Teaching Resources

The Advancing Teaching and Learning Scholars Program (ATLS) supports faculty in advancing the University of Dayton's Marianist teaching mission through a mix of professional development sessions designed to introduce instructors to campus resources, pedagogy strategies and timely teaching topics that enhance teaching and learning.

The AI Fellows program empowers faculty to enrich teaching practices and prepare students for an increasingly AI-driven workforce. This fellowship is designed for forward-thinking instructors eager to infuse AI into their course designs and pedagogy, ultimately enhancing both their productivity and student outcomes. Participants join a cohort of peers committed to exploration and positioning UD as a leader in innovative, AI-infused education.

Leadership UD is a year-long program for nominated faculty and staff designed to cultivate leadership capabilities and a leadership mindset among high interest/high potential UD employees.

Writing with Friends is designed to provide large blocks of uninterrupted time for a small group of faculty to conduct research and write toward a wide range of projects, including journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, and grant proposals.

Writing with Friends recognizes that while research and writing are largely solitary, private activities, writers often find comfort and encouragement by working with and around other writers. Writing with Friends is held several times each semester.

As a Catholic, Marianist institution dedicated to the development of the whole person, the Learning Teaching Forum looks at how different parts of the University collaborate, cross boundaries, and contribute to students' holistic success and development. The Forum is an opportunity for faculty and staff to investigate and dialogue about what it really means to educate the whole person, both inside and beyond the classroom.

The LTC offers a variety of teaching resources, including:

• Accessible syllabus templates
• Faculty development library
• Information about supporting requests for religious accommodations
• Vocation and Calling collection, containing more than 100 volumes of significant research and materials for implementing vocation into the curriculum
• Writing and research assistance

Midterm Instructional Diagnosis

The Midterm Instructional Diagnosis, which is offered midway through the fall and spring semesters, is a tool for faculty to evaluate a course during the term. The instructor can then use the feedback to make adjustments to the course, as appropriate.

Student Feedback Tool

The Student Feedback Tool is an important mechanism for providing useful feedback to faculty to help them improve their teaching, and serve as one of multiple measures in the assessment of a faculty member’s teaching.

Students complete an online instrument to anonymously evaluate faculty teaching in all courses. The period to evaluate faculty teaching begins 10 days prior to the end of each term and ends the last day of the term.

The instrument contains eight statements about the course which students respond to using a five-point, Likert-type scale. There are four additional open-ended questions. Results are available the day after final grades are officially posted.

Teaching Consultations

The Learning Teaching Center offers one-on-one consultations with knowledgeable staff and faculty to support a wide range of teaching and learning needs.