Beyond Content: Teaching for Civic Participation and Engagement
Dr. Bryan Dewsbury will explore the ways in which we can reconnect our classroom practice with the values, behaviors and mindsets needed for a socially just society.
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Creating a Classroom Climate that Supports Student Engagement in Active Learning
In this talk, we will explore the ways in which instructors can foster student engagement in active learning by emphasizing the relevance of content, setting norms that encourage mastery goals and peer cooperation, and developing high-quality instructor-student relationships.
2024-2025 Teaching Development Fellows
Applications for the 2024-2025 Teaching Development Fellows Cohort will open on Monday, May 6 at noon. The deadline for applying is Wednesday, May 29, at 11:59 pm (ET) If you have additional questions, contact Ben Hansberry, Associate Director for Graduate Student Teaching, or your department’s current fellow. About the Fellowship Fellows work within an interdisciplinary […]
Application Period for the Summer 2024 Microteaching Track
All MIT graduate students who have completed the Lesson Planning Track are welcome to apply. About the Program The Microteaching Track is a sequence of 2 microteaching workshops. In a microteaching workshop, a small group of students each present a brief teaching demo and receive feedback from peers and TLL staff. Following the first microteaching […]
TLL Lunch & Learn: Reflecting on Waste Produced from Human Activities
How Design-fiction Can Help Engineering Students Imagine the Future The Nexus, 14S-130 | Hayden Library, 160 Memorial Drive Bring your lunch and join Dr. Julitte Huez, Ph.D., INP - ENSIACET and TLL to discuss how "design-fiction" can help engineering students learn to develop more diverse and creative solutions to complex technological problems. The waste sector […]
Application Period for the Summer 2024 Subject Design Track
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 […]
Registration for Summer 2024 Teaching Days NOW OPEN.
Summer 2024 Teaching Days: Monday, August 26 through Friday, August 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 the position of teaching at MIT. Topics include giving feedback, presenting a class session, and facilitating office […]
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Application Period for the Fall 2024 Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program
Application The application includes these two short-answer questions. You may wish to draft your answers (1500 character limit for each) before beginning your application. Priority will be given to applicants who will have fewer future opportunities to participate in the program (e.g., final year grad students, postdocs, etc.) The application window will be open from […]
Application Period for the Fall 2024 Lesson Planning Track Opens August 19
About the Program The Lesson Planning Track is a sequence of 3 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 […]
Application Period for the Fall 2024 Inclusive Teaching Track
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.
Application Period for the Fall 2024 Microteaching Track
About the Program The Microteaching Track is a sequence of two microteaching workshops. In a microteaching workshop, a small group of students each present a brief teaching demo and receive feedback from peers and TLL staff. Following the first microteaching workshop, participants incorporate the feedback they received into their teaching demo and present the improved […]
Rethinking Rigor: Challenging Students & Supporting Meaningful Learning
In this talk, we will explore the ways in which instructors can foster student engagement in active learning by emphasizing the relevance of content, setting norms that encourage mastery goals and peer cooperation, and developing high-quality instructor-student relationships.
Generative AI (GAI) in Teaching @MIT
Open Learning and TLL are co-sponsoring two upcoming opportunities on the topic of GAI in teaching: Practical AI for Educators, Dr. Lilach Mollick, Co-Director of the Generative AI Labs at Wharton This session will explore the potential of AI as a tool for teaching and learning. The session will cover the following topics: Register below […]
Teaching During Tense Political Times: Acknowledging the Election in the Classroom
In this talk, we will explore the ways in which instructors can foster student engagement in active learning by emphasizing the relevance of content, setting norms that encourage mastery goals and peer cooperation, and developing high-quality instructor-student relationships.