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Past Events from January 16 – February 28 – Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy Past Events from January 16 – February 28 – Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy

Active Learning 101

This four-hour session, facilitated by David Wyrtzen, Associate Director for Faculty Training and Outreach, Digital Classroom Services will explore the fundamentals of active learning. Instructional Designers will discuss the pedagogic underpinnings of collaboration-based learning that can inform course design, class management, and more. Instructional technologists will introduce you to the classrooms and technology that can enhance … Read More

Peer Review of Teaching using the Critical Teaching Behaviors Framework (Virtual Interactive Workshop)

Peer review of teaching is an important part of the advancement, reappointment, and promotion process for instructors of all ranks.This workshop is primarily designed to prepare reviewers tasked with conducting peer review of teaching, but instructors preparing to be observed may also find this session helpful. We will introduce the Critical Teaching Behaviors Framework and … Read More

Using the Rutgers Guidelines for Presenting Evidence of Effective Teaching (Virtual Interactive Workshop)

This workshop will explore the Guidelines for Effective Teaching, which adopts a framework showing what effective teaching looks like and encourages faculty to present evidence that shows their strengths across all aspects of teaching. As part of this session, participants evaluate samples of evidence and brainstorm what sources of evidence they can muster to build their … Read More

Spring 2025 DIG Full Training

The Full DIG (Data Integrity Gateway) training session is recommended for department administrators who are newly responsible for validating instructor details for SIRS. This session covers navigating Blue, how to validate instructor details in DIG, and how to make changes during the survey preparation period. This training is not relevant to people who only view SIRS … Read More

Panel Discussion: Enhancing Inclusive Instruction (Virtual)

Virtual

Hear a panel of instructors and instructional designers from a variety of disciplines share their reflections on the student voices highlighted in the book Enhancing Inclusive Instruction: Student Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Advancing Equity in Higher Education (Addy, Dube, & Mitchell, 2024) and how they are applying them in their teaching. Submit questions to … Read More

Writing & Refining the Teaching Philosophy (Virtual Working Session)

This new workshop is a deep dive into what might be the most important piece of a teaching portfolio or teaching statement: the teaching philosophy statement. This reflective and highly personal narrative encapsulates an instructor’s instructional goals, teaching methods, and their approach to assessing student learning. In this interactive session we explore examples from different … Read More

Interpreting SIRS and other forms of Student Feedback (Virtual Interactive Workshop)

While students are crucial stakeholders in the university’s teaching enterprise, their feedback should not be mistaken for “evaluation of teaching,” which is a task for instructional colleagues. Student feedback is an indicator which provides evidence that must be interpreted. In this workshop, we explore scholarly research on the limitations and potential biases of student feedback. … Read More

Generative Artificial Intelligence & Bias: What to Know & Discuss with Students (In-Person)

Zimmerli Art Museum, MPR 205 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick, United States

The outputs of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) might seem objective, but they are reflective of the datasets on which they are trained and their respective algorithms. Therefore, they might contain information that is inaccurate, biased, or misleading. During this interactive session, we will explore what is known about bias and GenAI and potential conversations that … Read More