What we offer
Consultations
Meet with one of our skilled consultants to discuss your syllabus, teaching modalities, and best practices for academic technologies and instructional design.
Resources
Peruse STLI curated teaching resources, video tutorials, and short courses on foundational concepts and innovative teaching & learning approaches.
Creative Spaces
Design and develop educational media for your courses. Consult with an eductaional media specialist or book a STLI studio to level-up your instructional materials.
Events
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The Academy
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Partnerships & Opportunities
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VR Exhibition “War Up Close”
This project leveraged virtual reality to detail the atrocities against the Ukrainian nation using 360 degree panoramic photos and drone footage. VR Exhibition “War Up Close” Hosted by Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, W&M Libraries, | ...
Close Reading vs. Distant Reading Texts: What we can we learn from expanding our gaze?
In this hands-on workshop, STLI Faculty Fellow for Excellence in Teaching Paul Vierthaler discussed the processes and affordances of distant reading, sometimes considered the opposite of close reading. Instead of carefully reading and analyzing a single work (or a...
Working Together Data privacy: the AI challenge for Educating in the Digital Age
What is data privacy in the modern university? What data-related ideas should educators consider when deciding on the use of AI in the classroom? Who is responsible for student data privacy and security? Working Together Data Privacy: the AI Challenge for Educating in...
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RECENT POSTS
Six Essentials for Online Group Assignments
Learning is often enhanced when it is collaborative and social. Incorporating group assignments into your course is one way to increase student collaboration. However, group assignments can be difficult to facilitate, especially in an online course where you and your...
Active Listening to Enhance Class Discussion
Have you ever had a class discussion filled with good ideas that still felt monotonous? A moment when a student repeats, without seeming to realize it, an idea someone already shared in class? Is it important for you to move toward higher order thinking in class...
Small Steps Towards Student Self-Efficacy
Self-efficacy influences the tasks individuals choose to do, their approach to completing tasks, and how they feel about those tasks. First described by Albert Bandura (1977), self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief in their ability to succeed in a particular...