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Facilitating Engaging Discussions

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

While as instructors we hope to engage student learners, facilitating a true discussion in the classroom is one of the most challenging aspects of teaching with active learning. In this workshop, participants will consider the benefits of discussion as a pedagogical methodology, examine strategies for structuring a successful, inclusive discussion, […]

Spring 2023 Graduate Student and Postdoc Reading Community

  • Graduate Student/Postdoc Reading Community
TBD
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Join fellow graduate students, postdocs, and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The Graduate Student and Postdoc Reading Community discussions in Spring 2023 will involve chapters from Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy's recent book, Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College […]

Increasing Student Participation

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

Research demonstrates that active engagement in class activities improves student learning and performance. But what can you do as an AI to ensure that students participate? This workshop will focus on strategies that can be applied in varied classroom settings to foster student participation and engagement. For questions about this […]

Dynamic Lectures: Plan and Deliver More Engaging Classes

  • Faculty Workshop
Danforth Campus
Event For:
  • Faculty

Lectures can be an effective way to transmit new information, model problemsolving, and communicate enthusiam for the subject. Learn simple, research-based techniques to plan and deliver dynamic lectures and to boost student engagement. For questions about this faculty workshop, please contact Dr. Eric Fournier, Director of Educational Development. Registration

Increasing Student Participation

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

Research demonstrates that active engagement in class activities improves student learning and performance. But what can you do as an AI to ensure that students participate? This workshop will focus on strategies that can be applied in varied classroom settings to foster student participation and engagement. For questions about this […]

Improving Access and Understanding when Teaching with Visuals

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

If you teach using images, graphs, diagrams, charts, or models, join this virtual conversation to examine how to better support your students in using them in your class. We will discuss how students and assistive technologies may struggle to parse and understand visuals as well as ways to help your […]

Improving Access and Understanding when Teaching with Visuals

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

If you teach using images, graphs, diagrams, charts, or models, join this virtual conversation to examine how to better support your students in using them in your class. We will discuss how students and assistive technologies may struggle to parse and understand visuals as well as ways to help your […]

Increasing Student Participation

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

Research demonstrates that active engagement in class activities improves student learning and performance. But what can you do as an AI to ensure that students participate? This workshop will focus on strategies that can be applied in varied classroom settings to foster student participation and engagement. For questions about this […]

Spring 2023 Faculty Reading Community (FRC)

  • Faculty Reading Community
TBD
Event For:
  • Faculty

Join fellow faculty and CTL staff for sustained cross-disciplinary conversation on critical topics in teaching and learning. The Faculty Reading Community discussions in Spring 2023 will involve chapters from Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy's recent book, Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom. In this book, Hogan […]

ChatGPT: Implications for Teaching and Learning

  • Panel Discussion
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Join a panel of scholars and instructors across Washington University for a discussion of how teaching and learning will be affected by Chat GPT–a powerful language model that uses artificial intelligence to generate human-like text. These experts will dissect the history, ethics, technical constraints, teaching challenges, and future opportunities associated […]

Incorporating ChatGPT into Your Assignments

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this virtual conversation we will explore ways to incorporate ChatGPT into assignments as a way to develop students' critical thinking and information literacy skills. For questions about this virtual conversation, please contact Dr. Eric Fournier, Director of Educational Development. Registration

Spaced Practice with Canvas Quizzes

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Engage students in applying course content more regularly by implementing Canvas quizzes or surveys outside of class time. Providing space between your lecture and a quiz in Canvas can help students better process and review what they learned. We will discuss ways to implement spaced practice with tips on using […]

Spaced Practice with Canvas Quizzes

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Engage students in applying course content more regularly by implementing Canvas quizzes or surveys outside of class time. Providing space between your lecture and a quiz in Canvas can help students better process and review what they learned. We will discuss ways to implement spaced practice with tips on using […]

Incorporating ChatGPT into Your Assignments

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this virtual conversation we will explore ways to incorporate ChatGPT into assignments as a way to develop students' critical thinking and information literacy skills. For questions about this virtual conversation, contact Dr. Eric Fournier, Director of Educational Development.   Registration

Help Students Help Themselves by Fostering Self-Regulation in Your Classes

  • Faculty Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty

Help your students identify effective learning strategies and, importantly, follow through on using them. We will discuss self-regulation, which helps students plan, monitor, and assess how they learn, as they learn. Self-regulation can promote transparency about students' learning processes and outcomes as well as clarity around obstacles that may impede […]

Fostering an Inclusive Classroom Climate

  • Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
Danforth Campus
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

While the classroom can be a space for open, respectful dialogue, it can also feel isolating or even hostile for student learners. What can an instructor do to promote a space for positive, fruitful collaboration? What does it take to create a truly inclusive classroom climate? In this workshop, participants […]

Writing Assignments in STEM

  • STEM Pedagogies Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Incorporating student writing into a course can be an effective way to engage students in science concepts and to enhance students’ critical-thinking skills. In this advanced-level workshop, participants will discuss best practices for incorporating formal and informal writing into a STEM course. Topics will include key components of an effective, […]

How’s it Really Going?: Making Use of Mid-Semester Opportunities for Student Feedback

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

As instructors, we have a sense of how our courses are going for us, but it’s more challenging to gain an accurate sense of how the course is going from our students’ perspectives. In this virtual conversation, we’ll discuss how to make the most out of the upcoming student midterm […]

Pedagogy 101: Understanding Educational Terms and Practices

  • Foundations in Teaching
Medical Campus
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

The first step to becoming involved in a new area of study is to understand the basics and learn the terminology. Through this workshop participants will learn both definitions of core concepts in pedagogical discourse and strategies to begin incorporating use of these concepts into their instruction. Participants will also […]

Adopting Inclusive Language Practices in the Classroom

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this virtual conversation, we will consider the importance of adopting inclusive language practices in the classroom. In particular, we will focus on best practices for addressing students, suggestions for adoption of gender inclusive alternatives to binary assumptive language, and suggestions for inclusive descriptive language practices. We will also consider […]