Event Dates Short Description
SLAM: Education without States -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate
Throughout the twentieth century most educational data were produced and analyzed with government patronage, with the resulting knowledge defined as a public good for the improvement of citizens, workers and policies. Very recently, proprietary…
Inside the Inclusive Teacher’s Toolkit: A Workshop on Inclusive Active Learning Strategies -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

Using teaching methods that effectively engage all students within a classroom is of ongoing interest to GSIs in any discipline. Instructors often ask: What does inclusive teaching really look like in practice? How do I know if the methods I am…

What Do I Do Now? Strategies for Handling Sticky Situations with Students -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2

Student instructors face many teaching-related challenges that may be difficult to handle. This workshop will provide strategies for overcoming common challenges as well as an opportunity to discuss the not-so-common “sticky” situations.

SLAM: Evidence that Class Participation Affects Student Outcomes -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate
In this session, Perry Samson, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences will discuss his analysis of data gathered in his Extreme Weather course through the LectureTools platform.  Preliminary analyses have identified relationships between how…
Teaching With Technology: How Can I Include All Students? -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Instructional Technology

This workshop will explore the intersection of technology and inclusive teaching. Participants will discuss the inadvertent assumptions about students' bodies and resources often implicit in assignments and classroom activities using technology.…

Six-Session Training for Diversity and Inclusive Teaching -
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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…
Teaching in a “Flipped Classroom” – A Four-Session Learning Community -
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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…

Hidden (dis)Abilities in the Classroom -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

In this session, the CRLT Players present a series of vignettes designed to prompt conversation around a range of…

Are They "Getting It"? Low-Stakes Ways to Assess Student Learning -
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…

SLAM: The Stats 250 E2Coach Project: What did we do? What did we learn? -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate
In this session, Brenda Gunderson and Omar Chavez describe how they implemented E2Coach, a tailored communication system, in Statistics 250. Because of the size of the course and the on-line resources already in use in this course,…
Learning Community on Undergraduate STEM Teaching -
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Graduate Students
Requirement B1

CRLT is hosting a learning community to support participants engaged in the “Evidence-based Undergraduate STEM Teaching” MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) offered through Coursera in fall 2014. In six weekly face-to-face meetings of the learning…

Next Steps with IT -
Graduate Students
Requirement B2, Instructional Technology

This is a hands-on session showcasing 4 technologies (Piazza, UM Box, Google Drive, and blogging) that GSIs might use in their classrooms. We'll start off with mini-intros/pitches for each of the technologies. Next, we'll have two segments where…

Engaging the World From Your Classroom -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate

The purpose of this event is to highlight efforts on campus to provide significant global experiences for students in the context of their coursework, providing faculty with the opportunity to share their experiences and to encourage campus…

Teaching Is Not Learning -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

Many instructors feel they have “done their jobs” when they have covered all the course material. But did students learn? In fact, have the instructors done anything that a good book or video could not have done in their place? From the…

SLAM: Learning Analytics, Digital Education, and Innovation at U-M -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

In this session, James Hilton, Vice Provost for Digital Education & Innovation, will give an update on the Digital Education and Innovation (DEI) office, the intersections of digital education and learning analytics, and how the university is…

CRLT-Engin 10th Anniversary Celebration -
Everyone
Not eligible for Certificate

Join CRLT-Engin at a wine and cheese reception to celebrate and reflect on teaching at UM College of Engineering.

A formal program will begin at 4:30 pm with remarks by Dr. Richard M. Felder (Hoechst Celanese Professor of Chemical…

Cooperative Learning: Turning Student Groups into High-Performance Teams -
Everyone
Requirement B2

FULL:  What are productive ways to involve students in lecture, laboratory, and project courses? How can individual contributions to team efforts be assessed and taken into account in…

Facilitating Discussions in the Social Sciences and Humanities -
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 science and…

University of Michigan New Faculty Orientation - August 27, 2014 -
Faculty
Not eligible for Certificate
GSI Teaching Orientation (GSITO) -
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Graduate Students
Requirement A

CRLT’s GSI Teaching Orientation is designed to help new GSIs prepare for their initial teaching experiences. It also has proven to be a valuable event for experienced GSIs and for graduate students who anticipate teaching in the future.

A…

Using Technology to Check Student Understanding and Provide Feedback: An Online Workshop -
Everyone
Requirement B2, Instructional Technology
In this online workshop, you will explore technologies that can be used to help check student understanding and provide feedback on student learning. You will have the option to explore these tools in the context of teaching concept based…
Engaging Students in Learning: An Online Workshop -
Everyone
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.…

Enriching Scholarship: Five Ways to Use Screencasting -
Everyone
Requirement B2

Screencasting is is an exciting and adaptable technology that is drawing the attention of instructors and students on college campuses across the country. It involves capturing audio narration along with computer screen images to produce a video…

Enriching Scholarship: Explorations in Learning Analytics -
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…

Enriching Scholarship: Increasing Engagement in Large Classes: Ideas and Lessons from the LSA Large Course Initiative -
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…