Winter 2021 Faculty Workshop Registration

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching is offering the following winter quarter workshops, open to all UCLA faculty, instructors, and staff. Please join us to learn new strategies and skills in our hands-on workshops. Additional workshops will be added as they become available. We look forward to working with you!

Questions? Contact us at consult@teaching.ucla.edu

Fostering Student Engagement Remotely
Wednesday March 17 from 12:00-1:30pm PST
Join the Center for the Advancement of Teaching for a hands-on workshop exploring strategies for using technology to foster active learning and student engagement in remote courses. Participants will learn how to maximize the use of Zoom breakout rooms and gain practical experience with online polling and a variety of digital collaboration tools. Attendees will leave the workshop having identified concrete action steps for transitioning activities and assignments they typically use face-to-face for remote environments. The focus of this workshop is engagement during synchronous Zoom class meetings.

Foundations for Equitable & Inclusive Teaching
Thursday, February 4th from 10:00am - 12:00pm PST
Examining one’s own social identity development lays groundwork for authentically preparing to teach equitably and inclusively. Through guided self-reflection and group activities, we will explore how our identities impact our roles as educators and examine ways that social identity threat and other forms of bias negatively impact students. This workshop focuses on creating space for critical reflection and developing and practicing proactive strategies for equitable, inclusive teaching. After completing this workshop, we encourage you to attend our workshop titled Interrupting Bias to Cultivate Inclusivity, which offers a deeper dive into strategies for confronting bias in the classroom.

Incorporating Research & Project-Based Learning Into Undergraduate Courses
Monday, February 8th from 1:00 - 2:00pm PST
During this panel discussion, faculty from humanities, social sciences, and psychology/psychiatry will share their experiences integrating individual and team research projects into undergraduate courses. This discussion will emphasize strategies for engaging students in research and project-based learning in both remote and face-to-face learning environments. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Center for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching.

Panelists:

Maylei Blackwell, Chicana/o & Central American Studies and Gender Studies
Andrew Fuligni, Psychology & Psychiatry
Lowell Gallagher, English
Muriel McClendon, History

Interrupting Bias to Cultivate Inclusivity

This workshop explores how various forms of bias impact course design and class dynamics, and helps instructors develop knowledge and skills for interrupting bias and managing hot moments in the classroom. Participants will practice recognizing intent versus impact, as well as a variety of concrete tools for troubleshooting friction in the classroom--and will walk away with a deeper understanding of how bias affects students and instructors. NOTE: We strongly recommend attending Foundations for Equitable & Inclusive Teaching before participating in this workshop. Instructors who are new to anti-bias work may also find it helpful to explore UCLA BruinX’s Implicit Bias website and Harvard University’s free Project Implicit - Social Attitudes portal prior to attending this session.