| Event | Dates | Short Description |
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| Creating Accessible Learning Environments |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Students bring a diversity of needs to our classroom. Teaching with accessibility in mind can help us include and accommodate them all. In this session you will learn how to incorporate inclusive teaching principles and practices that promote… |
| Diversity and Inclusive Teaching Seminar |
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- - - Graduate Students Requirement B1 |
Co-sponsored by the Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the Program on Intergroup RelationsCo-developed by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) and the Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR), this four-week seminar… |
| Developing Your Teaching Philosophy |
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Graduate Students Not eligible for Certificate |
Many academic employers require a teaching philosophy statement as part of the application process. In this interactive session, we will discuss research on hiring committees’ use of teaching philosophy statements, examine sample philosophies,… |
| Making Teamwork Work |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Effective use of groups in the classroom 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… |
| Evaluating Student Writing |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
Evaluating student writing is one of the most subjective and elusive tasks that we as instructors undertake each semester. In this workshop, we will work to alleviate some of the anxiety surrounding the evaluation process by discussing the use of… |
| Implementing Inclusive Teaching Principles in Your Courses |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
This session will also be offered on 2/15 from 10am-12pm. Please note that these sessions are identical. |
| Observing Classes and Conducting Midterm Student Feedbacks (MSFs) |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This workshop is designed to give GSMs and GSI Coordinators a framework for observing their GSIs' classes and collecting student feedback. Using role plays and interactive activities, participants will learn how to set up classroom visits,… |
| Gameful Learning Community of Practice (session 1) |
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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,… |
| Consulting with GSIs |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This workshop is intended for GSMs, Faculty GSI Coordinators, or Teaching Consultants. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn and practice techniques for consulting with GSIs on their teaching, including interpreting and discussing… |
| Writing a Diversity Statement |
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Graduate Students Not eligible for Certificate |
Click here to register for this event. Increasingly, employers are interested in how prospective employees will contribute to organizational goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a result, many academic employers… |
| Teaching a Great Lab Class |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Maintaining a well-organized laboratory or computer section both saves an instructor's time and helps students learn. Presenters at this workshop will share strategies they wished they had known prior to teaching and will focus on ways to better… |
| GSI Teaching Orientation |
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Graduate Students Requirement A |
The online, pre-registration for the GSI Teaching Orientation is now closed. However, YOU CAN STILL ATTEND. Walk-in registration opens on January 2 at 8:30 a.m. at the Mendelssohn Theatre (located at the Michigan League, … |
| Blended Course Design: A Faculty Learning Community (Session 4) *CANCELED |
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Faculty Not eligible for Certificate |
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If you’ve ever wished for more classroom time to support student learning or looked for ways to support the learning needs of a diverse student population, consider bringing blended learning… |
| Gameful Learning Community of Practice (Session 4) |
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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,… |
| Running Practice Teaching Sessions |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
In a practice teaching session, instructors deliver informal lessons of five to twenty minutes to their peers. Participating instructors then offer each other feedback on their teaching while simultaneously reflecting on their own teaching. At… |
| Writing and Grading Exams: An Online Workshop |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
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| The Unwritten Rules of College: Creating Transparent Assignments that Increase Students’ Success in Foundational Courses |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Transparent teaching/learning practices make learning processes explicit while offering opportunities to foster students' metacognition, confidence, and their sense of belonging in college. A 2016 Association of American Colleges &… |
| Sharing Our Work: Insights from Faculty Communities for Inclusive Teaching (strolling lunch & poster session) |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Learn about the wide range of projects sponsored by the Faculty Communities for Inclusive Teaching (FCIT) initiative during the 2016-17 academic year. Featured projects, from seven U-M schools and colleges, include: a series of workshops and… |
| Gameful Learning Community of Practice (Session 3) |
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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,… |
| Understanding How Stereotype Threat and Growth Mindset Affect Student Learning *New Session |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Research shows that when students worry about fulfilling a negative stereotype related to certain social identities, it can hurt their learning (a phenomenon known as stereotype threat). Research also shows that an instructor’s beliefs about… |
| Campus Climate in Your Classroom: Responding to Student Microaggressions *New Session |
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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, identifying… |
| Digital Pedagogies Lightning Talks and Workshop |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
Have you been thinking about integrating digital technologies, social media, and/or other kinds of pedagogical initiatives using digital platforms into a new or existing… |
| Blended Course Design: A Faculty Learning Community (Session 3) |
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Faculty Not eligible for Certificate |
If you’ve ever wished for more classroom time to support student learning or looked for ways to support the learning needs of a diverse student population, consider bringing blended learning to your classroom. Blended classrooms integrate online… |
| Motivating Engineering Students: Strategies to Increase Engagement |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
Are your students off-task, apathetic, or absent? Do you want to stimulate their intellectual curiosity? In this interactive workshop, you will identify specific teaching strategies to better engage and motivate your students. |
| Understanding How Stereotype Threat and Growth Mindset Affect Student Learning *Session Full |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
This session is full. There will be an identical session held on Friday, November 10th. If you are interested in this event please see Understanding How Stereotype Threat and Growth Mindset… |
