Join this 4-week series to learn how to develop an aligned teaching plan with measurable learning outcomes, assessments that promote student learning, and engaging activities. Prerequisite: Must have taken 2Δ of teaching & learning coursework. Four Wednesdays 9:30-11:30am: June 8, 15, 22, 29
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Planning Your Teaching-as-Research Project
Plan and refine your own Teaching-as-Research project alongside a learning community of peers in this 6-week online course. Wednesdays, 1:00pm – 2:30pm, starting June 22. ∆
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
Intro to Evidence-Based STEM Teaching: Local UW–Madison Learning Community
Begin your journey to becoming an inclusive and evidence-based STEM instructor! Join this 7-week course to get an overview of effective college teaching strategies, and explore how to apply them with a local learning community. Fridays, 10:00am – 11:00am, starting June 24. Δ
Exploring Practices in the Classroom (EPIC): A learning community of TAs
Your time as a TA is a superb opportunity to prepare yourself for the teaching you will do as a future faculty member or in other careers. This interdisciplinary learning community of TAs will help you develop as an effective, inclusive teacher, while working together to learn from and navigate teaching challenges as they emerge throughout the semester. Wednesdays, 9:00am – 10:00am, starting February 2. Δ
Internship Seminar
Develop your teaching skills with a real-world project to address a challenge in student learning. Thursdays, 9:30am – 11:30am, starting September 8.
Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
An 8-week open, online, asynchronous short course (MOOC) designed to provide future STEM faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with an introduction to effective teaching strategies and the research that supports them. Δ
Improv to Improve Science Communication and Teaching
Use the principles of improv theater to improve your communication in multiple contexts and audiences, including talking with colleagues, presenting your research, and teaching in the classroom. Wednesdays, 1:00pm – 3:00pm starting September 7. Δ