Facilitator: Jamie Kim, Yhosep Barba Blanco Having confidence in your abilities as an instructor is a key component for successful teaching and for feeling comfortable in the classroom or virtual classroom. In this session, we discuss strategies for boosting your teaching self-efficacy: for example, through preparation, student interaction, peer observation, affirmation, and more. This session … Read More
Join us to explore the environmental impact of generative AI, from the electricity and water that data centers consume to the pressure they put on power grids and the communities … Read More
Overview What does it mean to teach in an age of AI? This fall, join us to read and discuss The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, a practical resource for instructors thinking intentionally about how AI is reshaping their courses, including a Rutgers connection: our own instructors are cited in the book. Across four virtual sessions facilitated by … Read More
Overview We’ve all learned a lot about the philosophy and techniques of teaching. But does the size of the class matter? When standing in front of 200-300+ students, we quickly discover that what worked in a seminar of 25 isn’t working here! Crystal Quillen, Assistant Director at TIIP, will lead this unique workshop: The Science … Read More
Overview Crystal Akers (Linguistics, School of Arts and Sciences) will practice her upcoming talk at OLC – Accelerate: Speed Limits, Signals, Speed Bumps, and Racetracks. It is focused on helping students develop judgments about when and how to use AI. Whether you’re just starting to think about GenAI’s impact on your classroom, actively experimenting with new approaches, questioning … Read More
Overview 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 fall semester, there will be monthly gatherings for which you will be asked to submit topics of interest in advance: Thursday, September 24, 12–1 pm Thursday, October 22, 3–4 … Read More
Overview What does it mean to teach in an age of AI? This fall, join us to read and discuss The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, a practical resource for instructors thinking intentionally about how AI is reshaping their courses, including a Rutgers connection: our own instructors are cited in the book. Across four virtual sessions facilitated by … Read More
Facilitators: Gill Woody, Amirtha Giridhar As AI tools are becoming more widely available, both educators and students are faced with new challenges about the ethical use of these tools. What … Read More
Overview Come learn about the chatbot that Dr. Sonal Pandey (Resource Economics, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences) and her students are working on. Two of Dr. Pandey's students will lead the session and ask the audience questions about how they are using GenAI. We’re excited to welcome these engaged students to our community of … Read More
Overview 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. … Read More