Teach better and more efficiently using inclusive instructional technology. Building on your existing skills, you will hone your teaching style and gain a solid foundation in the learning sciences, while creating an effective Canvas course that is inclusive and equitable for students. Thursdays, 1:00pm–3:00pm, starting September 8. ΔΔ
2 deltas
We use Δ’s (deltas) as units assigned to courses. Participants can earn Δ’s by taking Delta courses, or those that have prior approval. These courses are worth 2 Δ’s.
Postdoc Teaching Practicum
In this practicum, postdocs will observe mentors in their teaching, teach guest lectures and receive feedback on their teaching, discuss teaching approaches with their mentors, and engage in group discussions of teaching with peers in the practicum. Five online sessions on Thursdays: September 15, October 6, October 27, November 17, and December 8. ∆∆
Teaching in Science and Engineering: The College Classroom (Cross Institution)
Develop foundational knowledge of evidence-based pedagogical practices, explore how excellence and diversity are intertwined, and try new teaching approaches in a supportive environment. Wednesdays, 1:00pm – 2:30pm, starting September 29. ΔΔ
Beyond Rhetoric: Developing an Ethical and Equitable Practice
This course combines hands-on experiential learning with multimedia resources to give an overview of recent educational theories and their intersection with promoting inclusivity and justice in the classroom. Mondays, 3:30pm – 5:30pm, starting January 31. ΔΔ
Using Writing to Teach in Any Discipline to Promote Active Learning in an Inclusive Class Environment
Research has shown that, when students write more in a course, they learn course content more effectively and engage more deeply with the material. Learn how to use writing to promote students’ active learning, while maximizing your own time, in any disciplinary or course context. Mondays, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, starting January 31. ΔΔ
Summer Teaching Institute at the University of British Columbia
Explore active learning, formative, summative, and hypothesis-driven assessment, and responsiveness to diversity. Participants will examine a variety of teaching practices and principles and will participate in peer-evaluated micro-teaching exercise. June 14 – 23. ΔΔ
Basics of Online Learning and Teaching
Build your own online course in this blended 10-week course that walks students through online course development in a mix of synchronous sessions and asynchronous activities. Registration opens May 9. Tuesdays, 10:00am – 11:30am, starting June 7. ΔΔ
Moving beyond boilerplate: Equity and Inclusion in the College Classroom
Unpack the mechanisms that give rise to inequity in higher education, examine our own participation in those mechanisms, and generate alternative ways of teaching that challenge those mechanisms. ΔΔ
Teaching in Science and Engineering: The College Classroom
Develop foundational knowledge of evidence-based pedagogical practices, explore how excellence and diversity are intertwined, and try new teaching approaches in a supportive environment. Choose from two available sections: Thursdays, 11:00am – 1:00pm, or Tuesdays, 1:20pm – 3:15pm. ΔΔ
Equity in STEM for All Genders
Analyze gender bias and collaboratively develop approaches to counter gender bias in STEM in this 9-week online course. ΔΔ