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Gameful Learning with GradeCraft -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

This session is a hands-on GradeCraft workshop that focuses on best practices for adding gameful elements into your course. Participants will learn how to transfer the gameful elements from a syllabus or course plan into GradeCraft, an…

Online - Rubrics 101: Content, Transparency & Grading -
Everyone
Requirement B2

This self-paced online workshop provides an introduction to the various types of rubrics and the basic steps for creating a quality rubric. Participants will consider how a rubric can be used to enhance teaching and improve the…

Leading Discussions in the Social Sciences and Humanities -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2

This introductory workshop for GSIs in the social sciences and humanities presents active learning strategies aimed at improving discussions in the classroom. Workshop participants will acquire a toolbox of strategies for planning and…

Teaching with Technology: Incorporating Digital Media -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2, Instructional Technology

This interactive workshop will explore the use of digital media assignments (i.e., assignments that incorporate the use of digital content such as blogs, video, or audio). Such assignments can provide students with multiple entry points…

Five-part Diversity and Inclusive Teaching Seminar Winter 2019 -
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Graduate Students
Requirement B1

The Diversity and Inclusive Teaching (DIT) Seminar is co-developed by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) and The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR), with support from Rackham Graduate School and IGR. In this five…

Assessing Student Participation: What, How, and Why? -
Everyone
Requirement B2

Student participation factors into many instructional approaches, whether through discussion, presentations, in- and out-of-class assignments, or group work. Yet it can be challenging to identify transparent and fair methods for grading…

Assessing Student Participation: What, How, and Why? [Online Workshop] -
Everyone
Requirement B2

Student participation factors into many instructional approaches, whether through discussion, presentations, in- and out-of-class assignments, or group work. Yet it can be challenging to identify transparent and fair methods for grading…

Teaching for Inclusion and Equity -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Research shows that student learning is enhanced when instructors put thought and action into creating environments that are inclusive of students across a range of backgrounds and identities. How can instructors deliberately cultivate…

Teaching for Equity and Inclusion -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Research shows that student learning is enhanced when instructors put thought and action into creating environments that are inclusive of students across a range of backgrounds and identities. How can instructors deliberately cultivate…

Inclusive Teaching in U-M's Undergraduate Classrooms -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Research shows that deliberate use of inclusive teaching practices enhances student learning and contributes to a classroom environment in which all students feel valued and supported. How can instructors create a welcoming class…

Gameful Engineering -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Participants at this session will learn about gameful pedagogy and explore ways in which gameful pedagogy could foster intrinsic motivation in their engineering students. We will brainstorm ways to give students choice in how they…

Writing and Grading Multiple Choice Exams: An Online Workshop -
Everyone
Requirement B2

Multiple choice questions can be an effective and efficient way to assess learning outcomes. In this interactive online workshop, participants will learn about evidence-based practices for designing valid and reliable multiple…

Developing Your Teaching Philosophy (An Online Workshop) -
Graduate Students
Not eligible for Certificate

Many academic employers require a teaching philosophy statement as part of the application process. In this online workshop, you will learn about research on hiring committees’ use of teaching philosophy statements, examine sample…

"FEBRUARY 9TH RESCHEDULED EVENT!" FCI Seminar Series - Beyond Multiple Choice: Using Open-Ended Questions and Student Behavior Data to Promote Engagement and Understand Learning -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

Large lecture courses often suffer from low participation. Many students are uncomfortable asking questions verbally during class. Using personal response systems, e.g., i>clicker, to ask multiple-choice (MC) questions is one…

The Science of Learning [RESCHEDULED SESSION] -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2

In this workshop, we will summarize key findings on how people learn, and connect them to practical implications for teaching. Through interactive activities based on the science of learning, you will investigate teaching strategies you…

FCI Seminar Series - Creativity and Imagination are Foundational: EECS 183 and PoliSci 101 -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

In this session, Mary Lou Dorf (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, EECS) and Mika LaVaque-Manty (Political Science) will share their experience with large courses in two very different fields that both tap into student…

(Cancelled Event - this event will be rescheduled at later date) FCI Seminar Series - Student Commitment to STEM Education Reforms: Results from Evaluation of the Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

In this session, Mark Graham, a research scientist in STEM education at Yale University’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, will present results from the NSF-sponsored evaluation of the Summer Institutes on Scientific…

Foundational Course Initiative Seminar: Lessons from a Course Transformation Program at a Large Research Intensive University -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

In an era in which active learning, student engagement, and transformative education is increasingly discussed, it is crucial that educators understand the factors that foster greater student engagement and what is broadly referred to…

Gameful Learning Community of Practice (Session 1) -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Gameful learning is a pedagogical approach that takes inspiration from how good games function and applies that to the design of learning environments. Gameful is grounded in self-determination theory to build student autonomy,…

Gameful Learning Community of Practice (Session 3) -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Gameful learning is a pedagogical approach that takes inspiration from how good games function and applies that to the design of learning environments. Gameful is grounded in  self-determination theory to build student autonomy,…

Gameful Learning Community of Practice (Session 2) -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Gameful learning is a pedagogical approach that takes inspiration from how good games function and applies that to the design of learning environments. Gameful is grounded in  self-determination theory to build student autonomy,…

Gameful Learning Community of Practice (Session 4) -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Gameful learning is a pedagogical approach that takes inspiration from how good games function and applies that to the design of learning environments. Gameful is grounded in  self-determination theory to build student autonomy,…

Gameful Learning Community of Practice (session 3) -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Gameful learning is a pedagogical approach that takes inspiration from how good games function and applies that to the design of learning environments. Gameful is grounded in  self-determination theory to build student autonomy,…

Gameful Learning Community of Practice (session 2) -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Gameful learning is a pedagogical approach that takes inspiration from how good games function and applies that to the design of learning environments. Gameful is grounded in  self-determination theory to build student autonomy,…

Gameful Learning Community of Practice (session 4) -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

Gameful learning is a pedagogical approach that takes inspiration from how good games function and applies that to the design of learning environments. Gameful is grounded in  self-determination theory to build student autonomy,…