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Pedagogy and Education Research Consultations
Need help with teaching and learning strategies? Our pedagogical coaches can help you design and implement student-centered instructional practices. Thinking about submitting a paper or collecting data on your course? Meet with us to collaborate on research projects or get advice on how to get started.
Take advantage of the opportunity to assess your learning through our Students Assessing Teaching and Learning (SATAL) program. Contact Adriana, the SATAL Program Coordinator for more information.
Not sure where to begin? Our pedagogy and research experts can help you think about strategies to promote inclusion and equity in the classroom, design a course from outcomes to assessments, evaluate teaching efficacy, analyze course evaluations, clarifying course outcomes and objectives, assisting with classroom alignment, developing assessments and syllabi, and so much more.
For an appointment, please request an individual consultation.
Meet the people that can help you with pedagogy, education research, and assessment:
Eileen Camfield
Writing, equity, inclusion, diversity, faculty development, creating classroom community, and much more.
Cathy Pohan
Faculty development, educational research, faculty learning community, and much more.
Jackie Shay
Graduate and postdoc instructional development, student engagement, educational research, STEM, and much more.
Adriana Signorini
Assessment, feedback, COPUS, peer evaluation, and much more.
James Zimmerman
Learning, SoTL, motivation, creating engaging labs, STEM, and much more.
Instructional Technology Consultations
Need some backup with UC Merced's licensed instructional tools and software? Meet with our instructional designers and teaching tools experts to effectively and seamlessly integrate technology into your course.
Not sure where to begin? Our technology experts and instructional designers can help you integrate remote teaching into your course, organize your CatCourse pages, building accessibility and inclusion into the course structure, optimize and integrate Zoom, Canvas, Clickers, and other instructional tools, and so much more.
For a technology-focused appointment, please request an individual consultation or join an upcoming workshop.
Meet the people that can help you with technology:
Joan Holquist
Instructional tools, learning management systems, course organization, teaching technology
Jennifer Howze-Owens
Course redesign, inclusive teaching, learning management system analytics, course technology integration
Sushma Jolly
Course design for different modalities, active learning, and flex spaces, learning management systems, inclusive learning and accessibility, open education resources, instructional design, and technology