April 2023
Graduate Student Book Club – Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto
Virtual meetings (via Zoom) We will be reading Radical Hope: A teaching manifesto by Kevin M. Gannon – which addresses timely issues around inclusive teaching practices. Books will be provided by CITL. From the publisher: “Kevin Gannon asks that the contemporary university’s manifold problems be approached as opportunities for critical engagement, arguing that, when done effectively, teaching is by definition emancipatory and hopeful. Considering individual pedagogical practice, the students who are the primary audience and beneficiaries of teaching, and the…
Find out more »Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Spring 2023
Virtual Alternate Thursdays at 3:00-4:00 pm, starting January 19th; opposite Thursdays can be reserved for optional asynchronous/small group work. Innovation in teaching provides exciting opportunities for research and scholarship on teaching practices with topics including the fundamentals of the scholarship of Teaching and Learning, research question identification, SoTL literature, study design, IRB application, common methodologies, and approaches to SoTL. A part learning community, part working group, the aim of this group will be to dedicate time to work and…
Find out more »Special Workshop for Graduate Students: How to Write a Diversity Statement for the Academic Job Search
Virtual Institutions of higher education are becoming more deliberate at targeting future faculty and staff who can meaningfully contribute to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. In addition to research and teaching statements, many job ads require separate statements that specifically address your commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in higher education. We will work to help you navigate this topic and develop a strategy for writing your own diversity statement, using the classroom as an example. This event…
Find out more »Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Spring 2023
Virtual Alternate Thursdays at 3:00-4:00 pm, starting January 19th; opposite Thursdays can be reserved for optional asynchronous/small group work. Innovation in teaching provides exciting opportunities for research and scholarship on teaching practices with topics including the fundamentals of the scholarship of Teaching and Learning, research question identification, SoTL literature, study design, IRB application, common methodologies, and approaches to SoTL. A part learning community, part working group, the aim of this group will be to dedicate time to work and…
Find out more »May 2023
Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Spring 2023
Virtual Alternate Thursdays at 3:00-4:00 pm, starting January 19th; opposite Thursdays can be reserved for optional asynchronous/small group work. Innovation in teaching provides exciting opportunities for research and scholarship on teaching practices with topics including the fundamentals of the scholarship of Teaching and Learning, research question identification, SoTL literature, study design, IRB application, common methodologies, and approaches to SoTL. A part learning community, part working group, the aim of this group will be to dedicate time to work and…
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