| Dates | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 9/17/24 1:00 pm - 9/17/24 2:30 pm | It's Time for Action: Incorporating Active Learning Techniques in Your STEM Class | Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Graduate Students, UG Instructional Assistants Facilitator(s): Engineering Teaching Consultants Session Abstract: Creating a plan to engage students in active learning can be challenging. In this workshop, you will learn about a variety of active learning techniques, and then begin to formulate a plan for implementing active learning in your own course. GTC eligible? Yes - B2 |
| 9/25/24 10:00 am - 9/25/24 11:30 am | Strategies for Leading Office Hours in Engineering Courses | Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Graduate Students, UG Instructional Assistants Facilitator(s): Engineering Teaching Consultants Session Abstract: Office Hours for any course provide crucial, one-on-one or small group, settings for students to get help with course concerns, from homework, to reviewing course content, and discussing grades. Setting the tone for Office Hours at the start of the semester can help both instructors and students get the most out of their time together. In this workshop, you will learn about how to set up Office Hours as well as get practice supporting students in developing problem-solving skills. You will also have the chance to brainstorm solutions to concerns you have about the engineering Office Hours you have already held. GTC eligible? Yes - B2 |
| 9/27/24 10:00 am - 9/27/24 11:30 am | The Role of Empathy in Equity-focused Engineering Classroom | Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Admin/Staff, UG Instructional Assistants, Postdocs, Graduate Students, Faculty Facilitator(s): Linjue Wang Session Abstract: Engineering education research shows that empathy is crucial to building positive faculty/GSI-student relationships both inside the classroom and beyond. Participants will learn about empathy as a vehicle to promote equity-focused teaching in engineering. They will engage in faculty/GSI role-playing scenarios, self-reflection, and discussions that will include concrete examples of how an instructor can approach students with empathy in an equity-centered classroom. GTC eligible? Yes - B2-DEI |
| 10/7/24 6:00 pm - 10/7/24 7:30 pm | Promoting Successful Teamwork in STEM Classes | Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Graduate Students, UG Instructional Assistants Facilitator(s): Engineering Teaching Consultants Session Abstract: Effective use of teams in a course can increase student learning and enhance students' problem solving abilities, if instructors ensure that all students are engaged and included. In this session, participants will explore research-based methods for enhancing teamwork skills, engaging students, increasing cooperative learning, and supporting dysfunctional teams. GTC eligible? Yes - B2 |
| 10/28/24 1:30 pm - 10/28/24 3:00 pm | The Importance of Embracing Failure in Learning | Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Admin/Staff, UG Instructional Assistants, Postdocs, Graduate Students, Faculty Facilitator(s): Deborah Litchi, Rhonda Holton, Audra Baleisis Session Abstract: Failure is a vital part of conducting research and thinking about design in STEM disciplines. However, STEM students do not often view failure, or challenges, as integral to learning. In this interactive session, participants will reflect on the many roles (both positive and negative) of failure in the college classroom, and learn about strategies for mitigating fear of failure. We will consider the dangers of stereotype threat and impostor syndrome, and the power of fostering a growth mindset for instructors and students. (Note: this workshop is based on the Stereotype Threat, Impostor Syndrome and Growth Mindset Workshop that has been offered for the past 4 years. If you have attended that, much of the material will be familiar to you.) GTC eligible? Yes - B2-DEI |
