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Designing Classroom Activities for Accessibility -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Session Format: In-person

Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs

Facilitator(s): Kathryn Hendrickson, Bethany Morrison

Session Abstract: Active learning can make teaching more…

Crafting Futures: Connecting Course Content to Students’ Career Development -
Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students
Requirement B2

Session Format: In-person, Multipurpose Room in lobby of LSA Building (500 State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109)

Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Admin/Staff

Facilitator(s): Paul Barron, Sarah Zelner…

Introduction to Equity-focused Teaching -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Session Format: Blended/Flipped: Asynchronous (via Canvas) plus Remote Synchronous (via Zoom)

Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, UG Instructional Assistants

Facilitator(s): Anoff Nicholas…

Assessing Participation: What? Why? and How? -
Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Requirement B2

Session Format: Blended/Flipped: Asynchronous (via Canvas) plus In-person Synchronous

Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Admin/Staff

Facilitator(s): Waleed Helweh

Session…

Equity-focused Teaching in Practice: Critical Engagement of Difference -
Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom)

Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, UG Instructional Assistants, Admin/Staff

Facilitator(s): Esther Grace Witte

Session Abstract:

Launching CRLT’s summer book study: Braiding Sweetgrass -
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Faculty

Braiding Sweetgrass is a national bestseller which examines the relationship between indigenous knowledge and Western scientific knowledge. Author…

Revising Your Teaching Philosophy -
Graduate Students
Not eligible for Certificate

 

Now that you have a draft of your statement of teaching philosophy, how can you strengthen it and make it more effective? This workshop is a hands-on session in which you will review sample statements, discuss the revision process, and…

PowerPoint Supported by Science of Learning -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Instructional Technology

 

Presentation slides serve many purposes in the classroom. They can provide an organizing platform for a lecture, a study guide for students after class, and a place for students to take notes during class.  This session,…

Organize, Streamline and Simplify: Teaching Efficiently with Technology -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2, Instructional Technology

 

In this interactive session, we will dicuss some of the common challenges of being a GSI, and share technology resources that can help you overcome them. Topics covered will include:
  • GSI-student interactions - Office…
7 into 15: A CRLT Players Theater Performance - GSI session -
Graduate Students
Not eligible for Certificate

 

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…

Facilitating Discussions of Research Literature in STEM Courses *NEW SESSION* -
Everyone
Requirement B2

 

This workshop provides an opportunity for instructors in STEM courses to discuss evidence-based practices that can promote more effective discussions of research literature. Through a series of group-based activities, instructors will…

Tim McKay -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

 

 

Introduction to Neurodivergence: Strategies for Engineering Instructors -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

“Neurodiversity” describes how people experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways. The term “neurodivergent” is often associated with individuals with learning disabilities, ADHD, autism, or more generally, someone…

Finding the Right Balance: Integrating Pre-Class and In-Class Learning in your Flipped Classroom -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Requirement B2

“Flipping” the classroom refers, in general, to a course design whereby learners engage meaningfully with content prior to class and then deepen their learning and understanding during class time, often through extended structured activities. In…

Finding the Right Balance: Integrating Pre-Class and In-Class Learning in your Flipped Classroom -
Faculty

“Flipping” the classroom refers, in general, to a course design whereby learners engage meaningfully with content prior to class and then deepen their learning and understanding during class time, often through extended structured activities. In…

Fostering Empathy in Engineering Students and Classrooms -
Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students, Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Session Format: In-Person

Intended Audience: All

Teaching with Technology: MiQuizMaker -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

MiQuizMaker is an instructional tool that supports efficient development of quizzes that can be…

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

Session Format: Hybrid (Synchronous In Person or Remote simultaneously)

Distress Signals: Supporting Students Facing Mental Health Challenges (CRLT Players) -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

This workshop asks instructors to consider their roles and responsibilities in supporting students who face mental health challenges. Built around a scenario that presents situations and dynamics teachers commonly encounter with their students…

Workshopping Your Inclusive Teaching Materials -
Faculty

This session provides IT@M participants a structured opportunity to share and get feedback on teaching materials (e.g., syllabus elements, assignments, classroom activities) they are developing with inclusive teaching in mind. Working in small…

Campus Climate in Your Classroom: Responding to Student Microaggressions -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

This session focuses on ways faculty and GSIs, through their classroom teaching, can contribute to a welcoming campus climate for a diverse range of students at U-M. Specifically, participants will develop their skills for preventing,…

Implementing Inclusive Teaching Principles in Your Classroom (for GSIs) -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Much scholarship on teaching and learning provides insights about the importance of an explicitly inclusive classroom climate for student learning, the value of learning collaboratively with diverse peers, and the benefits of intentionally…

Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Closing Lunch: Engaging colleagues in conversations about inclusive teaching -
Everyone

If you plan to attend any of the Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan sessions, please also join us for this final lunch. This event will provide an opportunity to reflect upon key ideas and strategies we've gained through the series -- and to…

Designing Community-Based Learning Courses with Diverse Learners In Mind -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Community-based learning (CBL) has important implications for the development of cross-cultural awareness and positively impacts campus climate as students, faculty and community members collaborate across differences. In this session co-…