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Faculty Development Courses
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CETL) offers a series of faculty development courses with Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) certification that are designed to help instructors enhance their teaching skills. Promote student success with topics such as fostering a sense of belonging, creating a supportive learning environment, and implementing active learning strategies.
ACUE Commons: Enhance Your Teaching with Evidence-Based Practices
We are pleased to announce that all Weber State University faculty and staff now have access to the ACUE Commons, a powerful digital resource library from the Association of College and University Educators.
The ACUE Commons offers a comprehensive, on-demand library of curated, evidence-based teaching practices designed to support and enhance your instructional methods. Whether you are seeking quick tips or in-depth strategies, this resource is a valuable tool for professional growth and student success.
Limited-Time Access for Faculty & Staff
Your access to the full library of the ACUE Commons is available until December 2026. We encourage you to take advantage of this resource for your professional development.
Professional Development Opportunities
While we are not offering upcoming ACUE courses at this time, we encourage you to explore the rich content available within the ACUE Commons. For inquiries regarding professional development opportunities, contact Rachel Cox-Vineiz at rachelcox@weber.edu.
Key Features of the ACUE Commons:
- Evidence-Based Practices: Access hundreds of teaching strategies proven to drive student engagement, persistence, and learning.
- On-Demand Access: Explore resources anytime, anywhere, at your own pace.
- Comprehensive Library & Quick Study Courses such as:
- AI in Higher Education
- Cultivating Civic and Social Skills
- Preparing Work-Force Ready Students
- Holistic Student Support
For more information on the ACUE Commons, please visit the official ACUE website.
What are WSU instructors saying about the ACUE Effective Teaching Practices course?
ACUE Course Descriptions
Fostering a Culture of
Belonging
Have you ever wondered about the connection between student success and a student's feeling of belonging your classroom?
This asynchronous course offers you the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of pertinent concepts and will equip you with actionable practices that can be immediately implemented to help increase a sense of belonging for everyone on campus.
Creating a Supportive Learning
Environment
This asynchronous course will enrich you with skill sets to create belonging for every student in your classes from the very first day. You will also have the opportunity to connect with other ACUE scholars to build an intellectual and teaching community in a face-to-face modality. Modules in this credential will present practices for leading a productive first day, promoting a civil learning environment, engaging underprepared students, helping students persist in their studies, providing useful feedback, and checking for student understanding.
Promoting Active Learning
Microcredential Course
How can active learning lead to student success and better outcomes?
This asynchronous course will equip you with proven techniques and practices to more actively engage your students in learning and thinking critically. Modules in this credential will present practices for developing effective class sessions and lectures, using groups to ensure active learning, using the active learning cycle, and planning and facilitating effective and engaging discussions.
Promoting Active Learning
Online Microcredential Course
Actively engage students in varied learning formats, including small and large group activities, discussions, and microlectures, with evidence-based teaching practices from ACUE’s Promoting Active Learning Online. With more students than ever learning online, this course equips instructors with active learning practices to engage students in all formats, plan and facilitate quality discussions, and use group work to deepen learning.
In a matter of weeks, you can learn and implement practices that elevate your teaching and propel student success. Designed for all types of faculty, the evidence-based teaching practices found within this course can be implemented in an online, hybrid, or classroom learning environment.
Designing Learner-Centered
& Equitable Courses
This course fully supports both instructors who are building a course from the ground up, as well as those teaching a pre-designed course. Modules in this credential will present practices for establishing powerful learning outcomes, aligning assessments, activities, and assignments with course outcomes, developing fair, consistent, and transparent grading practices, developing and using rubrics and checklists, and preparing an effective syllabus.
Inspiring Inquiry & Preparing
Life-Long Learners
Instructors will implement strategies that motivate students to take greater ownership of their learning, such as guiding students to set attainable goals, ask effective questions, and self-assess their work and process. Students will be better prepared to tackle challenging concepts with well-planned questions, explanations, and visuals, and will feel valued as faculty collect and use their feedback to meet learners’ needs. Modules in this credential will include: Motivating Your Students, Using Concept Maps and Other Visualization Tools, Using Advanced Questioning Techniques, Providing Clear Directions and Explanations, Using Student Achievement and Feedback to Improve Your Teaching, and Developing Self-Directed Learners.