The Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms (EPIC) Program is dedicated to establishing new paradigms for teaching pedagogy and study in the Humanities for both faculty and graduate students at UCLA. We are now accepting applications for the EPIC Program Graduate Student Research (GSR) position, offering an opportunity for a graduate student from the Humanities…
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Peer-Assisted Reflections on Student Learning or PAROSL
Published: January 5, 2022Peer-Assisted Reflections on Student Learning or PAROSL is a UCLA program in which pairs of faculty observe each other’s classes, discuss student learning, and implement an innovative teaching technique. PAROSL supports faculty as they find ways to make their teaching more inclusive and student-centered. Two new studies published in the International Journal for Academic Development…
Read MoreCall for Undergraduate Panelists: EPIC’s “Ready, Set, Teach!” Event
Published: December 3, 2021The Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms (EPIC) Program is searching for undergraduates to share their learning experience during the Fall 2021 quarter for its “Ready, Set, Teach!” student panel on Fri., Jan. 21, 2022. The audience will be graduate student instructors and faculty members who wish to learn about undergraduate students’ experiences. Participants will receive $100…
Read MoreCall for Applications: EPIC-Lang Pedagogical Grants Application AY 2022-2023
Published: November 23, 2021The Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms (EPIC) Program is pleased to announce two new grant opportunities for faculty and graduate students under EPIC-Lang(uage), a new set of initiatives that expands EPIC’s goal to support and promote language instruction. We invite proposals intended to support individual or team (three-person maximum) projects that enhance the theories…
Read MoreCall for Graduate Student Researchers
Published: June 21, 2021The EPIC Program is now accepting graduate student researcher (GSR) applications for the Fall 2021 quarter with the possibility of an extension for the Winter and Spring 2022 quarters. There are two separate positions available: one for the EPIC Program and one for EPIC’s newest language initiative, EPIC-Lang. These positions offer opportunities for graduate student…
Read MoreCourse Development Seminars in Teaching Excellence
Published: May 13, 2021The Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms Program is pleased to announce a new grant opportunity to promote innovative and inclusive undergraduate teaching in the following interdisciplinary fields within the Humanities: Health & Medical, Environmental, Digital, and Urban Humanities. Building upon the foundational work of the Mellon-EPIC Fellows from the Collaborative Humanities Track Seminars in…
Read MoreUCLA Online Teaching and Learning: “From Remote to Online” Workshops
Published: March 29, 2021The Online Teaching and Learning Initiative (OTLI) invites you to apply for one of OTLI’s “From Remote to Online” workshops to build a course that merges creative pedagogy with best practices for online instruction. These small, hands-on programs will provide instructors the opportunity to work with an experienced team of online course developers and video…
Read MoreFeatured Program: Participate in Peer-Assisted Reflection on Student Learning (PAROSL) in Spring 2021
Published: March 11, 2021Faculty are invited to participate in the Peer-Assisted Reflections on Student Learning (PAROSL) program, which is designed to help faculty boost their teaching dossier and hone their pedagogy. Faculty apply in pairs to support—not evaluate—each other through collaborative review of lessons and the implementation of an innovative teaching strategy. Engagement in PAROSL spans a quarter,…
Read MoreUCLA Learning Management System
Published: February 22, 2021EPIC has been asked to share recruitment information about the several new IT and educational tech positions for the transition to the UCLA’s new Learning Management System (LMS). An outline of these roles with detailed descriptions, as well as frequently asked questions can be found here. Please see the notification below for more information. UCLA has…
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