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    • Mindfulness in Teaching

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
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    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    In this session, we will learn skills to incorporate principle and practices of mindfulness, and cultural humility to teaching. Mindfulness has been shown to be an effective tool in cultivating moment-to-moment awareness of thoughts, feelings, and surroundings which can enhance our ability to communicate more effectively with students and establish a […]

    Learning through Group Projects

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
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    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    While some students (and faculty) dread group projects, their use can boost learning and impart valuable skills. Well-designed and managed group projects can develop and enhance leadership, time management, problem-solving, and collaboration abilities. For questions about this event, contact Dr. Eric Fournier, Director of Educational Development.   Registration

    iTeach Lightning Talks: Share Your Teaching Stories

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
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    Event For:
    • Faculty

    The CTL is reviving the popular iTeach conference in January!  Started in 2002, iTeach is a biennial symposium where WashU instructors from all eight schools gather for cross-disciplinary discussions on teaching. iTeach 2024 will feature a variety of sessions including panel discussions, short presentations, interactive workshops and more! Learn how […]

    Creating Accessible and Interactive PDFs for Digital Reading

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
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    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Students read on screens all the time, but due to constraints in digital reading tools, they may not be engaging deeply with the new ideas, worlds, and people available at their fingertips. This virtual conversation introduces several ways to support digital reading, particularly when reading with PDFs, a common document […]

    Introduction to Hypothes.is

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
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    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    We will explore Hypothes.is, a tool that enables users to place a conversational layer over an entire webpage or an OCR’d PDF, allowing for unique collaborative, interactive engagement with the text that students have been assigned to read. It enables sentence-level annotation, notetaking, and critique on top of written content […]

    Support Accessibility and Literacy with Read&Write

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
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    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Read&Write is a literacy support tool and assistive technology that makes online content more accessible, readable, and inclusive. It includes a variety of tools that support students in reading texts, learning unfamiliar words, researching materials, and proofreading written work. Learn more about how you and your students can use this […]

    How to Build a Clear Map to Your Course  

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
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    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Reduce emails about “How do I find Assignment X?” or “What is due this week?” with structures built into Canvas that can help students navigate your class and be prepared to engage with your course before and after class. You will experience challenges that students face by being a student […]

    Understanding FERPA

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
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    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) governs the privacy of student educational records. But what does this law mean for us as instructors? In this session, the Office of the University Registrar will present FERPA best practices for faculty and answer your FERPA-related questions. For questions about this […]

    What Role Does AI Technology Play in Your Class?

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
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    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    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 leave with ideas for how you […]

    Applying the Latest Research on Learning to Collaborative Learning

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
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    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Learn three new findings from the latest research on how students learn and get support in applying the implications of these findings to your classes during this 1.5 hour workshop. We will examine findings from rigorous studies that investigate the biological, psychological, and social dimensions of learning sciences research, providing […]

    • Constructing a Sample Syllabus for the Academic Job Market

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Job Market (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    For teaching-focused positions, it is common to be asked for a sample syllabus. In this workshop for graduate students and postdocs approaching the academic job market, we will consider key aspects of sample syllabi to include, as well as how to align sample syllabi with the needs of different kinds […]

    Responding to Student Writing

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (PDT)
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    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 will draw on writing pedagogy scholarship in an […]

    • Jump-Start to Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement Summer 2023

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Job Market (PDT)
    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 […]

    Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Job Market (PDT)
    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

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Job Market (PDT)
    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 […]

    • Using PowerPoint to Create Jeopardy-Style Classroom Games

    • - Special Event
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    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    In this special Tech Training, co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Language Teaching Coalition, Mark Dowell, Lecturer of Spanish and Portuguese, will discuss how he uses PowerPoint features to create games for his students. During this event, participants will learn quick and easy techniques in PowerPoint […]

    Effective Student Evaluations and Question Personalization

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Instructors have the opportunity to add up to three custom questions to their student course evaluations during the question personalization period. In this session, we'll discuss how to write effective questions, increase student response rates, and generally make the most out of the student course evaluation process. For questions about […]

    Inclusive Research Mentoring

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - STEM (PDT)
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    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    A research experience is high impact educational practice that can provide many benefits for students: career support, a sense of belonging, and access to resources to graduate programs. For underrepresented and first-generation students, these opportunities greatly enhance student success and positively shape one’s science identity.  This workshop is designed to […]

    Creating a Teaching Portfolio

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Job Market (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    For teaching-focused positions, it’s common on the academic job market to be asked for “evidence of teaching effectiveness” or a “teaching portfolio.” In this workshop for graduate students and postdocs, participants will identify the key components of a teaching portfolio and discover appropriate structures and organizational strategies for their teaching […]

    Using the Jigsaw Method to Increase Student Engagement

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    In a jigsaw, students work in small, interdependent groups with individuals given the responsibility for becoming “expert” in one aspect of a topic that they then teach to their peers in order to accomplish a group learning goal. Participants in this virtual conversation will learn how to design and manage […]