Training and Professional Development

  • 20-Minute Mentor: Promote Critical Thinking

    Every Monday, Magna Publications provides UConn faculty members with access to a 20-minute video from its “Monday Morning Mentor” presentation series.  This series offers video-based programs designed to answer a specific question related to teaching and learning, delivering actionable insights in highly focused 20-minute presentations designed to fit busy schedules. 

    This week’s program, “What Activities and Assignments Promote Critical Thinking?" encourages you to create a discipline-specific strategy to grow your students’ critical thinking skills, identify critical thinking content, and adapt your courses accordingly.  This program gives you an understanding of how to teach critical thinking in your courses. By the end of the program, you’ll be able to

    • Identify the course content suitable for teaching critical thinking
    • Create discipline-related and effective content, assignments, and activities related to critical thinking
    • Identify and avoid the mistakes commonly made by instructors trying to teach critical thinking

    This video is available at www.mondaymorningmentors.com (password promote97) from Monday, November 21 through Sunday, November 27, 2016.

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    Please also note that the University of Connecticut now has a 20-Minute Mentor Commons Subscription.  As a member of our campus community, you now have free access to all of the 20-Minute Mentor videos, which cover a broad range of faculty development topics, at all times. Sign up today and help energize your higher education career:

    STEP 1: Activate your 20-Minute Mentor Commons subscription

    1. Go to www.magnapubs.com/sitelicense/registration.html?v=uconn0622
    2. Enter information in each of the required fields.  In the Authorization Code box, enter our group Authorization Code UCONN752 and click Submit

    Please note: entering the Authorization Code is done only once.

    STEP 2: Access the 20-Minute Mentor Commons library

    1. Go to www.magnapubs.com/profile
    2. Enter your email address & password & click Submit. If you do not know or remember your account password, use “Forget your password?” to reset it.
    3. On the left side of the screen, under My Account, My Online Access, select Subscriptions. The online content you have access to will be listed to the right. Click the appropriate link to view the content.

    Please do not share the Authorization Code with anyone outside our campus community.

    Need help?  Email support@magnapubs.com or call 800-433-0499 ext. 2 (office hours are 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday).

    For more information, contact: The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at CETL@uconn.edu