| Event | Dates | Short Description |
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| Facilitating Discussions of Research Literature in STEM Courses |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
This workshop provides an opportunity for instructors in STEM courses to discuss evidence-based practices that can promote more effective discussions of research literature. Through a series of group-based activities, instructors will consider… |
| Mentoring Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research: An Online Workshop |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
Mentoring plays an important role in acculturating students to a discipline. Furthermore, research has shown that women, first-generation college students, and those from historically underrepresented groups derive particularly benefit from… |
| GSI Teaching Orientation |
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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. … |
| Running Practice Teaching Sessions |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This session does NOT count for GSIs looking to make up missed orienation training. This session is intended for individuals who will be facilitating practice teaching sessions at a CRLT or department teaching orientation, as part… |
| Running Practice Teaching Sessions |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This session does NOT count for GSIs looking to make up missed orienation training. This session is intended for individuals who will be facilitating practice teaching sessions at a CRLT or department teaching orientation, as part… |
| Getting Started with Teaching Gamefully |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Gameful learning is a pedagogical approach that takes inspiration from how good games function and applies that to the design of learning environments. Gameful pedagogy is grounded in self-determination theory to build student autonomy,… |
| 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.… |
| Managing Academic Identities in Digital Spaces (An Online Workshop) |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
This online workshop explores strategies to facilitate meaningful academic… |
| Backward Course Design: Planning Your Course with the End in Mind (An Online Workshop) |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
Ever been frustratingly lost because you didn't know where you were going? Similarly, it can be frustrating and challenging for students and instructors to succeed in a course if the outcomes are not clear from the beginning. In this workshop,… |
| FCI Seminar Series - The Influence of Gender Stereotypes on Behavioral Outcomes Among Students in Group Project Teams |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Dr. Denise Sekaquaptewa is Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan. She has received numerous awards for her work on diversity-related issues. In this presentation, Dr. Sekaquaptewa discusses her research… |
| Teaching in Tumultuous Times: Making Choices About How to Address the World Beyond Your Classroom [GSIs & Postdocs Only] *NEW SESSION* |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Racist fliers, hateful graffiti, mass shootings, emails threatening violence: Students often report feeling alienated or confused when instructors in their courses do not acknowledge such unsettling events going on in the world outside the… |
| Teaching in Tumultuous Times: Making Choices About How to Address the World Beyond Your Classroom *SESSION FULL* |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
There will be an identical session offered on 11/14 from 2pm-4pm. Teaching in Tumultuous Times: Making Choices About How to Address the World Beyond Your Classroom Racist fliers, hateful graffiti, mass shootings, emails… |
| GSI Training Networking Lunch |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This session does NOT count for GSIs looking to make up missed orienation training. This lunch program provides a great opportunity for Graduate Student Mentors (GSMs) and others who directly support GSI training and… |
| What's at Stake: Instructor and Student Identities in the R&E Classroom - Focus on Faculty & GSIs of Color |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
This workshop will examine the intersections and dynamics of student, faculty, and GSI identities in classrooms that critically engage issues of race, ethnicity, and inequality. With a particular focus on the experiences of faculty and GSIs of… |
| Sharing Our Work: Key Insights from Faculty Communities for Inclusive Teaching (strolling lunch & poster session) |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Learn about the wide range of projects sponsored by the Faculty Communities for Inclusive Teaching (FCIT) initiative during the 2017-18 academic year. Featured projects, from 10 U-M schools and colleges, include: the development of a tool that… |
| Using Digital Tools to Facilitate Student Collaboration |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Please bring a charged device with you if you would like to explore the digital tools discussed during the session. In this interactive session, participants will learn about and engage with digital tools to… |
| Implementing Inclusive Teaching Principles in Your Courses *NEW SESSION* |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Each semester, we offer this foundational session as well as workshops on specialized topics in inclusive teaching. This session will be especially useful for faculty and GSIs who are relatively new to thinking deliberately about… |
| How Stereotype Threat, Impostor Syndrome, and Growth Mindset Affect Student Learning |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Research shows that when students worry about fulfilling a negative stereotype related to certain social identities, it can hurt their learning (a phenomenon known as stereotype threat). Research also shows that an instructor’s beliefs about… |
| FCI Seminar Series - Modeling Authentic Dialogue in the Classroom |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Dr. Laird Kramer is Professor of Physics and Director of the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University. A core design element of initiatives at FIU brings the practices of scientists into the classroom to create an… |
| Implementing Inclusive Teaching Principles in Your Courses *SESSION IS FULL* |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
There will be an identical session offered on 11/1 from 10am-12pm. Implementing Inclusive Teaching Principles in Your Courses Each semester, we offer this foundational session as well as workshops on specialized… |
| Disability and Accessible Teaching: Current Perspectives and Best Practices *SESSION FULL* |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
There will be an identical session offered on 11/27 from 1:30pm-3:30pm. Disability and Accessible Teaching: Current Perspectives and Best Practices Understanding disability and promoting accessibility are central to diversity,… |
| Facilitating Discussions of Research Literature in STEM Courses *NEW SESSION* |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
This workshop provides an opportunity for instructors in STEM courses to discuss evidence-based practices that can promote more effective discussions of research literature. Through a series of group-based activities, instructors will… |
| Leading Discussions in the Social Sciences and Humanities |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
This introductory workshop provides an opportunity for GSIs in the Social Sciences and Humanities to learn about active learning strategies aimed at improving discussions in the classroom. Through a series of group activities, participants will… |
| Facilitating Discussions of Research Literature in STEM Courses *SESSION IS FULL* |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
There will be an identical session offered on 10/19 from 9:30am-11:30am. Facilitating Discussion of Research Literature in STEM Courses This workshop provides an opportunity for instructors in STEM courses to discuss evidence-… |
| Inclusive Teaching with Writing |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
How can you use writing as a tool for inclusive learning, no matter your discipline and the size of your courses? How can you fairly and effectively provide feedback to writers who speak a variety of American dialects and World Englishes? And how… |
