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Learning Analytics Projects in U-M Electrical Engineering and Spanish -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate
  • Using Learning Analytics to Coach Students to “Electrifying” Careers in Engineering
    Jamie Phillips and colleagues will discuss how they study the many factors that determine success for students in electrical…
Foundational Course Initiative Course Design Showcase -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

You are cordially invited to the 2nd Annual Course Design Showcase, hosted by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching's Foundational Course Initiative. This year's showcase is scheduled for Friday, September 6, 2019, from 1:30-4:…

How Do We Begin: A Historical Reckoning with Anti-Black Racism at U-M -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Not eligible for Certificate

Written by guest playwright and U-M alum Jordan Harris, this short series of plays illuminates U-M’s complicated relationship to elitism and racial inequity. Using Matthew Johnson’s book Undermining Racial Justice (a historical analysis…

Teaching in Teams: Working with Graduate and Undergraduate Students as Instructors -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Working with a team of Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) and/or Undergraduate Teaching/Learning Assistants (UTAs and ULAs) creates instructional opportunities in large courses that may not be possible otherwise. In this session, we will share…

Making collaboration and group work happen online -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

With the transition to remote teaching and social distancing, many students and instructors may be feeling isolated and cut off from their usual communities. How can you as an instructor help your students connect with one another through their…

Designing for Digital Assessment in Your Engineering Course -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Instructional Technology

With the shift to remote instruction, nearly all instructors had to rethink their strategy for assessing student learning. For some, this has also provided an opportunity to reflect on how and why we “test” - and if high-stakes exams are even…

Making the Most of Hot Moments in the Classroom -
Everyone
Requirement B2

Whether your courses frequently raise potentially sensitive subjects or never do so deliberately, odds are good you will sometimes encounter a 'hot moment': a sudden eruption of tension, conflict, or big emotion during class, often connected to a…

Making the Most of Hot Moments in the Classroom -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Whether your courses frequently raise potentially sensitive subjects or never do so deliberately, odds are good you will sometimes encounter a 'hot moment': a sudden eruption of tension, conflict, or big emotion during class, often connected to a…

Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Making the Most of Hot Moments -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Whether your courses frequently raise potentially sensitive subjects or never do so deliberately, odds are good you will sometimes encounter a 'hot moment': a sudden eruption of tension, conflict, or big emotion during class, often connected to a…

Making the Most of Hot Moments in the Classroom -
Everyone
Requirement B2

Whether your courses frequently raise potentially sensitive subjects or never do so deliberately, odds are good you will sometimes encounter a “hot moment”: a sudden eruption of tension, conflict, or big emotion during class, often connected to a…

Frameworks for Learner-centered & Equity-focused Syllabus Design -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

What is the role of your syllabus in setting the foundation for student success and creating an equitable and learner-centered course environment? Does it get students excited to learn and provide a roadmap for success? Does it make room for…

Frameworks for Learner-centered & Equity-focused Syllabus Design -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

What is the role of your syllabus in setting the foundation for student success and creating an equitable and learner-centered course environment? Does it get students excited to learn and provide a roadmap for success? Does it make room for…

Digital Accessibility for Teaching -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

What is digital accessibility? How can instructors and students make digital content (e.g. PDFs, slide presentations) and spaces (e.g. Zoom, Canvas) more accessible to participants with disabilities and range of access needs? In this 

Foundational Course Initiative Seminar: Students as Partners in Redesigning Foundational Courses -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

What happens when we engage students as partners in the process of designing a course? This talk will explore research on and practices of student-faculty partnerships that have the potential to enhance, and perhaps even transform, student…

Back to Class: Enduring Lessons from Remote Teaching -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

What began as emergency remote instruction - and evolved into a most unique year of teaching - will undoubtedly shape the way we teach and learn when students return to the classroom. This workshop will explore the collective lessons learned from…

Applying Principles of Transparency in Classroom Discussions -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

What are the purposes of class discussion in your courses? What do you (or can you) use discussions to help students learn? How do you communicate to students your expectations around their participation in discussion -- and why is it important…

Applying Principles of Transparency to Support Equitable Classroom Discussions -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

What are the purposes of class discussion in your courses? How can you use both asynchronous and synchronous/face-to-face (f2f) discussions to help students learn? How do you communicate to students your goals and expectations around their…

Applying Principles of Transparency to Classroom Discussions in Remote Contexts -
Faculty, Graduate Students
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

What are the purposes of class discussion in your courses? How can you use both asynchronous and synchronous discussions to help students learn? How do you communicate to students your goals and expectations around their participation in the…

**SESSION FULL** Facilitating High Stakes Discussions -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

What are some topics in your field that might lead to difficult classroom dynamics, controversy, or big emotion in the classroom? How can you approach such topics with intention and careful planning? How can you be ready when conversations emerge…

Facilitating High Stakes Discussions - Encore session -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

What are some topics in your field that might lead to difficult classroom dynamics, controversy, or big emotion in the classroom? How can you approach such topics with intention and careful planning? How can you be ready when conversations emerge…

Teaching in Tumultuous Times -
Everyone
Requirement B2

We are living in unprecedented times with heightened anxiety and stress in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, continued anti-black policies & systemic racism, financial crises, and a contentious political climate. Students report feeling…

Enriching Scholarship: Using Video Wisely – Best Practices for Media in the Classroom -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Instructional Technology

We all remember classes that “put on a movie” in order to fill a class period, but is that the most effective way to incorporate media into your classroom? This session will outline best practices, best tools and helpful tips and tricks to create…

3/15/13 Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM) - OMG! The Future of Teaching -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

Vince Kellen is the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Analytics and Technologies at the University of Kentucky. His presentation will focus on personalized learning and high-speed analytics.

Location: Great Lakes Room, 4th floor…

CRLT Players: Negotiating Race in Humanities Classrooms -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Using theatre as a means to provoke dialogue, this session will examine how questions of social identity and difference enter Humanities and Social Science classrooms in two major ways: through the course material, and through the embodied…

Advanced Practices for Inclusive Teaching -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Using teaching methods that effectively engage all students within a classroom is of ongoing interest to GSIs in any discipline. Instructors often ask: What does inclusive teaching really look like in practice? How do I know if the methods I am…