Better Teaching @ MIT
Dr. Lori Beslow, Director, Teaching and Learning Laboratory
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Exciting innovations and changes are happening in MIT education. If you would like to learn about them-as well as learn how to improve your own teaching-come join us for these workshops. We'll talk about incorporating active learning into your classroom, using new educational technologies, getting feedback from students, and other topics. Workshops are open to all members of the MIT community.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tll
Contact: Michael Simons, 5-122, x3-2850, msimons@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
Tech's Top Teachers Talk Turkey
Dr. Lori Breslow, Moderator
This year's Better Teaching series kicks off with a session in which some of MIT's best teachers-both faculty and teaching assistants-talk about how to teach well. They will share tips and techniques for guaranteeing your students get the most from the classes you teach.
Tue Jan 21, 01-02:30pm, 9-151
Developing Real-World Communication Skills in Non-Communication Classrooms
Dr. Jean-luc Doumont, Communication Consultant
Because of differences in both purpose and audience, most of the writing and speaking assignments students are given don't foster real-world communication skills. This workshop will look at at how those skills can be developed in science and engineering classes.
Wed Jan 22, 01-02:30pm, 9-151
Active Learning
Dr.Lori Breslow
Do you want to create a classroom environment that encourages student questioning, discussion, and real-time experimentation? This session will look at ways to get students talking, doing things, and learning both from you and one another.
Thu Jan 23, 01-02:30pm, 9-151
Assessment: Using Classroom Research to Improve Teaching
Dr. John Newman, Assoc. Dir., Assessment & Evaluation, TLL
Instructors can glean a wealth of assessment data from the normal educational activities associated with their courses (e.g., classroom discussions, assignments, exams). This workshop will explore some of the possibilities for collecting and interpreting that information so it can be used to strengthen teaching and learning.
Fri Jan 24, 01-02:30pm, 9-151
A Pedagogy for the Web: How to Use the Net for Teaching
Katie Livingston Vale, Senior Instructional Designer, AMPS
This session will examine different models of teaching, and how to use a variety of Web-based tools to support instruction. Participants are invited to share their experiences with the rest of the group.
Mon Jan 27, 01-02:30pm, 9-151
How to Speak
Professor Patrick Winston
MIT's legendary Patrick Winston presents his renowned session on how to speak!
Fri Jan 31, 11am-12:00pm, 66-110
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Demos for the Classroom: A Workshop
Prof. Steven B. Leeb
Wed Jan 29, 01-03:00pm, 34-101
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
I'm fortunate that my job is also my hobby. Teaching is a passion for me, as are designing and building. I'm pleased to lead the educational outreach program in CMSE, which hosts some of the most exciting teaching/research programs on campus. During this workshop, we'll discuss devious demonstrations and lab challenges that we use to teach at all levels, K-12 as well as MIT classes. Then we'll brainstorm new ideas for class demos, activities, and labs. Refreshments.
Contact: Susan Rosevear, 13-2070, x3-0916, susang@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Faculty Workshop on Service Learning
Amy Banzaert
Tue Jan 21, 12:30-02:00pm, 5-232
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 17-Jan-2003
Single session event
Service learning can be an energizing and effective teaching method, but it can also pose some challenges. Join us at this luncheon workshop to discuss the merits of the pedagogy, review best practices, and strategize about difficulties. This workshop is intended for MIT faculty, who are current service learning practitioners, and those, who are curious about what service learning is and how it can improve their teaching, as well as, their students motivation for learning and comprehension of course material. A light lunch will be provided.
Web: http://web.mit.edgerton/mitpsc/servlearn
Contact: Amy Banzaert, 7-133, x8-0872, amybanz@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
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Interview Skills
Ken Mattsson, Robert Martinez
Thu Jan 16, 01-03:00pm, E19-207f
Single session event
This workshop emphasizes practical tips that help participants prepare for job interviews. It gives participants an opportunity to learn what to do, as well as what not to do, during an interview.
