Festival of Learning 2023
MIT Stata CenterThe Festival of Learning is a yearly free event for MIT faculty, students, and staff to engage with each other regarding innovation in teaching and learning.
Events
12 events found.
Students’ Sense of Belonging Matters: Evidence from Three Studies
ZoomJoin us for our next talk in TLL’s Speaker Series: Reigniting the Spark of Learning Over the last decade, research examining and documenting the importance of students’ sense of belonging in college has increased substantially. In this workshop, Dr. Maithreyi Gopalan, Assistant Professor of Education & Policy, Penn State University, will provide a broad overview […]
Teaching in the Artificial Intelligence Age of ChatGPT
ZoomJoin us for our next talk in TLL’s Speaker Series: Reigniting the Spark of Learning With the advent of easy-to-use artificial intelligence (AI) text generation tools like ChatGPT, educators must grapple with this question and what it means for their course and assignment designs. In this practical session, Dr. Derek Bruff will briefly survey the […]
2023 Spring Lecture on Graduate Student and Postdoc Well-Being
Dr. John Lloyd from MIT Medical will discuss issues of depression, anxiety, and relational challenges inherent to the graduate student/postdoc experience from a developmental perspective.
Application Period for the Spring 2023 Lesson Planning Track
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 […]
Supporting Student Learning Through Metacognitive and Motivational Strategies
ZoomJoin us for the last talk in our 2022-23 Speaker Series: Reigniting the Spark of Learning Supporting Student Learning Through Metacognitive and Motivational Strategies Dr. Cristina D. Zepeda, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University As students advance in their educational trajectories, there is an increasing demand for them to independently monitor and […]
2023-2024 Teaching Development Fellows
Applications are now open for the 2023-2024 Cohort of Teaching Development Fellows. The deadline for applying is Monday, May 22, at 11:59 pm (ET).
Application Period for the Summer 2023 Subject Design Track
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.
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NOW OPEN! Application Period for the Fall 2023 Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP)
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.
Registration for IAP 2023 TA Days NOW OPEN.
Summer 2023 TA Days: Monday, August 28, through Thursday, August 31. Before the start of each semester, TLL offers a series of workshops for TAs 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 hours, among other […]
Application Period for the Fall 2023 Lesson Planning Track
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 2023 Microteaching Track
Any graduate student is welcome to apply. However, students who have completed the Lesson Planning Track will be given priority. 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 […]