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2017 Spring Faculty Workshops
Workshops - Faculty
The Center for Educational Effectiveness has a number of workshop series to support faculty who want to advance, enhance, or fine-tune their teaching. Each experiential workshop series offers practical, evidence-based methods of classroom and laboratory education that you can apply in your classes right away. We have three different series to select from: Innovations in Teaching, Active Learning Elements, and Foundations in Teaching. Below is an overview of our Spring 2017 offerings. Faculty are welcome to attend any number of these stand-alone workshops.Those who attend five or more of the sessions will be awarded a Certificate of Participation for the 2017 Spring Teaching Workshop Series.
If you would like to share your Innovations in Teaching, please contact cee@ucdavis.edu with the subject “Innovations in Teaching” and we’ll follow up with you. This a great way to showcase your teaching strategies and get direct feedback from peers and members of the UC Davis Teaching Community.
Universal Design for Learning: Reaching Learners with Diverse Needs by Creating Flexible Courses, Activities, and Assessments
Thursday, May 18th from 9:00-10:15am
Location provided upon registration
Facilitator: Cara Harwood Theisen, Center for Educational Effectiveness
This workshop will introduce instructors to strategies for creating courses, activities, and assessments that give all students an opportunity to learn, including students with disabilities and different learning needs. Instructors will learn the principles of Universal Design for Learning and get ideas for how to implement them in their teaching. Faculty and TAs are invited to attend. (This workshop is offered as part of the Global Accessibility Awareness Day program.)
Designing Transparent Assignments
Friday, May 19th from 12:15-1:30
Location provided upon registration
A light lunch will be provided
Facilitator: Patricia Turner, Ph.D., Center for Educational Effectiveness
Recent research has shown that the design of course assignments can have an impact on student learning. This workshop introduces the concept of transparency in assignment design, and presents a framework for assessing course assignments for transparency in four main areas. Participants are encouraged to bring an assignment to discuss with colleagues during this interactive, hands-on workshop.
~In response to campus demand, additional seats have been added to this workshop. Space is limited, register soon!~
Getting Started with Teaching Online and Hybrid Courses
Friday, June 2nd from 12:15-1:30pm
Location provided upon registration
A light lunch will be provided
Facilitators: Cecilia Gomez, Ph.D., Center for Educational Effectiveness, Cara Harwood Theisen, Ph.D., Center for Educational Effectiveness
Online and hybrid approaches create new and innovative opportunities to engage students and explore content. This interactive workshop will introduce effective online and hybrid teaching to instructors who are interested in integrating technology into their course, and who may want to design an online or hybrid course in the future.
~Session is Full~
