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The Center for Educational Effectiveness offers courses faculty, graduate students, and staff can take to build their teaching skill set. Below is a list of the current offerings. 

(Spring 2024) EDU 398: Seminar on College Teaching

Seminar on College Teaching: EDU 398

CRN: 39421

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Note: In Spring 2024, EDU 398: Seminar on College Teaching will be taught in person at the Teaching and Learning Complex.

The Seminar on College Teaching is an interactive course designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars develop essential skills for effective instruction in college-level courses. If you plan to teach undergraduates in your career, this course provides you with core skills based on foundational and emerging research-based practices on how students learn. Students engage with classmates in thought-provoking discussions and activities about the implementation of pedagogical techniques in a university classroom setting. Activities and topics will include:

  • examining how students learn
  • articulating course outcomes
  • applying principles of course design
  • aligning learning activities to meet course outcomes
  • scaffolding instruction to support learning
  • implementing active learning
  • creating meaningful and transparent assignments
  • establishing an inclusive and equitable learning environment
  • designing and participating in micro-teaching sessions
  • leveraging the affordances of Generative AI in teaching

Course Credit and Recognization

The Seminar on College Teaching is open to graduate students and postdocs. Graduate students should register for two units of credit. Postdocs can also participate (pending availability) and complete all seminar requirements without registering for credit; email the instructor to register. Participants who complete all course requirements will earn recognization of completion that can be included on your curriculum vitae and in your teaching portfolio.


2023-2024 Seminar on College Teaching Course Offerings 

The Seminar on  College Teaching will be offered during Fall 2023, Winter 2024, and Spring 2024 quarters.  Enrollment is limited; please register early.

2023-2024 Seminar on College Teaching Course Offerings 

  • Term: Spring 2024.  ​​​​
  • CRN: 39421 (enrollment capped at 18). 
  • Instructor: Katie Healey, Ph.D., CPACC, Center for Educational Effectiveness (khhealey@ucdavis.edu)
  • Course day/time: Thursdays 1:10 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location: Teaching and Learning Complex, Room 1211

(Winter 2024) EDU 398: Seminar on College Teaching

Seminar on College Teaching: EDU 398

CRN: 45429

SCT

Note: In Winter 2024, EDU 398: Seminar on College Teaching will be taught in person at the Teaching and Learning Complex.

The Seminar on College Teaching is an interactive course designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars develop essential skills for effective instruction in college-level courses. If you plan to teach undergraduates in your career, this course provides you with core skills based on foundational and emerging research-based practices on how students learn. Students engage with classmates in thought-provoking discussions and activities about the implementation of pedagogical techniques in a university classroom setting. Activities and topics will include:

  • examining how students learn
  • articulating course outcomes
  • applying principles of course design
  • aligning learning activities to meet course outcomes
  • scaffolding instruction to support learning
  • implementing active learning
  • creating meaningful and transparent assignments
  • establishing an inclusive and equitable learning environment
  • designing and participating in micro-teaching sessions
  • leveraging the affordances of Generative AI in teaching

Course Credit and Recognization

The Seminar on College Teaching is open to graduate students and postdocs. Graduate students should register for two units of credit. Postdocs can also participate (pending availability) and complete all seminar requirements without registering for credit; email the instructor to register. Participants who complete all course requirements will earn recognization of completion that can be included on your curriculum vitae and in your teaching portfolio.


2023-2024 Seminar on College Teaching Course Offerings 

The Seminar on  College Teaching will be offered during Fall 2023, Winter 2024, and Spring 2024 quarters.  Enrollment is limited; please register early.

2023-2024 Seminar on College Teaching Course Offerings 

  • Term: Winter 2024.  ​​​​
  • CRN: 45429 (enrollment capped at 28). 
  • Instructor: Kem Saichaie Ph.D., Interim Director, Center for Educational Effectiveness (kemsaichaie@ucdavis.edu) - please email for questions and/or to joining mailing list for CRN (once available).
  • Course day/time: Wednesdays 1:10 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location: Teaching and Learning Complex, Room 1211