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| Supporting the Inclusion of Nontraditional Students in the Classroom |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Nationally, there is a large percentage of students who are “nontraditional” in one or more ways (e.g., older/returning, caregiver, veteran). On U-M’s Ann Arbor campus, these students have reported that they feel isolated amongst a largely… |
| Enriching Scholarship 2018 Keynote Workshop: Creating Effective Online Activities |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Need some new ideas for online learning activities? Based on principles from The Blended Course Design Workbook: A Practical Guide this 2-hour interactive workshop will focus on creating effective online activities that are student-… |
| Evidence-Based Teaching Practices to Shape Your Response to GenAI Writing Tools (July 26) |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2 |
New generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, have now become widely available and are raising concerns about how student learning can be assessed. Some have reacted with alarm, proclaiming that this is the end… |
| Evidence-Based Teaching Practices to Shape Your Response to GenAI Writing Tools (August 1) |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2 |
New generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, have now become widely available and are raising concerns about how student learning can be assessed. Some have reacted with alarm, proclaiming that this is the end… |
| Developing a Plan for Addressing GenAI Writing Tools in your Classroom this Fall (August 22) |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2 |
New generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, have now become widely available and are raising concerns about how student learning can be assessed. Some have reacted with alarm, proclaiming that this is the end… |
| Developing a Plan for Addressing GenAI Writing Tools in your Classroom this Fall (August 9) |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2 |
New generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, have now become widely available and are raising concerns about how student learning can be assessed. Some have reacted with alarm, proclaiming that this is the end… |
| Instructional Technology January Lunch: Getting Started with Online Collaboration Tools |
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Faculty Not eligible for Certificate |
Online collaboration tools (OCTs), such as Google Apps, are revolutionizing workplace productivity and teamwork. They also provide tremendous opportunities to enhance teaching, learning, and course management. These hands-on seminars will allow… |
| Instructional Technology April Lunch: Getting Started with Online Collaboration Tools |
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Faculty Not eligible for Certificate |
Online collaboration tools (OCTs), such as Google Apps, are revolutionizing workplace productivity and teamwork. They also provide tremendous opportunities to enhance teaching, learning, and course management. These hands-on seminars will allow… |
| 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… |
| Paperless Teaching |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Paperless courses are not only environmentally friendly, but are also a format that can help you use technology to engage your students, increase efficiency, and improve communication with your class. We will discuss several strategies you can… |
| Paperless Teaching |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Paperless courses are not only environmentally friendly, but are also a format that can help you use technology to engage your students, increase efficiency, and improve communication with your class. We will discuss several strategies you can… |
| Enriching Scholarship: Increasing Engagement in Large Classes: Ideas and Lessons from the LSA Large Course Initiative |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Participants in this roundtable discussion will hear from faculty in the LSA Large Course Initiative and will be invited to share techniques and strategies that have been effective for engaging students in their own large courses. Session… |
| Enriching Scholarship: Explorations in Learning Analytics |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Participants in this session will hear from a panel of U-M instructors engaged in learning analytics projects on campus. The focus of the panel discussion will be less on the findings of their research and more on their experience of engaging in… |
| Did You Really Mean That? Improving Communication With Your Students |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Participants will discuss ways to enhance communication with students to make teaching more effective. Topics include: diverse learning preferences, miscommunication, and maintaining professional interactions. Participants will also discuss… |
| Maximizing Student Learning During Office Hours |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Participants will discuss ways to make office hours most beneficial to students and identify strategies for dealing with common challenges. Using role-play and case studies, participants will brainstorm how to teach effectively during office… |
| Pedagogies for Understanding Race |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Pedagogies for Understanding Race This session provides ideas and examples for enhancing pedagogy and engaging students effectively when teaching courses with a focus on race. The session will include brief presentations from… |
| Perry Samson, UM Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, and the LectureTools Team |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Perry Samson (UM Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences) and the LectureTools Team. Damn these data! The More I Know About Student Effort, the Less I Understand Student Outcomes.
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| Getting Ready for an Academic Career (PFF) Conference |
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Graduate Students Not eligible for Certificate |
Planning a career in academe? This half-day conference is designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars prepare for the transition to faculty jobs. The plenary and concurrent sessions will offer materials and strategies to learn… |
| Enriching Scholarship 2019 Opening Keynote & Poster Fair |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Please click here to register. 9:00am-10:00am: Poster Fair and Strolling Breakfast The poster fair highlights the work of the five recipients of the 2019 Provost’s … |
| Using Analytics to Inform Instruction |
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Everyone |
Please click here to register. Canvas and other instructional technology tools generate data every time students and instructors interact with them -- data that can potentially be a powerful tool for informing instructors about their… |
| Increasing Engagement in Large Classes: Ideas and Lessons from the LSA Large Course Initiative |
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Everyone |
Please click here to register. Each year, the LSA Large Course Initiative brings together faculty to consider the challenges and opportunities present in large courses. As part of the initiative, faculty identify specific innovations they… |
| Empirical Data Collection and Analysis in the Classroom |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Please click here to register. Experimental methodologies and data analysis are central to many discussions in social science classrooms. Often times, however, students are unable to practice these methods 'out in the wild'. This session… |
| Using hypothes.is for Class Discussion and Participation |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Please click here to register. How might social annotation help teachers support classroom discussion and participation? In this workshop, participants will learn about… |
| Let's Make a Screencast |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Please click here to register. In this workshop, we will be providing a basic overview of the screencasting software Kaltura Capture, followed by a hands-on opportunity to practice creating your own screencast. Screencasting is a method… |
| Integrating Themes of Social Justice in the Classroom |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Please click here to register. It can be difficult to decide when and how to invoke (often times politicized) notions of social equity in the classroom. This workshop will examine methods for finding, presenting, and engaging with social… |
