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Events from March 3 – April 10 – Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy Events from March 3 – April 10 – Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy

Teaching & Learning Community for Graduate Students and Postdocs – March Gathering

Zoom

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

Generative AI Community of Practice (GenAI CoP)

Zoom

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

Lecturer Faculty Community – March Gathering

Zoom

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

Beyond ChatGPT – Navigating Alternative Models

Zoom

While ChatGPT has captured the headlines, the generative AI landscape is vast and rapidly evolving. This session moves past the familiar to navigate alternative AI models and specialized tools that can influence your teaching and research. We'll demystify concepts like Large Language Models (LLMs) and emerging "OMNI" models, exploring how different platforms—like Google's Gemini, Anthropic's … Read More

Assessment: Why and How to Use Gradescope

Zoom

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

Innovative Practices for Large Courses: A Community – Writing Your Teaching Philosophy Statement

Zoom

This gathering is an opportunity for guidelines and individual help with a teaching philosophy statement, often a critical piece of a promotion packet. New to this community? Email TIIP at TeachingInstitute@rutgers.edu to join the community and receive more details.  Audience: Administrative staff, lecturers, teaching faculty (NTT), tenure-line faculty   

Teaching and GenAI Explorations: Research

Zoom

Generative AI tools are increasingly acting as “research assistants,” helping students brainstorm topics, locate sources, summarize complex texts, and plan projects. In this one-hour virtual session, we’ll explore several AI research assistants (e.g., Consensus) and examine what they do well (and where they fall short). You will test a few tools hands-on and discuss how … Read More

Generative AI Community of Practice (GenAI CoP)

Zoom

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

Supporting Neurodivergent Learners in the Classroom

Zoom

Join us for a 1-hour virtual workshop on supporting neurodivergent students in higher education. We’ll explore evidence-based strategies, grounded in Universal Design for Learning, for building more inclusive, flexible learning environments. Drawing on practical guides (including the work of Karen Costa and Jennifer Pusateri), you’ll reflect on how to leverage students’ assets rather than deficits … Read More

Prompting Cookbook

Zoom

In this hands-on workshop you will explore prompt engineering as a key ingredient as you think about course design, while considering alignment between course objectives, module-level objectives to design of assignments and assessments. Work alongside us as we use prompting to assist in course design preparation (by creating course goals, defining module-level learning objectives, draft … Read More