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Mar
19
TEAching Tuesdays (TA’s) 1:00pm
TEAching Tuesdays (TA’s)
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Beanery
TEAching Tuesdays – Open office hours for TAs. Tuesdays 1-2 @ the Beanery
Come to casually discuss any challenges you have in the classroom. Meet other people interested in learning how to be their best instructor selves and help us grow our community of reflective instructors! All who come will get a free tea, coffee, or other beverage.
For more information, contact rachel.prunier@uconn.eduContact Information:
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Mar
20
Professional Development Workshop series (For GA’s and PostDocs) 3:00pm
Professional Development Workshop series (For GA’s and PostDocs)
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
ROWE
Get what you need from your mentors: How to build your mentoring team. (For GAs and PostDocs)
Receiving the mentoring you need is key to success in graduate school and beyond. Come learn how to identify potential mentors and to figure out how to get the mentoring you need from them.
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=2991
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Mar
21
Facilitating group work in small to medium undergraduate classes (copy) 2:00pm
Facilitating group work in small to medium undergraduate classes (copy)
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Online
What are Teaching Talks?
Join us for an hour of your day to connect with your colleagues. These sessions serve as a springboard for discussions around a topic related to teaching and learning but really give you the chance to share the success and challenges you are facing in our new teaching reality. Each session has a topical theme but is shaped by the participants’ discussion, needs, and interests. Note: this is an interactive session and it will not be recorded.
The thematic focus for this particular session is facilitating group work in small to medium undergraduate courses. All instructors are welcome, even if you teach larger classes or labs.
Proposed Objectives:
- Discuss the affordances of, and objectives for, group activities during class
- Become aware of options for structuring group activities during class
- Discuss design of longer term collaborative assignments
- Share ideas for addressing challenges, including free riders, conflict, and assessment
- Share what’s on your mind
March 21, 2:00-3:00
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Mar
22
Enhancing student engagement with the readings (copy) 12:00pm
Enhancing student engagement with the readings (copy)
Friday, March 22nd, 2024
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Online
Can students meet your course objectives without reading the texts? If so, what is the value of assigning reading in your course? What learning objectives does reading help students meet? These foundational questions will frame our discussion. Techniques and tools will be introduced for:
- “Guided reading” facilitation
- Creating a reading guide
- Annotation tools (Perusall, Voicethread)
- Games, remixes, and other activities for engaging with a text
- Modeling engagement
Ideas will be shared for curating a reading list, including: alphabetic texts vs. audio and video; amount of reading assigned; and organizing access to course readings. This is an interactive session and participants are encouraged to share their experiences and questions.
March 22, 12:00-1:00
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3011 -
Mar
26
TEAching Tuesdays (TA’s) 1:00pm
TEAching Tuesdays (TA’s)
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Beanery
TEAching Tuesdays – Open office hours for TAs. Tuesdays 1-2 @ the Beanery
Come to casually discuss any challenges you have in the classroom. Meet other people interested in learning how to be their best instructor selves and help us grow our community of reflective instructors! All who come will get a free tea, coffee, or other beverage.
For more information, contact rachel.prunier@uconn.eduContact Information:
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