Instructional Development Center
Instructional Services
Consultations
Faculty who wish to analyze their teaching behaviors and implement changes may request assistance. Consultations are personal, voluntary, and confidential. Feedback obtained from classroom visits, videotaping, or student interviews is the property of the individual faculty member and is independent of performance review. Contact Patty Phelps at pattyp@uca.edu to schedule a consultation.
Videotaping
Individual faculty members may make arrangements to be videotaped. Videotaping helps sharpen teaching skills and offers a chance to view one’s teaching from a student’s perspective. Videotapes become the property of the individual faculty member and are independent of performance review. Contact IDC at 450-5240 or e-mail idc@uca.edu to schedule a videotaping.
Teaching Portfolio Workshop 
This workshop offers an opportunity to learn how to construct a portfolio to document one's teaching. Writing and discussion exercises provide a starting point for the portfolio development process. This three hour session will help faculty prepare the teaching portion of their promotion and/or tenure application.
Two Teaching Portfolio Workshops are scheduled for Fall - 2009. They will be held on October 29, from 9:00 - 12:00 and on November 3, from 1:00 - 4:00. Please call 450-5240 or email the IDC at idc@uca.edu for more information.
Course Design Camp
This three-hour workshop is intended to help UCA faculty who wish to revise, revitalize, or create a course. This workshop consists of course design principles, strategies, and pedagogy; not WebCT/UCA Blackboard. Contact the IDC at 450-5240 or idc@uca.edu.
Patty Phelps, Camp Counselor