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| Equity-focused Strategies for Leading a Teaching Team |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs |
Successful teaching happens when all instructors on a team are adequately supported, invited to share their perspective and feedback, and treated as valued colleagues. In this interactive synchronous session, we will reflect upon our own… |
| Launching CRLT’s summer book study: Braiding Sweetgrass |
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- - - Faculty |
Braiding Sweetgrass is a national bestseller which examines the relationship between indigenous knowledge and Western scientific knowledge. Author… |
| Critical Dialogue in Community: Navigating Moments of Friction, Tension, and Conflict as GSIs |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Moments of friction, tension, and conflict are part of the experience of working in instructional teams as a GSI. In this interactive synchronous workshop led by Graduate Student Instructional Consultants, GSIs will reflect on their role and… |
| An Introduction to Equity-focused Assessment |
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Faculty, Graduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
In this interactive synchronous workshop we will discuss how and why assessment is an important element of equity-minded work. In examining typical routines of assessment, we will discuss a range of issues from data collection to interpretation… |
| Responding to Artificial Intelligence to Support Equity |
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Faculty, Graduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
In this interactive synchronous session, instructors will be introduced to evidence-based teaching practices that should shape how they respond to the new Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools that have become widely available to… |
| Teaching in Tumultuous Times |
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Faculty, Graduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
We continue to live in unprecedented times with heightened anxiety and stress in regards to the crisis in the Middle East, continued anti-black policies & systemic racism, anti-queer and trans policies, financial crises, the COVID-19 pandemic… |
| Accessibility and Critical Reflective Practice |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
From Disability Studies we learn that accessibility is not a finite “checklist” but an ongoing critical practice. In this interactive remote workshop, participants will learn conceptual tools for practicing critical reflection in order to deepen… |
| LEO Lecturers Equity-focused Teaching Kick-Off Event |
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Faculty, Postdocs |
Welcome to the LEO Lecturers Equity-focused Teaching Program! This Kick-Off will take place at the CRLT Seminar Room on Tuesday, May 14th from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST. This event is by invitation only; RSVP on the Google… |
| Introduction to Neurodivergence: Strategies for Engineering Instructors |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
“Neurodiversity” describes how people experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways. The term “neurodivergent” is often associated with individuals with learning disabilities, ADHD, autism, or more generally, someone… |
| Journal-Keeping in the Classroom: Creative Experiments in Equity-focused Teaching |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Journal-keeping describes a wide range of personal writing, archiving, and expressive practices in which no one reads or has access to what is written except the keeper or writer. Combining rhetorical theory with practical experimentation and… |
| Facilitating Discussions with an Equity Lens |
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Faculty, Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
A baseline/foundational workshop for facilitating typical discussions. It is not intended to address more complex or difficult classroom discussions such as hot moments. |
| The Importance of Embracing Failure in Learning |
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Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students, Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, UG Instructional Assistants, Admin/Staff Facilitator(s): Audra Baleisis and… |
| The Role of Empathy in the Equity-focused Engineering Classroom |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Session Format: In-person Intended Audience: Graduate Students, Faculty, Postdocs, Admin/Staff Facilitator(s): Linjue “Jade” Wang Session Abstract: … |
| Writing and Grading Multiple Choice Exams |
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Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students Requirement B2 |
Session Format: Remote asynchronous (Canvas) Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, UG Instructional Assistants, Admin/Staff Facilitator(s): Jeanne Andreoli… |
| Equity-focused Teaching in Practice: Critical Engagement of Difference |
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Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, UG Instructional Assistants, Admin/Staff Facilitator(s): Esther Grace Witte Session Abstract:… |
| Getting Started on Your Teaching Philosophy Statement |
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Graduate Students, Postdocs |
Session Format: Remote asynchronous (Canvas) Intended Audience: Graduate students, Postdocs Facilitator(s): Sarah Zelner Session Abstract: Many academic… |
| Making Groupwork Work |
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Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students Requirement B2 |
Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Graduate Students, UG Instructional Assistants Facilitator(s): ETCs Session Abstract: Group… |
| Assessing Participation: What? Why? and How? |
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Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2 |
Session Format: Blended/Flipped: Asynchronous (via Canvas) plus In-person Synchronous Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Admin/Staff Facilitator(s): Waleed Helweh Session… |
| Introduction to Equity-focused Teaching |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Session Format: Blended/Flipped: Asynchronous (via Canvas) plus Remote Synchronous (via Zoom) Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, UG Instructional Assistants Facilitator(s): Anoff Nicholas… |
| Designing Classroom Activities for Accessibility |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Session Format: In-person Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Facilitator(s): Kathryn Hendrickson, Bethany Morrison Session Abstract: Active learning can make teaching more… |
| Crafting Futures: Connecting Course Content to Students’ Career Development |
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Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Session Format: In-person, Multipurpose Room in lobby of LSA Building (500 State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Admin/Staff Facilitator(s): Paul Barron, Sarah Zelner… |
| Introduction to Neurodivergence: Strategies for Engineering Instructors |
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Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students, Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, UG Instructional Assistants, Admin/Staff Facilitator(s): Patricia Jaimes … |
| Responding Effectively to Generative Artificial Intelligence Now |
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Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs Facilitator(s): Anoff Nicholas Cobblah Session Abstract: In this interactive synchronous session… |
| "Are They Getting It?": Low-Stakes Ways to Gauge Student Learning |
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Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students Requirement B2 |
Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Graduate Students, UG Instructional Assistants Facilitator(s): ETCs Session Abstract: … |
| Strategies for Leading Office Hours in Engineering Courses |
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Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students Requirement B2 |
Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom) Intended Audience: Graduate Students, UG Instructional Assistants Facilitator(s): ETCs Session Abstract: Office… |
