Office for the Advancement of Teaching — Diliman

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  • 2023 Gawad Tsanselor sa Natatanging Guro Call for Nominations

    2023 Gawad Tsanselor sa Natatanging Guro Call for Nominations

     

    The primary criteria for the evaluation of the nominees are based on:

    • a 1,500-word statement of the nominee’s teaching philosophy (In ordinary and extraordinary times, what does it mean to be a UP professor?)
    • summary and evidence of milestone accomplishments in teaching, research, and public service that illustrate how the nominee’s teaching philosophy is practiced.

    The eligibility criteria for the 2023 Gawad Tsanselor sa Natatanging Guro award are as follows:

    • The nominee must be a tenured faculty member.
    • The nominee must not have been a recipient of the Gawad Tsanselor sa Natatanging Guro in the last three years (i.e., 2020, 2021 and 2022).
    •  Within AY 2019-2020 to AY 2021-2022, the nominee must have:
      • Rendered continuous teaching service in UP Diliman, with a teaching load credit (TLC) of at least six (6) units per semester for semestral programs or four (4) units per term for trimestral programs; and,
      • Obtained a weighted average SET score per term of 4.0 or better for AY 2021-2022 only.
    • Accomplished ANY one of the following:
      • Published an article in a refereed journal;
      • Published a refereed book published by a local/international academic publisher;
      • Published a refereed book chapter published by a local/international academic publisher;
      • Staged a juried exhibit/curated work in a local/international venue;
      • Staged a juried performance/creative work output staged in a local/international venue; or
      • Produced a patent/peer-reviewed design.
    • Rendered service to ANY of the following, for each academic year:
      • The University
      • The nation
      • The global community
    • Nominee must not have been found guilty of administrative or criminal offense. In case the nominee has a pending administrative or criminal case, there should be no adverse judgment/ruling with finality on said case at the time of the granting of the award.
    Submission Details:

    Please submit the following documents through e-mail to ovcaa.oatdiliman@up.edu.ph

    [Subject line: ATTENTION DAIZE – Gawad Tsanselor sa Natatanging Guro 2023 Nomination Packet of (name of faculty)] on or before 31 March 2023 (Friday), 11:59 PM:

      1. Cover letter by the nominating unit highlighting how the nominee satisfies the criteria;
      2. Duly accomplished nomination form; and
      3. Supporting documents for entries in the nomination form.

    The nomination form (in Word and pdf formats) is attached. Only submissions with complete attachments will be considered.

    For questions/clarifications, please contact Ms. Daizy F. Agao using the abovementioned email address or you may contact her via VoIP local 2562.

    Kindly disseminate this information to faculty members of your college/unit.

    Thank you very much.

    View or download the call for nominations and nomination form via this link:

    https://oat.upd.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Memorandum-No.-OVCAA-MTTP-23-006_Call-for-Nominations-for-the-2023-Gawad-Tsanselor-sa-Natatanging-Guro.pdf

     

  • MSU – Iligan Institute of Technology visits UPD for benchmarking activities

    MSU – Iligan Institute of Technology visits UPD for benchmarking activities

    Select faculty members of Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology visited UPD for their benchmarking activity last February 6, 2023.

    We are grateful to Ms. Lucilyn E. Gardaya (OUR Diliman), Maria Vanessa L. Oyzon, PhD (University Registrar), Gonzalo Campoamor II, PhD (Vice Chancellor for Research and Development), Assoc. Prof. Fortunato B. Dela Peña Jr., Mr. Robby Salas (CFA Fablab), Ms. Sheryl Grodias (University Archives Representative) and Ms. Noelle Camilla R. Rivera (Office of International Linkages Diliman) for extending their warmest welcome and supporting the efforts of our MSU colleagues.

  • CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR THE AI AYAYAY A CONVERSATION ON TEACHING AND CHATGPT

    CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR THE AI AYAYAY A CONVERSATION ON TEACHING AND CHATGPT

     

    Nugagawen natin sa ChatGPT? Join us on February 13 (Monday), 9-11AM para sa “AI ayayay! A conversation on teaching and ChatGPT.” This event is free and open to the public. Register here: http://bit.ly/AIchatGPT

    Zoom slots are limited pero naka-livestream din tayo sa Facebook page at YouTube channel ng Office for the Advancement of Teaching.

    Makakasama natin sina
    – Dr. Cynthia Bautista, UP Vice President for Academic Affairs
    – Dr. Tess Payongayong, UPD Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
    – Dr. Rex Jalao, UPD Artificial Intelligence Program Coordinator
    – Dr. Bomen Guillermo.

