2022 Campus-Wide New Faculty Orientation Program

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New Faculty Orientation Program

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Michigan League
911 N. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

8:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast - Ballroom, Michigan League
9:00 a.m.	Plenary Session: Welcome to Michigan! Matthew Kaplan, Executive Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Mary Sue Coleman, President of the University of Michigan Rebecca Cunningham, Vice President for Research
9:50 a.m.	CRLT Players, an interactive theatre troupe, present Act for Equity
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions

Research-Based Practices for College Teaching

In this interactive session, faculty will learn about and discuss a set of research-based principles to promote learning. Throughout the session, participants will identify strategies informed by these principles that they can use to foster student learning in an upcoming course. Examples will be drawn from a wide variety of teaching contexts, including undergraduate, graduate, and clinical teaching.

Using Digital Tools to Engage Students and Enhance Teaching: Mini-Technology Fair

In this session, U-M faculty and staff demonstrate digital tools useful in a variety of disciplines and classroom settings, and talk about how these tools enhance teaching and learning in their own classrooms. Attendees will have the opportunity to choose two of the following to learn about: 1) getting started with Canvas, U-M’s learning management system; 2) ways to engage students with audio and video in Canvas; 3) low-stakes assessments using Canvas Quizzes; 4) using social annotation tools like Hypothesis to motivate student reading; 5) a tool (GradeCraft) that helps faculty incorporate and manage gameful elements in their courses; and 6) opportunities for your students to embody or experience content in Extended Reality (XR).

Leveraging Group Work and Teams to Enhance Student Learning

Effective use of teams and group work in the classroom can increase student learning, improve retention of course material, and enhance students’ problem-solving ability. It is often difficult, though, to ensure that all students are engaged, included, and successful in teams. In this session participants will explore a continuum of collaborative assignments and will identify research-based strategies for the creation and assessment of student groups.

Introduction to Equity-Focused Teaching

How can instructors deliberately cultivate learning environments (face-to-face and remote) where all students are valued, respected, and supported in their learning? This interactive session will introduce participants to CRLT’s research-based framework for Equity-Focused Teaching, provide structured opportunities for instructors to reflect on their goals and practices related to equity, consider how to apply key research-based teaching principles to their teaching, and exchange ideas with colleagues to support the deliberate cultivation of equitable learning environments.

Strategies for Clinical Teaching in the Health Sciences

In this session, faculty from several health science disciplines will discuss best practices for clinical/bedside teaching. Attendees will hear from experienced colleagues about effective time management when teaching in the clinic, best practices for providing feedback to trainees, and facilitating effective small group discussions.

12:00 p.m.	Lunch and Welcoming Remarks, Ballroom Laurie McCauley, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Matthew Kaplan, Executive Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
12:45 p.m.	Information Fair, Vandenberg/Concourse Staff representing various U-M offices will be available to distribute printed materials and answer questions.