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What's Wrong? Navigating Concerns about Student Mental Health Mon, 10/07/2013 - 1:30pm  to 3:00PM CRLT in Engineering

It can be difficult for instructors to know when a student is having a mental health problem and what steps can be taken to provide support. Angela Farrehi, Student Advocacy Manager from the Office of Student Affairs, will lead participants in...

Emerging Tech: C-Tools Test Center Thu, 10/10/2013 - 8:30am  to 9:30AM Faculty Only CRLT Seminar Series

The Emerging Technology workshop series highlights tools that have proven to be useful for promoting active student engagement both inside and outside the classroom. The three highlighted tools, Piazza, M+Box, and CTools Test Center, are...

Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM): Massive Michigan: A First Look at the Analytics of UM's 2012-13 MOOC Courses Fri, 10/11/2013 - 12:00pm  to 1:15PM SLAM: Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan

In this session, Stephanie Teasley, Steve Lonn, and Eric Koo (U-M USE Lab) will be presenting on their analysis of U-M's Coursera data.

The Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (...

Six-Session Training for Multicultural Classroom Facilitation Wed, 10/16/2013 - 3:00pm  to 6:00PM Graduate Students and Postdocs Only Eligible for Graduate Teacher Certificate - Requirement B3 CRLT Seminar Series

Co-facilitated by staff from CRLT and The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR), this six-week seminar allows participants to both learn about and practice a range of effective facilitation strategies for use in U-M's multicultural classrooms...

The Flipped Classroom Fri, 10/18/2013 - 1:00pm  to 3:00PM Faculty Only CRLT Seminar Series

The “flipped classroom” has garnered considerable attention in the academy over the past year. This approach to teaching involves the use of podcasting and other strategies to shift students’ initial exposure to content from the...

Getting Started with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Mon, 10/21/2013 - 12:00pm  to 1:30PM CRLT in Engineering

Engineering education research is a growing field, both nationally and at our own College. This panel will feature four engineering faculty: Robin Fowler, Brent Gillespie, Jamie Phillips, and Rasha Stino. They will explain their project goals,...

CRLT Players: (dis)Ability in the Classroom Mon, 10/21/2013 - 3:30pm  to 5:30PM Eligible for Graduate Teacher Certificate - Requirement B2, Multicultural Teaching CRLT Seminar Series

In this session, the CRLT Players present a series of trigger vignettes designed to provoke conversation around a range of issues related to student disabilities in college classrooms.  Following the performance of each vignette,...

Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM): Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes Fri, 10/25/2013 - 12:00pm  to 1:15PM SLAM: Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan

In its relative infancy, the learning analytics movement has focused mainly on scraping data from online interactions in course management systems, or on aggregating databases of grades stored electronically. This talk will focus on ways of...

Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM): Online Learning Resources in the Humanities and Engineering: Making and Measuring Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:00pm  to 1:15PM SLAM: Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan

This SLAM Seminar will focus on two U-M faculty projects involving the design and assessment of online learning resources. Christine Modey, Sweetland Center for Writing (LSA), will present on her project to promote student...

Developing an Engineering Teaching Philosophy Statement for Your Academic Job Application Thu, 11/14/2013 - 2:30pm  to 4:00PM Graduate Students and Postdocs Only CRLT in Engineering

The statement of teaching philosophy is becoming an increasingly common part of applications for academic jobs in engineering. In this interactive session, participants will focus on the benefits of writing a teaching philosophy statement,...

Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan (SLAM): Digital Badges and the Analysis of Learning & Educational Activity Fri, 11/15/2013 - 12:00pm  to 1:15PM SLAM: Student Learning and Analytics at Michigan
Digital badges are web-enabled tokens of learning and accomplishment. Unlike traditional grades, certificates, and transcripts, badges can include specific claims and detailed evidence in support of those claims. The Design Principles...
Improving the Design Skills of Future Engineers Wed, 11/20/2013 - 9:30am  to 11:00AM Faculty Only CRLT in Engineering

This faculty program will explore a framework for characterizing novice and more-informed student approaches to various phases of the design process. Participants will discuss student behavior patterns and explore suggested instructional...