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| The Engaged Classroom: Skills for Facilitating Discussions for Faculty |
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Faculty Not eligible for Certificate |
Opportunities for classroom participation help connect students to the material, the instructor, and each other. Research shows that active participation fosters critical thinking, long-term retention of course material and improved… |
| Spicing Up Teaching to Improve Student Learning |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Creating a productive learning environment where students are engaged in critical thinking and problem solving can be challenging. In this session, participants will explore research-based teaching practices that can enhance student learning and… |
| It's Time for Action: Implementing Your Active Learning Plan [Advanced Practice Teaching] |
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- Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
This session offers participants an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance of the session, participants will review short online podcasts about active learning and will plan a… |
| Leading Classroom Discussions in the Social Sciences and Humanities |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
How can I heighten student participation in my sections? What are different ways I can plan a discussion and ask questions of students? How can I enhance students’ critical thinking skills? This seminar will provide GSIs in social… |
| Engineering Education Research: Works in Progress |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Exploring the benefits of take home laboratories with cigar-box mechatronic/haptic testbed. Join faculty, post-docs, and graduate students in discussions about their engineering education research endeavors at various stages along the way… |
| Teaching for Student Retention in Engineering: What Can GSIs Do? |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Lunch will be provided.
Extensive research on why students leave engineering suggests that individual instructors can play a key role in supporting and retaining a diverse student body. In this workshop, specific… |
| The Influence of Gender Stereotypes on Role Adoption in Student Teams |
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Everyone |
Drs. Lorelle Meadows and Denise Sekaquaptewa won a Best Paper Award for their research on student teams at the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference. Their work shows that, in Engineering 100 group projects,… |
| Learning Analytics Projects in U-M Electrical Engineering and Spanish |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
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| What's It Like to Work at a Liberal Arts College - Panel Discussion |
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Graduate Students Not eligible for Certificate |
Interested in teaching at a liberal arts college? A faculty panel from liberal arts colleges will discuss job search strategies and faculty worklife. In addition, participants will learn about the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships at Oberlin and… |
| Engineering Education Research: Works in Progress |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Is that idea really different? Is that idea really serious? Exploring adaptive and innovative thinking in idea generation. Join faculty, post-docs, and graduate students in discussions about their engineering education research endeavors… |
| "If I Only Knew Then": Lessons From Experienced GSIs |
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Graduate Students |
Both first-time and returning GSIs will benefit from discussing a variety of concerns with a panel of experienced GSIs. Likely discussion topics include overcoming nervousness, dealing with disruptive students, getting students actively involved… |
| GSITO |
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Graduate Students Requirement A |
This is the campus-wide GSI teaching orientation. For full details about the agenda, [add node] |
| Improving the Design Skills of Future Engineers |
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Faculty |
This faculty program will explore a framework for characterizing novice and more-informed student approaches to various phases of the design process. Participants will discuss student behavior patterns and explore suggested instructional… |
| Engaging Students in Learning: An Online Workshop |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
In this online workshop, you will see examples of active learning at U-M, reflect on how these techniques could be applied in your own classroom, and engage with fellow graduate students to address any obstacles to implementing the techniques.… |
| Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM): Digital Badges and the Analysis of Learning & Educational Activity |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Digital badges are web-enabled tokens of learning and accomplishment. Unlike traditional grades, certificates, and transcripts, badges can include specific claims and detailed evidence in support of those claims. The Design Principles… |
| Developing an Engineering Teaching Philosophy Statement for Your Academic Job Application |
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Graduate Students |
The statement of teaching philosophy is becoming an increasingly common part of applications for academic jobs in engineering. In this interactive session, participants will focus on the benefits of writing a teaching philosophy statement,… |
| Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM): Online Learning Resources in the Humanities and Engineering: Making and Measuring |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This SLAM Seminar will focus on two U-M faculty projects involving the design and assessment of online learning resources. Christine Modey, Sweetland Center for Writing (LSA), will present on "The Revision Project," with the goal… |
| CRLT Players: (dis)Ability in the Classroom |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
In this session, the CRLT Players present a series of trigger vignettes designed to provoke conversation around a range of issues related to student disabilities in college classrooms. Following the performance of each vignette,… |
| Getting Started with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
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Everyone |
Engineering education research is a growing field, both nationally and at our own College. This panel will feature four engineering faculty: Robin Fowler, Brent Gillespie, Jamie Phillips, and Rasha Stino. They will explain their project goals,… |
| The Flipped Classroom |
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Faculty |
The “flipped classroom” has garnered considerable attention in the academy over the past year. This approach to teaching involves the use of podcasting and other strategies to shift students’ initial exposure to content from the lecture hall to… |
| Six-Session Training for Multicultural Classroom Facilitation |
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Graduate Students Requirement B1 |
Co-facilitated by staff from CRLT and The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR), this six-week seminar allows participants to both learn about and practice a range of effective facilitation strategies for use in U-M's multicultural classrooms. We… |
| Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM): Massive Michigan: A First Look at the Analytics of UM's 2012-13 MOOC Courses |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
In this session, Stephanie Teasley, Steve Lonn, and Eric Koo (U-M USE Lab) will be presenting on their analysis of U-M's Coursera data. The Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM) Seminar series features both U-M faculty and… |
| What's Wrong? Navigating Concerns about Student Mental Health |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
It can be difficult for instructors to know when a student is having a mental health problem and what steps can be taken to provide support. Angela Farrehi, Student Advocacy Manager from the Office of Student Affairs, will lead participants in… |
| Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM): Teaching 150K+ Students at a Time: The PowerSearchingWithGoogle.com Story |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have become incredibly popular in just the past 12 months. Many MOOCs have had more that 100K students register for their courses. Is this the future of online education? … |
| It's Time for Action - Part 2: Implementing Your Active Learning Plan (Advanced Practice Teaching), Session 4 |
Graduate Students |
This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants either review a short online podcast about active learning or attend Part 1… |
