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Adapting Your Assessments in Light of AI

  • Faculty Workshop
Danforth Campus
Event For:
  • Faculty

Workshop Repeated Due to Popular Demand! ChatGPT and other AI composition tools challenge instructors to revisit and potentially rethink their assessment practices. In this workshop, we will explore and discuss various ways that instructors can adapt their homework, exams, and writing assignments to take in account our new AI-assisted normal. […]

Jump-Start to Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement Peer Writing Program Fall 2023

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

If you are applying for an academic position, it is increasingly likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Yet, setting aside the time to write your statement and obtaining feedback from colleagues can be challenging with a busy schedule. The Jump-Start […]

What Role Does AI Technology Play in Your Class?

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

Event Repeated Due to Popular Demand! Artificial intelligent (AI) technology will likely be used in your classes, given that it is widely available and incorporated into many other technologies. This session will provide a practical approach to addressing how you want your students to use AI in your classes. You'll […]

Planning & Organizing a Class Session

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

It’s your first time designing a class session on your own--Where do you begin? In this workshop, participants will learn the process for designing an effective class session, including considering the context, setting learning objectives, and making a lesson plan. Participants will also have an opportunity to discuss how to […]

GSPD Professional Development in Teaching Informational Session

  • Informational
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Are you interested in pursuing a teaching-focused career or wanting to learn a bit more information on how our Center can support your professional goals?  Well, you are invited to attend an informational session.  Please join us as we will share more information on how you can engage in our […]

Planning & Organizing a Class Session

  • Foundations in Teaching
FLTC 205
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

It’s your first time designing a class session on your own--Where do you begin? In this workshop, participants will learn the process for designing an effective class session, including considering the context, setting learning objectives, and making a lesson plan. Participants will also have an opportunity to discuss how to […]

Planning & Organizing a Class Session

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

It’s your first time designing a class session on your own--Where do you begin? In this workshop, participants will learn the process for designing an effective class session, including considering the context, setting learning objectives, and making a lesson plan. Participants will also have an opportunity to discuss how to […]

Jump-Start to Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement Peer Writing Program Fall 2023

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

If you are applying for an academic position, it is increasingly likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Yet, setting aside the time to write your statement and obtaining feedback from colleagues can be challenging with a busy schedule. The Jump-Start […]

Replace Your Scantrons with Gradescope Bubble Sheets

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

Save your department money and frustrations with old scantron machines by trying Gradescope Bubble Sheets. Gradescope Bubble Sheets can be used with typical scanners, autograded, and comes with a suite of streamlined grading tools standard with Gradescope, from handing multiple versions of exams to robust analytics and Canvas integration. Learn […]

Teaching Students How to Read and Critically Evaluate Scientific Literature

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

Learning how to critically read and interpret scientific literature is an important skill for students to gain in their education and necessary for their continued success in STEM fields. However, as instructors, we must recognize that this is a new kind of writing that students may be unfamiliar reading or […]

Prompt Engineering in ChatGPT for Teaching and Learning

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

Looking for ways to use AI in your course? Learn how to construct prompts in ChatGPT that will refine AI output in ways that can be adapted for a variety of class assignments. Designing clear and concise prompts will guide the AI’s response and will help ensure the AI produces […]

Jump-Start to Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement Peer Writing Program Fall 2023

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

If you are applying for an academic position, it is increasingly likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Yet, setting aside the time to write your statement and obtaining feedback from colleagues can be challenging with a busy schedule. The Jump-Start […]

Jump-Start to Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement Peer Writing Program Fall 2023

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

If you are applying for an academic position, it is increasingly likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Yet, setting aside the time to write your statement and obtaining feedback from colleagues can be challenging with a busy schedule. The Jump-Start […]

Building and Maintaining Student Trust

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

Developing student trust is a key component in building an effective and equitable learning environment. Learn how competence, integrity, and beneficence combine to build student trust in a variety of classes. For questions about this Virtual Conversation, contact Dr. Eric Fournier, Director of Educational Development.   Registration

Plus-One Principle: One Small Interaction towards Universal Design for Learning

  • Faculty Workshop
Danforth Campus
Event For:
  • Faculty

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is often referenced as a great way to increase access and engagement for all students, but it can be overwhelming to figure out how to provide multiple ways of engagement, representation, and action & expression. This workshop will introduce small ways you can apply UDL […]

Constructing Effective Collaborative Learning Opportunities

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

Educational research suggests that students acquire and retain knowledge most effectively by engaging in collaborative learning in groups with their peers. In this advanced-level workshop, participants will examine the potential benefits of collaborative learning as well as common pitfalls in an effort to better understand what makes group work really […]

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 […]

Scoping Your Open Pedagogy Project

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Faculty Workshop
John M. Olin Library, Room 142
Event For:
  • Faculty

Join University Libraries and Center for Teaching and Learning staff for a guided workshop on how to scope, develop, and proceed with an open pedagogy project. Lunch will be provided. For questions about this event, contact Dr. Sally Wu, Assistant Director for Educational Technology. Registration Register at the University Libraries […]

Creating a Teaching Portfolio

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

This Job Market series workshop will explore the ways in which graduate students and postdocs can frame their teaching experiences and teaching-related qualifications in a teaching portfolio for the academic job market. Participants will discuss the essential components of a teaching portfolio, potential organizational structures and strategies, the benefits and […]

Teaching a Laboratory Class

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

Laboratory classes provide students with first-hand experience with course concepts and with the opportunity to explore methods used by scientists in their discipline, presenting challenges and opportunities that differ from those in a standard classroom environment. This workshop is designed to help assistants to instruction plan for and successfully teach […]