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| It’s Time for Action: Generating an Active Learning Plan |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
To register for this seminar please click here. Creating a plan to engage students in active learning can be challenging. In this workshop, you will learn about a variety of active learning techniques then begin to formulate a plan for… |
| Making Teamwork Work |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
To register for this seminar please click here. 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… |
| Teaching in Tumultuous Times |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
To register for this seminar please click here. Hateful graffiti, travel bans, mass shootings, threatening emails: Students report feeling alienated or confused when instructors in their courses do not acknowledge such unsettling events… |
| The Science of Learning |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
To register for this seminar please click here. In this workshop, we will summarize key findings on how people learn, and connect them to practical implications for teaching. Through interactive activities based on the science of… |
| Decoding the U-M Engineering Classroom |
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Graduate Students Not eligible for Certificate |
To register for this seminar please click here. International Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) often have questions about the U.S. college courses they teach: Are there U.S.-specific things I should be doing to prepare? How will I… |
| Designing Learning Goals: Targeting Concepts Behind A Formula |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
To register for this seminar please click here. What can we do to move our students beyond a “plug and chug” numerical competency to a deeper, conceptual understanding of formulae? In this session, instructors will learn about backwards… |
| 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 &… |
| SLAM: Multi-Institutional Explorations of Grade Penalties |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Two Presentations: Multi-Institutional Explorations of Grade Penalties presented by Benjamin Koester, Physics, U-M Case Of The Month: An Interactive Approach to Case Based Learning in Oral Pathology, presented by Renee Ismail, U-… |
| CRLT Training for Undergraduates in Instructor Roles |
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Undergraduate Students |
Undergraduate instructors play a vital role on campus, providing instruction to their fellow students across many courses. This synchronous seminar is designed to provide a strong foundation for undergraduate instructors who work directly with… |
| Disability and Accessibility in Teaching |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
Understanding disability and promoting accessibility are central to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. In this introductory workshop, participants will gain a better understanding of what disability is and how thinking about disability has… |
| Disability and Accessible Teaching: Current Perspectives and Best Practices *SESSION IS FULL* |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Understanding disability and promoting accessibility are central to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. In this workshop, participants will gain a better understanding of what disability is and how thinking about disability has evolved.… |
| Disability and Accessible Teaching: Current Perspectives and Best Practices *NEW SESSION* |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Understanding disability and promoting accessibility are central to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. In this workshop, participants will gain a better understanding of what disability is and how thinking about disability has evolved.… |
| Inside the Inclusive Teacher’s Toolkit: A Workshop on Inclusive Active Learning Strategies |
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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… |
| Advanced Practices for Inclusive Teaching |
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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… |
| Advanced Practices for Inclusive Teaching |
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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… |
| CRLT Players: Negotiating Race in Humanities Classrooms |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Using theatre as a means to provoke dialogue, this session will examine how questions of social identity and difference enter Humanities and Social Science classrooms in two major ways: through the course material, and through the embodied… |
| 3/15/13 Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM) - OMG! The Future of Teaching |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Vince Kellen is the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Analytics and Technologies at the University of Kentucky. His presentation will focus on personalized learning and high-speed analytics. Location: Great Lakes Room, 4th floor… |
| 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… |
| Teaching in Tumultuous Times |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
We are living in unprecedented times with heightened anxiety and stress in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, continued anti-black policies & systemic racism, financial crises, and a contentious political climate. Students report feeling… |
| Teaching in Tumultuous Times |
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Faculty, Graduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
We continue to live in unprecedented times with heightened anxiety and stress in regards to the crisis in the Middle East, continued anti-black policies & systemic racism, anti-queer and trans policies, financial crises, the COVID-19 pandemic… |
| **SESSION FULL** Facilitating High Stakes Discussions |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
What are some topics in your field that might lead to difficult classroom dynamics, controversy, or big emotion in the classroom? How can you approach such topics with intention and careful planning? How can you be ready when conversations emerge… |
| Facilitating High Stakes Discussions - Encore session |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
What are some topics in your field that might lead to difficult classroom dynamics, controversy, or big emotion in the classroom? How can you approach such topics with intention and careful planning? How can you be ready when conversations emerge… |
| Applying Principles of Transparency to Classroom Discussions in Remote Contexts |
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Faculty, Graduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
What are the purposes of class discussion in your courses? How can you use both asynchronous and synchronous discussions to help students learn? How do you communicate to students your goals and expectations around their participation in the… |
| Applying Principles of Transparency to Support Equitable Classroom Discussions |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
What are the purposes of class discussion in your courses? How can you use both asynchronous and synchronous/face-to-face (f2f) discussions to help students learn? How do you communicate to students your goals and expectations around their… |
| Applying Principles of Transparency in Classroom Discussions |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
What are the purposes of class discussion in your courses? What do you (or can you) use discussions to help students learn? How do you communicate to students your expectations around their participation in discussion -- and why is it important… |
