Applications are Open! We are pleased to announce the return of the winter Course (Re)Design Institute series for MIT Faculty and Lecturers over December 2025 and IAP 2026! This hands-on, interactive workshop series leverages principles of course design and the science of learning to support effective, efficient course (re)design. Whether you are building a course […]
Lily Tsai, Ford Professor of Political ScienceAdam Albright, Professor of LinguisticsEmily Richmond Pollock, Associate Professor of Music.Leeland Fredlund, Senior Research Support Associate - Compass Course Compass: An Experiment in Collaboration Description Last spring, the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) launched the pilot of its new multidisciplinary offering, 21.01 Compass Course: Love, Death, […]
About the Program The Subject Design Track is a sequence of three interactive 2-hour workshops focused on course design. Participants will learn to build a course by first identifying goals and then organizing assignments and content to align with these goals. Over the course of the program, participants will develop a syllabus for a course […]
About the Program The Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP) is an interactive workshop series intended for late-program graduate students and postdocs interested in academic careers or developing skills to support their teaching at MIT. Application The application includes these two short-answer questions. You may wish to draft your answers (1500 character limit for each) before […]
Departmental Action Teams (DATs) support broad-scale and sustainable improvements in undergraduate education through either curriculum revision (what is taught) or pedagogical changes (how it is taught). This model is of particular interest to the selection committee for the Alex and Brit d’Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in Education. In this webinar, Drs. Ruthann Thomas and Raechel […]
Registration is now open! IAP 2026 Teaching Days: Monday, January 26 through Friday, January 30 Before the start of each semester, TLL offers a series of workshops for TAs and teacher trainees to help them prepare for the roles and responsibilities of teaching at MIT. Topics include giving feedback, presenting a class session, and facilitating […]
Dr. Carlo Rotella, Professor of English, American Studies, and Journalism at Boston College Description What happens in the classroom is getting more, not less, cutting-edge all the time. Face-to-face teaching and learning become rarer and more valuable with each advance in educational technology. At the same time, the higher-ed classroom is a black box in […]
In this track of workshops, we will discuss the relevant scholarly literature as we identify concrete strategies to cultivate equitable and welcoming classrooms where students from all backgrounds can thrive.
Note: Change in day and time from the announcement in the TLL newsletter. Dr. Liz Norell, Associate Director of Instructional Support in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Mississippi. Description Drawing on survey data and focus group findings from a spring 2025 pilot project, this workshop will present […]
Dr. Alison Koenka, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Oklahoma Description Academic feedback–or messages provided to learners about their performance–is a powerful tool that instructors can leverage to boost student learning and motivation and to create more equitable college classrooms. High-quality feedback provides learners with valuable information about their current performance and […]
About the Program The Lesson Planning Track is a sequence of three workshops focused on preparing an effective lesson plan for a class session or recitation, developing skills for classroom presentation and effective classroom activities, and giving formative feedback to students. Over the course of the workshop track, participants develop a detailed lesson plan on […]
Aaron W. Johnson, SM '10, PhD '15, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program, University of Michigan Special guest speaker co-hosted with Aero-Astro Engineers constantly face “wicked problems,” ill-defined and complex sociotechnical problems with undefined and often-shifting constraints and requirements. Many students enter engineering to tackle these wicked […]
Moderated by Dr. Lourdes Alemán, in collaboration with MIT Radius Description As AI transforms our teaching and learning, it is important to recognize that students’ experiences and attitudes towards AI are not homogeneous. In this panel of MIT students, we will discuss how they use AI tools, the impact of these tools on their learning, […]
