Teaching can seem like a mysterious juggling act, especially when we first enter the field. In this interactive workshop, participants will explore practical tips from the research literature, their own teaching experience, and other instructors. During the session, the facilitators will ask participants to vote on a list of possible topics, with the most popular topics forming the core of the workshop. Possibilities include: what to do when you don’t know the answer; how to shape an inclusive course climate; using formative and summative feedback; building a flexible lesson plan; ways to stay organized as an instructor; and more. By the end of this workshop, participants will be prepared to:

• Identify effective strategies for their own teaching or TAing
• Decide on one adaptation to make to their current teaching strategies

Instructors

Chas Brua, Pennsylvania State University
John Elia, Pennsylvania State University

Workshop Schedule

This one-session online workshop meets in Zoom on Monday, February 23rd at 10-11:30pm Gulf / 1-2:30pm Eastern / 12-1:30pm Central / 11am-12:30pm Arizona / 10-11:30am Pacific.

Audience

This workshop is generally relevant to anyone interested in practical teaching tips from multiple sources.

Registration and Enrollment

Cap: 50. Registration opens on Monday, February 9th at 10am CT and closes once capacity is reached. Registration will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis and registrants from CIRTL member institutions or alumni of CIRTL member institutions will receive priority. Once registration closes, all registrants will be notified of their enrollment status.

Accessibility

If you have access needs, please let us know what they are. Contact Zoe Zuleger (zmzuleger@wisc.edu) to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs, we will also take measures throughout the workshop to support accessibility for all our students:

• Sending pre-session reminders to all students
• Sharing resources from synchronous sessions with students
• Enabling live captioning in synchronous sessions
• Incorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions

About CIRTL Programming

CIRTL Network programming is designed to develop future faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices to create undergraduate educational experiences that are accessible to all learners. Participants can explore our programming in any order, and to whatever extent supports your own teaching development needs and interests. To help participants understand what they can expect across all our programming, all CIRTL programming aligns with four broad learning goals; within those goals, programming might provide participants with an introductory, intermediate, or advanced learning experience.

This course supports the following CIRTL learning goals at an introductory level:

• Goal 1: Develop evidence-based teaching knowledge. See more Goal 1 programming.
• Goal 2: Connect with community to enhance teaching. See more Goal 2 programming.
• Goal 4: Prepare for an impactful career. See more Goal 4 programming.