Kaneb Center Newsletter: Transparent Assignment Design and more

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Home      About      Blog The Kaneb Center is pleased to invite you to take part in all of our activities this semester. This week's email includes information about the Graduate Peer Observation Program, our upcoming workshops, and a new blog post. To view our full fall workshop schedule, visit our Events page.  TA & Graduate Instructors of Color Learning Community The TA & Graduate Instructors of Color Learning Community will meet on Wednesday October 27, 3:30 - 4:30 pm in DeBartolo Hall 336. We will discuss work/life balance post-COVID and strategies for promoting wellbeing in the classroom and the institution more broadly. In this intellectual community of peers we support each other's formations as teacher-scholars by listening to and affirming classroom experiences, discovering and sharing skills, and learning from diverse pedagogical perspectives. This program is co-sponsored by The Graduate School. You do not have to attend all meetings to be a part of the group! Meetings are scheduled for a variety of times/dates to accommodate as many of our schedules as possible. If you are interested in joining this group or have any other questions, please contact Dominique Vargas (dvar...@nd.edu) for more information.  Upcoming Workshops We invite you to sign up for any of the following pedagogy workshops this fall. For more information and to register, click here.   Incorporating Active Learning Techniques into Tutorials to Improve Student Learning  While utilizing active learning techniques has been demonstrated to improve students’ understanding and retention of material, determining how to best incorporate these techniques can be difficult. This workshop is designed to help graduate students responsible for conducting tutorials by providing concrete strategies for restructuring class time to make use of active learning techniques. Participants will leave the workshop with strategies for encouraging student problem solving and engagement as well as an understanding of potential pitfalls to avoid when implementing these new strategies. Date: Monday, October 11 Time: 10:30-11:45 a.m. Presenters: Kristi Rudenga, Director of Teaching Excellence, and Kathryn Trentadue, Graduate Associate, ND Learning | Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence Transparent Assignment Design Transparent Assignment Design results in positive impact on self-efficacy and sense of belonging for all students with stronger impact on students from groups that are underrepresented in higher education. It makes learning processes explicit, fosters development of students’ metacognition, confidence, and sense of belonging, and benefits both underserved and high-achieving students. Date: Tuesday, October 12 Time: 10:30 a.m.-11:45 p.m. Presenter: Kristi Rudenga, Director of Teaching Excellence, and Emily Donahoe, Postdoctoral Fellow, ND Learning | Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Panel: Enhancing Learning with Low Stakes Assessments Wednesday, October 27 Using CIF Questions as a Tool to Improve Teaching and Learning Thursday, October 28 Decolonizing Your Curriculum I: Overview of Practice Monday, November 1 Selecting/Creating Asynchronous Content Wednesday, November 3 Motivation & Learning Tuesday, November 9 Improve Your Teaching & Student Learning With Classroom Research Wednesday, November 17 Decolonizing Your Curriculum II: Syllabus Workshop Thursday, November 18 New Blog Post Mid-Semester Reflection: Setting Yourself Up to Finish the Semester Strong, by Kathryn Trentadue "As Fall Break approaches, the time is ripe for instructors to pause and reflect on the semester so far. While it may seem daunting to evaluate a course as it is in progress and make adjustments midway through, taking a few moments to pause and ask yourself some questions can improve both your and your students’ experiences with the remainder of the semester..." Useful resources Teaching Certificates Events Teaching Resources Services for Graduate Students and Postdocs Services for All Instructors Contact Information 353 DeBartolo Classroom Building,  Notre Dame, IN 46556  (574) 631-9146  ka...@nd.edu  To unsubscribe from this list, please send a blank email to kctl-announce-l...@nd.edu.