Facilitators: Mary Labrada, Senior Instructional Designer Karen Harris, Senior Instructional Designer Jason Khurdan, Manager, Disability Services In this workshop, we will go over promising practices and tools for creating accessible math equations, including how to format equations in Canvas and within documents, and how to write appropriate alt-text, including in assessment contexts. This session is open to … Read More
Facilitator: Gill Woody As instructors, a major motivator for us is getting to interact with students and see them grow as learners. But what happens when they don’t want to interact with us? How can we still be good instructors? In this workshop, we will dive into the world of the quiet classroom (both the physical AND … Read More
The Teaching & Learning Community for Graduate Students and Postdocs is a monthly Zoom-based gathering space where graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff engage in conversations about teaching and learning in higher education. Each session is shaped by community members and offers opportunities to discuss pedagogy based on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Audience: Administrative … Read More
Facilitator: Sophia Fox-Dichter Everyone loves a group project, right? Come discuss strategies for implementing effective group projects while avoiding common pitfalls. This session is part of the Improving Your Classroom Skills certificate program for graduate students and postdocs. Audience: Graduate students and/or postdocs (register through the link below or under “Website” at the bottom of this page) REGISTER
Facilitator: Jamie Kim If you currently teach large lecture-based courses, give guest lectures, or expect to teach large courses in the future, this session is for you! In this interactive session, you will examine the relationship between lecturing and learning through findings from the science of learning and evidence-based teaching. You will discuss how to incorporate … Read More
Facilitator: Ramazan Güngör This interactive workshop, offered in collaboration with the Institute for Teaching, Innovation & Inclusive Pedagogy, provides graduate instructors with evidence-based practices for fostering meaningful learner engagement across online and hybrid teaching environments. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience teaching fully online graduate courses and the latest educational research on the topic, … Read More
The Teaching & Learning Community for Graduate Students and Postdocs is a monthly Zoom-based gathering space where graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff engage in conversations about teaching and learning in higher education. Each session is shaped by community members and offers opportunities to discuss pedagogy based on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Audience: Administrative … Read More
Interested in connecting with colleagues across Rutgers to think more deeply about generative AI in teaching and learning? Join our new Generative AI Community of Practice (GenAI CoP). We hope this to be a supportive, interdisciplinary space for shared learning, discussion, and collaboration. This virtual community is designed for ongoing conversation rather than one-off workshops. Select sessions may be … Read More
Are you looking to connect with fellow lecturers at Rutgers? Then join the Lecturer Faculty Community, a supportive, interdisciplinary space to exchange ideas and discuss effective teaching practices! Throughout the spring semester, there will be monthly gatherings for which you will be asked to submit topics of interest in advance: Thursday, January 29, 12:30-1:30 pm Thursday, February … Read More
Facilitators: Karen Harris, Senior Instructional Designer Hanna Kim, Senior Instructional Designer Kevin Burkitt, Instructional Technologist This workshop is an introduction to Gradescope, a grading tool that integrates in Canvas and can help you grade exams and assignments more efficiently and with more consistency across students and graders. It supports rubrics, facilitates feedback, and generates statistics, all within any course modality. … Read More