Better Teaching @ MIT
Dr. Lori Breslow, Director, Teaching and Learning Laboratory
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
A series of lunchtime workshops designed to help MIT instructors teach better. We'll talk to some of MIT’s best teachers about how they teach, get some advice on teamwork from MIT coaches, look at how to engage students in productive classroom discussion, and other topics. Workshops are open to all members of the MIT community.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tll
Contact: Dan Nocivelli, 5-122, x3-2850, book@mit.edu
Tech's Top Teachers Talk Turkey
Dr. Lori Breslow, Moderator
Join us for a session in which some of MIT's best teachers — both faculty and teaching assistants — talk about how to teach well. In collaboration with Hibur: the MIT-Technion Link, this will be an interactive videoconference with students and faculty at the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology).
Mon Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, 9-057
Special Considerations for Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom
Jane Dunphy and Karl Reid
MIT's cultural diversity is an exciting resource. If handled sensitively, it can enrich the Institute's educational and intellectual life. Handled poorly, it can present an obstacle to productive participation of MIT students. Here, we will discuss strategies to increase understanding and effective management of the multicultural classroom.
Tue Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 32-124
Coaches Teach the Teachers
Lori Breslow, Ph.D., Moderator
Many of the skills athletic coaches use in working with their players are skills that teachers can and should use to help students learn. Come hear what MIT’s award-winning coaches can tell us about motivating and teaching them to work in teams. (Come prepared for physical activity!)
Wed Jan 31, 12-01:00pm, W-32- DuPont Gym
The ACT of Teaching
Margie Zohn and Archie Roberts
We will explore the links between the skills of the actor and those of the teacher, and jump into experiential exercises designed to hone your presence in the classroom. How do we craft the messages we are delivering and understand the impact they have on our audience? How can we use more of our expressive capacity to keep a group engaged? Be ready for a fun, interactive lunchtime as we all get into the ACT of teaching.
Thu Feb 1, 12-01:00pm, 32-124
Interactive Teaching
Sanjoy Mahajan and Janet Rankin
By asking students questions based on key concepts, you engage students' interest and intelligence. You also learn what concepts they find most confusing. By having a whole class BE a demonstration, you can involve students even more in their learning. This session discusses the reasons for interactive teaching and provides examples of questions and techniques that you can use or adapt for your own teaching.
Fri Feb 2, 12-01:00pm, 32-124
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How to Speak
Professor Patrick Winston
Fri Feb 2, 11am-12:00pm, 32-141
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
You can improve your speaking ability in critical situations by observing a few heuristic rules. Professor Winston's collection of rules is presented along with examples of their application not only in lectures, but also in job talks, thesis defenses, and oral examinations.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tll
Contact: Daniel Nocivelli, 5-122, x3-2850, book@mit.edu
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Making the Most of Your Presentation
Dr. Jean-luc Doumont, Communication Consultant
Mon Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, 32-141
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Effective presentations skills are a major asset for engineers, scientists, and other professionals. Professional presentations hold a persuasive power not found in print documents or electronic messages. In this seminar you will hear about a five-step method for an effective presentation: how to plan it, design it, create the visual aids, deliver it, and answer questions. Handling nervousness will also be discussed.
Contact: Dan Nocivelli, 5-122, x3-2850, book@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Graduate Students Office
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Structuring Your Scientific Paper
Dr. Jean-luc Doumont, Communication Consultant
Wed Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 32-141
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Written documents are a typical outcome, if not the sole tangible deliverable, of the work of engineers, scientists, and other professionals. Well-designed, they efficiently allow each reader to learn only what he or she needs to. Poorly designed, by contrast, they confuse readers, fail to encourage decisions, or simply remain unread. This seminar will propose an effective structure applicable to documents in general, and to scientific papers and technical reports in particular.
Web: http://www.principiae.be
Contact: Dan Nocivelli, x3-2850, book@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Graduate Students Office
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