Teaching in Office Hours and Review Sessions

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Participants in this workshop will learn how to anticipate and address the unique challenges that can arise when teaching in review sessions and office hours. Topics include designing an effective structure for review sessions and office hours, helping students learn to think and to work independently, and responding appropriately to […]

Teaching in Office Hours and Review Sessions

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Participants in this workshop will learn how to anticipate and address the unique challenges that can arise when teaching in review sessions and office hours. Topics include designing an effective structure for review sessions and office hours, helping students learn to think and to work independently, and responding appropriately to […]

Teaching in Office Hours and Review Sessions

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Participants in this workshop will learn how to anticipate and address the unique challenges that can arise when teaching in review sessions and office hours. Topics include designing an effective structure for review sessions and office hours, helping students learn to think and to work independently, and responding appropriately to […]

AI Tools: NotebookLM (Second Session)

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join us for a Zoom workshop series designed to help instructors explore the possible uses of AI tools beyond ChatGPT. Each hour-long workshop will provide an overview of a specific AI tool and showcase creative ways to use the tool to enhance teaching and learning activities. Workshop participants will be […]

Promoting Student Wellness and Supporting Students in Distress

  • Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
  • STEM Pedagogies Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

How can I support student wellness? What should I do if I'm worried about a student? This workshop, co-facilitated with staff from Health Promotion Services at the Student Health Center, will demonstrate how to put the principles of student wellness into action, how to recognize students in distress, respond via […]

NEW DATE! Lunch & Learn: Engaging Students with Social Annotation

  • Tech Training
DUC 240 6475 Forsyth, St. Louis
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

New Date! (Feb. 21st)  Join us for an in-person workshop on using Hypothes.is! You’ll learn strategies to help students read carefully and deeply, brainstorm assignment and activity ideas, and leave with creative ways to make syllabus day more interactive. This session will provide hands-on guidance for creating assignments and annotations […]

Elevating Creativity in the Classroom

  • Teaching with Joy
Seigle Hall 210
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this fun, interactive workshop, Rob Morgan will provide a look at the creative practice fields and the valuable lessons they teach all of us! Drawing on a popular first year course called Designing Creativity that he's co-taught to more than one thousand students over the past ten years, as […]

Motivating Student Learners

  • Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
  • STEM Pedagogies Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Students who are motivated learn more and learn better than those whose interests, attention, and self-esteem lag during the semester. In this workshop, we'll examine the various factors which shape student motivation in the classroom. We'll then consider potential strategies for motivating students to stay engaged throughout the term and […]

AI Tools Series: Perplexity

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join us for a Zoom workshop series designed to help instructors explore the possible uses of AI tools beyond ChatGPT. Each hour-long workshop will provide an overview of a specific AI tool and showcase creative ways to use the tool to enhance teaching and learning activities. Workshop participants will be […]

Facilitating Group Work

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Educational research suggests that students acquire and retain knowledge most effectively by engaging in collaborative learning groups with peers. In this workshop, we'll practice and discuss strategies for effective implementation and facilitation of collaborative learning in an inclusive learning environment. If you have questions about this workshop, contact Elina Salminen. […]

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job Market series workshop will learn about why academic search committees request teaching materials such as the teaching philosophy statement and […]

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job Market series workshop will learn about why academic search committees request teaching materials such as the teaching philosophy statement and […]

Public-facing Writing, with Students: An Alternative Collaborative Writing Assignment

  • Teaching with Joy
Seigle Hall 305
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Have you ever had something interesting or unexpected happen in your course that you felt could be captured and reflected upon further? Or have you ever had a class just gel so well that you could imagine doing a group project together in lieu of a previously planned formal assignment? […]

AI Tools: Boodlebox

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join us for a Zoom workshop series designed to help instructors explore the possible uses of AI tools beyond ChatGPT. Each hour-long workshop will provide an overview of a specific AI tool and showcase creative ways to use the tool to enhance teaching and learning activities. Workshop participants will be […]

Pedagogy Picnic

  • Teaching with Joy
See event description
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is a fun, social opportunity to get to know your colleagues and connect over a shared interest in teaching. Come chat, ask questions, laugh, or vent – we're here for all of it! No registration needed – simply show up! The CTL […]

Responding to Student Writing

  • Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
  • STEM Pedagogies Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

As AIs and instructors, we dedicate many hours each semester to commenting on and evaluating student writing, but is this feedback helping students to improve their writing and critical thinking skills the way that we want it to? In this workshop, we'll draw on writing pedagogy scholarship to confront the […]

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job Market series workshop will learn about why academic search committees request teaching materials such as the teaching philosophy statement and […]

Facilitating Group Work

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Educational research suggests that students acquire and retain knowledge most effectively by engaging in collaborative learning groups with peers. In this workshop, we'll practice and discuss strategies for effective implementation and facilitation of collaborative learning in an inclusive learning environment. If you have questions about this workshop, contact Elina Salminen. […]

Pedagogy Picnic

  • Teaching with Joy
See event description
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is a fun, social opportunity to get to know your colleagues and connect over a shared interest in teaching. Come chat, ask questions, laugh, or vent – we're here for all of it! No registration needed – simply show up! The CTL […]

Addressing Your Mentoring Philosophy in Job Market Materials

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

In this workshop, we will discuss the various ways you can highlight your past mentoring experiences and brainstorm ways you can start a draft of your mentoring philosophy. If you have questions about this event, contact Denise Leonard.   Registration