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Spring 2017 Online Teaching Course
Registration is now open for the Spring 2017 Online Teaching Course. Find the registration form by clicking on the registration link. Open to any Loyola faculty member, instructor, adjunct or teaching graduate student, the seven-unit training course covers the pedagogy and best practices of teaching and learning online. LEARN MORE
Loyola Op-Ed Project
Loyola University Chicago is now accepting applications for the “Loyola University Chicago Public Voices Greenhouse,” a prestigious new program to dramatically increase the public impact of our nation’s top underrepresented thought leaders. The Public Voices Greenhouse will provide a select and diverse cohort of 15-20 selected fellows with extraordinary resources, skills and support over the course of three months (late January-April), to ensure their ideas shape not only the work in their field, but also the greater public conversations of our age. LEARN MORE
I am very pleased to announce the inauguration of the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy, a center to promote excellence in teaching and learning. As described in Loyola’s Transformative Education in the Jesuit Tradition document, Ignatian pedagogy seeks to challenge student learners to appropriate their own process of knowing through collaborative learning, engaging experiences, reflective analysis, and understanding oneself. By assisting faculty to become teacher-scholars through Ignatian Pedagogy, the faculty contribute to the development of students as knowledgeable, well-skilled, and ethically responsible leaders for careers, community, and the world.
In my judgment, most of Loyola’s faculty are already practitioners of Ignatian pedagogy, even if what they do is not ordinarily described in these terms. Through the new Faculty Center, however, faculty will have more professional opportunities created intentionally to support the teaching craft, along with more opportunities to engage one another in conversations about the science and art of effective teaching and student learning.
Leading the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy are Co-Directors Nancy Tuchman, Ph.D., Vice Provost and Professor of Biology, and Carol Scheidenhelm, Ph.D., who has served as Director of the Center for Learning Technologies and Assessment (LTA) for the past five years. Their work will be supported by current staff in the LTA office, other faculty administrators and, in time, a faculty Advisory Board to the Center. Among the consulting services in development are integrating mission into teaching, effective practices for technology in teaching and learning, pedagogical and technology support for online learning, development of effective collaborative and engaged learning environments, assessment of student learning, and many others.
A center dedicated to the promotion of excellence in teaching and learning will only flourish with the help of your ideas, advice and creativity, and it is a key goal of the Center to involve Loyola faculty in the sharing of teaching and learning strategies throughout the coming year. I know that I am joined by Drs. Tuchman and Scheidenhelm in inviting you to share with them your teaching skills and ideas at facultycenter@luc.edu, by visiting the Center’s offices at the Lake Shore Campus in the Granada Center, Suite 400, or by visiting their website at http://www.luc.edu/facultycenter/.
Public Voices Thought Leaders Fellowship - Application Deadline EXTENDED
Loyola University Chicago is now accepting applications for the “Loyola University Chicago Public Voices Greenhouse,” a prestigious program to dramatically increase the public impact of our nation’s top underrepresented thought leaders. The Public Voices Greenhouse will provide a select and diverse cohort of 15-20 selected fellows with extraordinary resources, skills and support over the course of three months (February-April), to ensure their ideas shape not only the work in their field, but also the greater public conversations of our age. The deadline to submit applications is Monday, December 4, 2017.
The FCIP Online Teaching Course (OTC)
The FCIP Online Teaching Course (OTC) is a fully online six-week program open to any Loyola faculty member, instructor, adjunct, staff or teaching graduate student. OTC is designed to provide you with the experience of being an online student while learning strategies for online teaching and course design.
Register Now for Focus on Teaching and Learning
Join us Thursday, August 16, 2018 on the Lakeshore Campus for Focus on Teaching and Learning. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Kate McConnell, Senior Director of Research and Assessment with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU). She will be talking with us about valuing student learning in an age of accountability and will also provide a workshop during one of the breakout sessions.
Recognizing Excellence
Recognizing Excellence: Chris Murphy
The Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy is inaugurating a feature designed to recognize faculty and staff who go above and beyond their official responsibilities in serving the Loyola community. The fourth recipient of “Recognizing Excellence” is Chris Murphy. Interview and write up by Kerry Snider Student Worker, Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy READ MORE
A note from the retiring director:
The past 12 years have gone by too quickly! As I pack my office and walk out the door for the last time, I want to reflect briefly on the joy that this opportunity has afforded me. Thank you, all, for your efforts in attending programs and workshops and taking an active role in the mission of teaching and learning. Thank you to the FCIP staff who have worked tirelessly to ensure that the Center functions effectively and programming is relevant. Thank you to Dr. Nancy Tuchman who worked with the Center in the early days as co-director; to Dr. Julia Pryce for her years with us as part-time associate director; to Fr. Jose Mesa and Dr. Ann Marie Ryan for their guidance as faculty fellows for the Center. And to Dr. John Pelissero who had the confidence in me to hire me in the first place. I will miss you all and know FCIP will continue to thrive because of the great people who ensure that teaching is a priority.
Carol Scheidenhelm
Loyola's Teaching & Learning Community
Come join the new Loyola Teaching and Learning Community open to any faculty, staff, or graduate students who teach or develop curriculum. Communities like these meet regularly to discuss scholarly research about teaching and teaching practices and to exchange ideas with colleagues across the university.
Pamela Caughie
For the thirteenth FCIP Spotlight, we recognize Pamela Caughie, Professor, Department of English READ MORE
Strategic Planning
FCIP is embarking on a strategic planning process to help us determine how our Center can best meet the needs of faculty and staff. We will be inviting past FCIP program participants and other constituents to discuss how they have benefited from FCIP’s services and what they would like to see FCIP do in the future.
Ignatian Pedagogy Seminars
Join our guest speakers and discuss the practical application of the 5 Domains of the Ignatian Pedagogy Paradigm in your teaching. Share ideas and meet other colleagues that are teaching in the Jesuit tradition. All Sessions are also streamed online via Zoom. If you are on campus, its even nicer to see you in person.
Academic Year 2022-2023 Ignatian Pedagogy Faculty Scholar Position Description and Application Information
Overview
To support Loyola educators’ (faculty, staff, and graduate student) interest in Ignatian Pedagogy (IP), the Faculty Center for lgnatian Pedagogy (FCIP) seeks diverse candidates for an IP Faculty Scholar for the 2022-23 academic year.
Sustainability and Curriculum Design Resources
Review Faculty Scholar Amy Wilkinson's robust set of resources on sustainability and curriculum design and note the connections she draws to LUC's Catholic Identity.
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2023-24 Faculty Teaching Awards Winners
Learn more about these instructors who exemplify teaching excellence at Loyola. Congratulations to our 2023-24 Faculty Teaching Awards winners!
Learn MoreCertificate Program Registration is Open!
Registration is closed for FCIP's Anti-Racist Pedagogy (ARP) Certificate Program and Ignatian Pedagogy (IP) Certificate Program, running from Fall '24 to Spring '25! Click "Read More" for more details and the registration form. READ MORE
Ann Marie Ryan, Ph.D.
About
Dr. Ann Marie Ryan is an Associate Professor of Education, who brings extensive expertise in teaching and learning. Her teaching and research concentrates on the preparation and professional development of educators with an emphasis on inquiry-based and engaged learning models. She also teaches and researches in the history of education with a focus on the history of Catholic education. This has offered her the opportunity to develop a strong background in Ignatian pedagogy. She is interested in the intersection between current learning theory and Jesuit principles of education.