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CIRTL Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching (Online)

Register by 6/4. EVENT: Mon. 7/23- Fri. 7/27 (Free to UMBC)

Location

Online

Date & Time

July 23, 2018, 12:00 pm – Jul 27, 2018 5:45 pm

Description

CIRTL is a national center of 43 institutions. UMBC is a member of CIRTL, which gives graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and staff, access to CIRTL's network of resources, e.g., online courses, in-person workshops at other schools, powerpoint presentations, articles.

Teaching Institute - Coming July 23-27, 2018

For the first time ever, the CIRTL Network is running an online Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching designed specifically for grad students and postdocs new to teaching. 

In this five-day institute, participants will experience a thorough introduction to the core ideas that ground CIRTL's approach to STEM education: 
  • learning-through-diversity, 
  • learning communities, 
  • evidence-based teaching, and 
  • teaching-as-research. 

By examining relevant literature, working online in small peer groups facilitated by topical experts, and performing structured work independently; participants will develop a deep understanding of scientific teaching. 

  Throughout the week, participants will design an evidence-based, inclusive teaching activity. Each day will be split between independent work, large group activities and lessons, and small group work. 

On the final day of the program, participants will present their teaching activities to the entire group. By the end of the institute participants will have observed, evaluated, and collected a portfolio of innovative teaching approaches, instructional materials and practical strategies for enhancing student learning that can be adapted to their own teaching environments. 

Participants who successfully complete the CIRTL Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching will be named Scientific Teaching Fellows by the Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching. 


Finally, participants will be familiar with CIRTL's associate-level learning outcomes, making them excellent candidates for achieving associate certification (note that certification is determined on a local level by each individual member institution). 

Institute Schedule

This 5-day institute will meet online from Monday, July 23 through Friday, July 27; throughout the institute, participants will enjoy a mix of synchronous, online activities and asychronous, individual work. Each day will include online sessions from roughly 11AM CT to 1PM CT, and again from roughly 2:30PM CT to 4:45PM CT; outside of those times, participants will be expected to do anywhere from 2 to 2.5 hours of individual work per day. 

(EASTERN TIMES: 12 noon - 2 PM EST, break, 3:30 - 5:45PM)


Please comment below to let us know that you are planning to register.  REGISTER: https://www.cirtl.net/events/418

(Full details, and corresponding updates will be available through https://www.cirtl.net/events/418.)

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PHOTO CREDIT: "Science Careers in Search of Women", Argonne National Laboratory. Photo by George Joch / courtesy Argonne National Laboratory.

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