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| Are They "Getting It"? Low-Stakes Ways to Assess Student Learning |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are quick and useful ways to gather information on what, how much, and how well students learn. Instructors can use the data to create more effective learning environments. Participants in this session will… |
| Facilitating Discussions in the Social Sciences and Humanities |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
This workshop provides an opportunity for GSIs in the Social Sciences and Humanities to experiment with active learning strategies aimed at improving discussions in the classroom. Strategies include brainstorming, minute papers, think-pair-share… |
| Developing Your Teaching Philosophy: An Online Workshop |
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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 online workshop, you will learn about research on hiring committees’ use of teaching philosophy statements, examine sample philosophies,… |
| Engaging Students in Learning: An Online Workshop |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
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.… |
| Research-Based Practices for College Teaching: An Online Workshop |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
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.… |
| REPEAT SESSION: Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Student Engagement with Each Other: Creating an Inclusive Classroom (IGR) |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A REPEAT OF THE SESSION OFFERED ON MONDAY, MAY 16. Join the Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) for a session focused on engaging students to talk with each other as one mode for creating inclusive classrooms. While… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - CLOSING LUNCH. Putting It All Together: Sharing What We’ve Learned |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Building on the informal instructor learning community that has developed out of the May Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan series, participants who have registered for two or more… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Planning for Diversity: Strategies for Inclusive Course Design: Part 2 |
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Faculty Not eligible for Certificate |
This workshop provides participants the opportunity to apply the inclusive teaching strategies introduced in Planning for Diversity: Strategies for Inclusive Course Design: Part 1. Working with colleagues and Instructional Consultants from CRLT,… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - The Impacts of Social Identity in the Classroom (IGR) |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
This reflective and interactive workshop will explore the intersectionality of identity and instructor authority. In this session, GSIs will explore the impact of their social identities (race/ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation,… |
| REPEAT SESSION: Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Activities for Leveraging Student Diversity Part 1 |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A REPEAT OF THE SESSION OFFERED ON TUES, MAY 10. These workshops are grounded in research showing that engaging with diverse peers can enhance student learning in the college classroom. How can instructors leverage student… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Student Engagement with Each Other: Creating an Inclusive Classroom (IGR) |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Join the Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) for a session focused on engaging students to talk with each other as one mode for creating inclusive classrooms. While instructors themselves need to know how to ask questions that lead to deep… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Inclusive Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) courses |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
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 climate for a… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Making the Most of Hot Moments |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Whether your courses frequently raise potentially sensitive subjects or never do so deliberately, odds are good you will sometimes encounter a 'hot moment': a sudden eruption of tension, conflict, or big emotion during class, often connected to a… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Activities for Leveraging Student Diversity, Part 2 |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
These workshops are grounded in research showing that engaging with diverse peers can enhance student learning in the college classroom. How can instructors leverage student diversity--both visible and invisible--in their classes to foster… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Innovations in Inclusive Pedagogies: Showcasing Dynamic Tools for Engaged Practice (LSA) |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Join the LSA Inclusive Pedagogies Committee to gain more tools for inclusive teaching and a deeper understanding about why these pedagogies are influential. At this session, attendees will explore selected activities by engaging in elements of… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Campus Climate in Your Classroom: Responding to Student Microaggressions |
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Faculty |
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… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Activities for Leveraging Student Diversity Part 1 |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
These workshops are grounded in research showing that engaging with diverse peers can enhance student learning in the college classroom. How can instructors leverage student diversity--both visible and invisible--in their classes to foster… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Planning for Diversity: Strategies for Inclusive Course Design: Part 1 |
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Faculty Not eligible for Certificate |
In this workshop, participants will explore inclusive teaching principles and strategies that can be applied to the course design process. This workshop, geared toward faculty from any discipline, will provide participants with an opportunity to… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Leveraging Group Work and Teams in STEM Courses to Enhance Student Learning |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Effective use of teams and group work in the classroom can increase student learning, improve retention of course material, and enhance students’ problem-solving ability. However, it is often difficult to ensure that all students are engaged,… |
| Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - A Thousand Cuts: Responding to Student Climate Concerns (CRLT Players) |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Please join us for this OPENING EVENT of the Inclusive Teaching at Michigan series. Participants will engage with a new CRLT Players sketch focused on ways instructors can… |
| Enriching Scholarship: Innovate With Digital Content: Early Adopters Needed |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
The Unizin Consortium, of which UM is a founding member, is intent on making the discovery and adoption of digital content central to pedagogy by providing a rich marketplace of content, systems, and tools to facilitate this vision. A fundamental… |
| Enriching Scholarship: Let’s Make a Screencast |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
In this workshop, we will be providing a basic overview of the screencasting software Jing, followed by a hands-on opportunity to practice creating your own screencast. Screencasting is a method of capturing both audio and visual information from… |
| Enriching Scholarship: Creative Uses of Technology to Assess Student Learning |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
How do you know your students are "getting it" before they take an exam or write a paper? Creative use of technology early in the learning process can help instructors efficiently gauge student progress and provide valuable opportunities for… |
| Enriching Scholarship: Emerging Technologies For Exam Scanning and Online Grading |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
At this session, you will learn about emerging technologies that can improve exam security, make grading more efficient, and keep grading fair and uniform when multiple… |
| Enriching Scholarship: Using Video Wisely – Best Practices for Media in the Classroom |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
We all remember classes that “put on a movie” in order to fill a class period, but is that the most effective way to incorporate media into your classroom? This session will outline best practices, best tools and helpful tips and tricks to create… |
