of location, have access to these opportunities. Faculty members at the regional campuses inElizabethtown/Fort Knox,Glasgow, andOwensboro have access to online CITL resources, live or recorded webinar sessions, and individualized consultations. CITL has created a special web page for part-time instructors, but they also have access to the full suite of CITL services.
Additional Online Teaching and Learning Support
WKU offers a substantial number of online courses and programs. To support faculty in these activities, CITL and the offices of WKU Online,WKU On Demand, and Information Technology Services provide assistance with instructional design, instructional technology related to distance learning courses, video production support, video transcription, proctored testing facilities, online course development support, assistance in incorporating web accessibility into online courses, and interactive video service classrooms. Workshops for faculty on instructional design of online courses and uses of technology are held throughout the year and a week-long workshop is held each summer to prepare faculty to teach online more effectively.
Faculty have numerous opportunities each year to attend workshops and camps, schedule customized workshops for academic departments, and receive individualized assistance. The current version of the onlineBlackboard Instructor Training workshop went live in May 2013, but is updated regularly as needed. Online Student Services, a unit of the WKU Division of Extended Learning and Outreach (DELO), provides direct faculty support to distance faculty through intradepartmental initiatives, as well as through partnerships with offices across campus.
Course Evaluations
WKU’s Course Evaluation system is called SITEs and it is managed through a system called Evaluation Kit. Students will receive electronic notifications to complete their evaluations near the end of each term. About a month after the course ends, faculty receive a notification that their evaluations are available for review. It’s a good to meet with your department head to go over the results and to make sure you are interpreting the data correctly.
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