    Event description:
    As the new semester commences, both faculty members and students are faced with the challenge of how to navigate the potential disruptions that ChatGPT, an online artificial intelligence chatbot, may cause in higher education. Social media posts and think pieces have raised concerns regarding its ethicality, the threats it poses to authentic assessment, and the burdens it may induce on teachers. Some, on the other hand, are excited with the possibilities of this tool. But what do we do with ChatGPT? Dapat nga ba itong katakutan? Dedmahin? Bigyan ng chance?

    In the spirit of building communities of practice and kick-starting a university-wide conversation on ChatGPT’s perils and promises, the Office for the Advancement of Teaching is holding, “AI ayayay! A conversation on Teaching and ChatGPT”, on February 13 (Monday), 9-11AM. The format will be an online roundtable discussion where a moderator will pose key questions to invited discussants and gather insights from the audience. The goal is to come up with a collective response to ChatGPT instead of leaving our faculty to deal with the matter individually. The event is free of charge and open to the public.

    For questions and clarifications, please contact the Office for the Advancement of Teaching at ovcaa.oatdiliman@up.edu.ph (ATTN: Ms Kath Reyes).

    We hope that you can join us in our sem-opener this year!

  • DMMMSU visits UPD for benchmarking activities

    DMMMSU visits UPD for benchmarking activities

     

    The Dean, Chairpersons, and select faculty members of the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University visited several UPD academic units for their benchmarking activity last December 9, 2022.

    Consultations were held with the College of Arts and Letters, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, General Education Center and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development to strengthen their research, extension, and instruction capabilities.

    We are grateful to the Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and the Deans and line team of the colleges for extending their warmest welcome and supporting the efforts of our DMMMSU colleagues.

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  • Call for Participants for the Pilot Run of TEC 2: Reflections on Graduate School Teaching

    Call for Participants for the Pilot Run of TEC 2: Reflections on Graduate School Teaching

     

    As part of our ongoing efforts to expand our Teaching Effectiveness Course (TEC) offerings, we would like to invite graduate faculty members to participate in the pilot run of TEC 2: Reflections on Graduate School Teaching. The course will run on November 28 (10:00-11:30 AM; 1:00-3:00 PM) and November 29 (9:00-10:30 AM), 2022 (3 hours max per session). The workshop will be conducted via Zoom.

     

    This short course intends to provide a space for graduate faculty to reflect and potentially work on their teaching philosophy, course design, rapport-building strategies, and mentoring that are effective for a graduate course context. We would like to reiterate that this is a pilot run intended to improve future iterations of this workshop. We also hope that this will be a good opportunity for our graduate faculty to share their best practices and learn from each other, especially because most of our offerings so far focus on the onboarding of new (and mostly undergraduate) faculty.

     

    For faculty members who have decided to commit to participate and finish the course, they can register through this link: bit.ly/TECGrad22 on or before 21 November 2022 (Monday). Due to limited slots, we can only accommodate 30 participants on a first-come-first-served basis.

    The provisional program is attached. For questions and clarifications, please contact the Office for the Advancement of Teaching at ovcaa.oatdiliman@up.edu.ph (ATTN: Ms Beq Fucio).

  • Integrating Critical Thinking in Instruction: Train the Trainer Workshops

    Integrating Critical Thinking in Instruction: Train the Trainer Workshops

     

    Taking off from our webinar on critical thinking last September and in line with the goal of OAT-OVCAA to deepen our pool of facilitators for future offerings, we would like to invite interested faculty members to a training for trainers on Integrating Critical Thinking in Instruction.
    This will be conducted on 19 November 2022 (Saturday), from 9 AM-3 PM. Dr. Nadya Patel from the Singapore Institute of Technology will be facilitating the training. This training is free and made possible through the Module Development Project of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
    Interested participants can register through https://bit.ly/CTWorkshop22 on or before 11 November 2022 (Friday).
    Due to limited slots, we can only accommodate 50 participants for this workshop on a first-come-first- served basis. Use of the UP webmail is needed during registration. We would also like to remind that faculty who will register must commit to attend and finish the entire duration of the training. Slots will also be opened to other UP CUs within the week.
    For questions and clarifications, please contact us at ovcaa.oatdiliman@up.edu.ph (ATTN: Ms. Zari Bilon and Ms. Tina Dizon).