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The 21st Century Professor
Certificate Program
Active Learning
This program will discuss ways of getting students involved in learning.
Creative Teaching: Going Beyond Lectures to Teach Content
This session focuses on using innovative teaching strategies to teach content with an emphasis on developing learning goals and assessing effectiveness.
Designing Creative Assignments
In most courses, students are required to complete written work that takes the form of papers, problem sets, and/or exams. This session will give participants the opportunity to explore how other kinds of assignments, including group projects, presentations, research designs, and creative work can give students the chance to develop and be evaluated on various skills and types of knowledge.
Integrating Instructional Methodologies for Successful Teaching
Instructors can be far more effective as teachers by engaging in just a few strategies to motivate students and make their learning more successful, which is of course the measure of successful teaching. Improves lecture and discussion methods, the use of problems and cases to relate content to the “real world,” group work and informal writing, all help focus students efforts in learning. In class and out of class technology tools can keep the thinking and learning connected with course content. One successful strategy is all you need to transform teaching and learning in your courses. Come and choose from a collection of “best practices in instructional methodologies.”
Interacting with Students: Emails, Letters of Recommendation, & Office Hours
This session is designed to help TAs with student interactions outside of the classroom. Topics include effectively handling student emails, making the most of office hours, writing letters of recommendation, and avoiding harassment.
Interdisciplinary Teaching
This session explores creative interdisciplinary teaching and ways instructors can draw on student’s experiences in other classes to create a holistic learning experience.
Learning from Experience
A panel of experienced TAs from across the disciplines will be available to answer any questions you may have about teaching.
Teaching a Class for the First Time
This session offers advice on designing a course and assignments, writing a syllabus, interacting with students on the first day of class and as the semester progresses, and setting the right tone for successful student engagement in the class and the subject matter.
Wikipedia and Critical Thinking
Whether we wish them to or not, students often rely on Wikipedia as a source of information. This session will discuss ways of teaching students to use critical judgment when reading Wikipedia articles.
Utilizing Online Social Networking Sites: Pros and Cons
This workshop explores the opportunities and potential drawbacks associated with teachers using social networking sites such as My Space or Facebook. The session suggests ways social networking sites can provide a space outside the classroom for teaching and learning opportunities.
Interacting with Students: Emails, Letters of Recommendation, & Office Hours
This session is designed to help TAs with student interactions outside of the classroom. Topics include effectively handling student emails, making the most of office hours, writing letters of recommendation, and avoiding harassment.
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