Teaching Resources
Faculty Instructional Resources
Below is a list of instructional resources for faculty members. Be sure to click on the title of each resource for a direct link to more information.
Course Evaluations
- At the end of each quarter course evaluations are administered to students. The university values student comments on course instruction, course content and design. Faculty have the option of using the traditional paper format or the new online evaulations (iEVAL). The benefit to the online evaluations is that results are available immediately after the grades are posted.
Flex Classrooms
- Flex classrooms are technologically advanced classroom teaching space designed to aid faculty in developing innovative pedagogical teaching approaches. Faculty who demonstrate interest in optimizing the resources of these spaces will be given priority in scheduling.
Instructional Innovation & Excellence Grants
- This series of competitive grants provide support for faculty efforts to develop new and innovative ways to enhance existing curriculum, create new pedagogical approaches for engaging students in university learning, incorporate technology into their teaching practice, and develop mentoring programs for students and junior faculty.
Institutional Research
- Institutional Research designs and implements research and evaluation studies related to undergraduate education, in support of program and policy development and academic planning. Institutional Research also conducts assessment and provides support to undergraduate program reviews campus wide.
iTEACH
- iTeach serves as an online clearinghouse for resources related to instructional enhancement.
Scholarship of Teaching Speaker Series Schedule
- A venue for presentations on issues such as pedagogical approaches to enhance student engagement in large courses, innovations in technology, assessment based on student learning outcomes, the development of a campus culture of evidence regarding our academic programs, etc. This site contains the schedule and links to archived sessions.
Scholarship of Teaching Spotlight
- This site highlights the upcoming Scholarship of Teaching session.
UC Washington Center
- UCR sends a faculty member to the UC Washington (UCDC) Center to teach an elective class and the UCR seminar each quarter. Faculty are provided with an apartment in the UC Washington Center (or an equivalent) as well as a travel allowance to and from Washington, DC. The call for faculty applications is sent out from the Office of Undergraduate Education in late winter or early spring of each year.
Undergraduate Research
- Research indicates that many faculty received their "spark" for graduate research based on their undergraduate experience. Our commitment to extending undergraduate research and internship opportunities to all UCR students is rooted in the desire to invest in the potential of our students.