Events

ESL TA Panel

Virtual

If you are TAing or will TA in the future as a non-native English speaker, we are hosting a panel discussion for English as a Second Language (ESL) TAs, in which experienced ESL TAs will share their stories and answer your questions on teaching. Panelists will share how they overcame challenges the same challenges you […]

Leading with data: overcoming the data divides

Virtual

Data work is often thrust upon teams of people who already have a day job. Data teams are thrown together and data leaders have to overcome various data divides. This session will explore the evidence-based data literacy continuum that bridges these data divides. Data leaders will leave with a framework they can use to foster […]

Building community in the remote classroom

Virtual

Student learning and well-being are supported by the presence of a cohesive classroom community, both in face-to-face learning as well as remote learning. On Nov 19, 2020, Open Learning and TLL cohosted this xTalk panel discussion, in which MIT instructors Simona Socrate, Ari Epstein, and Kang Zhou share how they have built and maintained community while teaching in […]

Lesson Planning Track

Virtual

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.

Assessments & Assignments for Remote Learning

Virtual

The Teaching + Learning Lab and Open Learning are cohosting an IAP panel discussion for faculty and instructors on innovative assessments and assignments for remote subjects. Panelists will discuss a spectrum of assessment and assignment options and share their unique approaches and decision-making processes. We will have an opportunity to reflect together as panelists consider […]

Flipping Failure COVID Diaries: Short Films by MIT Students

Virtual

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.

TA Days Winter 2021

Virtual

To support TAs across MIT in developing the foundational skills and knowledge need to succeed in their roles, we offer a series of workshops called TA Days. The next session, TA Days Winter 2021 (spanning February 2 – 11), aims to help you prepare for the spring semester.

How instructors can support student well-being

Virtual

College campuses across the country are struggling to respond to the significant social, emotional, and economic burdens carried by our students. With the dual challenge of navigating ongoing remote learning while also envisioning how we come back together in person, the work of caring for ourselves and one another is more important than ever.  Well-Being […]

Mind the Gap

Virtual

This talk will be presented by Elli Theobald, Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington. Her recent work demonstrates that opportunity gaps—differential performance between minoritized students (BIPOC students as well as low-income students) and over-represented students—were reduced by 75% in college STEM courses when instructors incorporated active learning strategies, but only when active learning was implemented in a majority of class time.