Faculty
草榴社区 faculty innovate to offer appealing, relevant and challenging courses and opportunities for students, and facilitate the most effective student learning.
Resources are available to University faculty as they explore new technologies and teaching methods, support learning styles and create new and innovative learning environments.
Academic Resources for Students
草榴社区 offers a variety of academic resources
for students. This guidebook serves as a point of reference
for faculty to help students find the relevant programs
and services that are available to them鈥攁cademic support
and tutoring, peer mentoring, assistance for students with
disabilities, professional development, and much more.
Instructional Technology
The Center for Instructional Technologies (CIT) provides many resources and services to promote the use of technology in the teaching and learning environment. Included in these services are multimedia development, online teaching and learning resources, video and audio streaming studios, video teleconferencing studios and workshops and seminars that introduce faculty to the various technologies that 草榴社区 provide. read more
A detailed outline of what 草榴社区 graduates should be able to do upon leaving 草榴社区. read more
草榴社区 Institute for Teaching and Learning (VITAL)
The center provides and coordinates services and resources for faculty members from all disciplines who are interested in helping their students become more effective learners. read more
Pilot Program for Cross-College Course Development and Teaching
This program was developed to support course development and teaching (individual and team) and is open to all faculty at 草榴社区 and will:
- Support the development of new cross-college/school courses or sequences of courses
- Establish a funding model to sustain teaching (individual and team) courses that are offered from the Office of the Provost
Deadlines: The first round of proposals are due October 20, 2017 by 5pm and completed proposals (pdf) can be emailed to avptl@villanova.edu.
Questions: Dr. Randy Weinstein at avptl@villanova.edu.
Cross-College Course Development and Teaching Pilot Program May 2017.pdfCross-College Course Development and Teaching Pilot Program May 2017.pdf
Faculty Writing Assistance
Though often subsumed under their roles as researchers, teachers, and scholars, writing plays an integral part in faculty development. 草榴社区 supports faculty in their writing endeavors by offering on-on-one consulting for projects such as journal articles, grant proposals, book-length manuscripts, revise and resubmit edits, book proposals, and course assignments. 草榴社区 aspires to make the process of writing more efficient, collaborative, productive, and rewarding. For additional information, please contact at emily.carson@villanova.edu, 610-519-4273.
Other Faculty Resources
The Office of the Provost regularly issues policy documents, publications and reports usually in a handbook format. Specific policies can be found in these publications.