Register at the following website:
Web: http://web.mit.edu/hr/careers/workshops.html
Contact: Ken Mattsson, E19-238, 452-2670, progress@mit.edu
Sponsor: Human Resources
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Learning Sciences Applied to Science and Engineering Education
Marth L. Gray, Joseph V. Bonventre, Mark D'Avila, Julie Greenberg
Thu Jan 9, 04-05:30pm, E25-111
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Dr. John Bransford, Centennial Professor of Psychology and Education and Co-Director of the Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt University, is a scholar in human learning and its implication on instruction. He recently co-edited a report by the National Research Council, called How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School (National Academy Press 1999), which synthesis research and best instructional practice to define the How People Learn (HPL) Framework. This framework represents important principles for designing effective learning environments that promote learning with understanding. Dr. Bransford's presentation will describe how these new insights in learning and instruction have shaped the design of instruction in a range of disciplines including bioengineering. This presentation is a must for anyone interested in human learning and the design of effective instruction that prepares students for future learning.
Web: http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/
Contact: Mark D'Avila, E25-518, (617) 452-4091, mad@mit.edu
Sponsor: Health Sciences & Technology
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Online Class Collaboration - What Works, What Doesn't
Jean Foster, Carter Snowden
Tue Jan 7, 02-03:30pm, 1-390
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A panel composed of faculty, students, and educational technology support staff discuss online discussion and collaboration tools and their effective use. Time will be allowed for audience questions and discussion.
Contact: Jean Foster, jfoster@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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Status of the Laptop Project
Phil Long
Thu Jan 30, 10-11:00am, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT has engaged in teaching experiments with laptops for the past two years. Four courses took distinct pedagogical approaches including: active learning, problem-based team projects, authentic learning, and constructivist learning in more traditional lecture/lab course formats. Results will be shared.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/lcp
Contact: Phil Long, longpd@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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Teaching Workshop: Learning to Teach to Different Genders, Ethnicities and Cultures
Peter Dourmashkin
Thu Jan 9, 10am-12:00pm, 4-339
Single session event
One of the core values of the Institute is the notion that MIT is a place that nurtures the personal and intellectual growth of each student and staff member without the interference of intolerant or insensitive behavior based on an individual's race, gender, culture, national origin or sexual orientation. To cultivate a sensitivity of these values the Physics Department offers a training session for recitation section leaders, tutors, or any interested community members. Topics explored will include an examination of what constitutes improper or harassing behavior; the responsibilities community members have in respecting and relating to one another and strategies for fostering communication and acceptance across the diverse MIT community.
Contact: Kathy Krysiak, 6-114, 253-4804, kkrysiak@mit.edu
Sponsor: Physics
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Teaching and Learning Workshop
Martha L. Gray, John Bransford, Vanderbilt University, Lori Breslow, Julie Greenberg
Thu Jan 9, 09:30am-04:30pm, e-mail mad@mit.edu
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 01-Jan-2003
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Workshop Objectives
Participants will:
- Have a sense of the dimensions of "How People Learn" and how they might be implemented from an instructional design standpoint through the Star Legacy Cycle;
- Be able to identify what they do well as an instructor, vis-ŕ-vis the dimensions of How People Learn.
By the end of the day:
- Participants should be able to identify what that they could do differently in the classroom based on what they learned;
- Participants should be able to define roles for formative assessment, both to improve instruction (from the standpoint of professional development) and also as a means for identifying where students “get stuck” in their learning process.
Contact: Mark D'Avila, E25-518, (617) 452-4091, mad@mit.edu
Sponsor: Health Sciences & Technology
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The EdTech Fair
Lori Breslow, Phillip Long, Katie Livingston Vale
Tue Jan 28, 09am-05:00pm, Lobby 10
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
An all-day event in which MIT faculty, staff, and students will be demonstrating the latest educational technology tools they have developed to improve teaching and learning. Come by to see and interact with a variety of simulations, animations, and Web-based teaching and learning sites. Get ideas on how you can use edtech in and outside of the classroom. Co-sponsored by the MIT Council on Educational Technology, Academic Computing, Academic Media Production Services, and the Teaching and Learning Laboratory.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/cet/2003edtechfair/index.html
Contact: Lori Breslow, 5-122, x3-3780, lrb@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
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