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. In the series we'll talk to some of MIT’s best teachers about how they teach, explain how to write homework problems and test questions to best support student learning and understanding, consider ways to engage students in classroom discussions, and explore other topics. Workshops are open to all members of the MIT community.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tll/programs-services/better-teaching/schedule-iap-current.html
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, x3-3371, leann@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
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. This is a panel discussion at which questions are strongly encouraged.
Mon Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, 34-101
Interactive Teaching and Active Learning
Dr. Sanjoy Mahajan, Associate Director, Teaching & Learning
Asking students questions based on key concepts engages students' interests and intelligences. Instructors also learn what concepts students find most confusing. This session discusses the reasons for interactive teaching and provides examples of questions and techniques that can be used for adapted for teaching a variety of courses and topics.
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, 34-101
Planning and Presenting a Lecture
Dr. Sanjoy Mahajan, Associate Director, Teaching & Learning
This session will explore how to organize a lecture or recitation. It will help you understand how to craft the messages you are delivering and understand how they affect your audience. By the end of the seminar, you will have a better sense of how to use more of your expressive capacity to keep a group engaged.
Wed Jan 27, 12pm-01:00am, 34-101
Constructing Effective Assignments, Problem Sets & Exam Questions
Dr. Sanjoy Mahajan , Associate Director, TLL
This session highlights ways in which exams, problem sets and homework assignments can be designed to best support student learning and understanding. Participants identify positive and negative attributes of sample homework problems and work collaboratively to redesign these problems in order to more effectively reinforce desired learning outcomes.
Thu Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 34-101
Special Considerations for Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom
Jane Dunphy, Director, English Language Studies and Dr. Lori Breslow, Director, Teaching & Learning Lab
MIT's cultural diversity is an exciting resource. In this seminar, strategies are presented for discussion about ways to increase understanding in, and effective management of multicultural classrooms.
Fri Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, 34-101
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Course reserves at the MIT Libraries
Roshni Gohil
Tue Jan 12, 11am-12:00pm, Rotch Lib., 7-134A
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Are you new to teaching or TAing at MIT, or are you an Admin Assistant who supports teaching faculty? Or do you just want to learn more about course reserves and copyright?
The MIT Libraries can help! We'll help you navigate through the ins and outs of print and electronic courses reserves, and provide an overview of "fair use" and other copyright restrictions for course materials. We'll also cover details about submitting required textbook information so that it can be displayed for students in Stellar.
Reserves staff from around the MIT Libraries will be available to answer questions.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Please sign-up through the URL below to help us gauge attendance.
Web: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDdCSFNKbVJwNmZlZ1BkTktNZ29jeFE6MA
Contact: Roshni Gohil, 10-500, x3-2283, rgohil@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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EECS Teaching Assistant Workshop
Dennis Wei
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2010
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: EECS graduate students interested in teaching
Want to improve your teaching skills and your chances of getting a TAship in the future? Please come to the annual EECS TA Workshop. We will have group discussions focused on different aspects of TAing, led by experienced TAs who will share some of the things they wish they had known before they began teaching.
Individual practice teaching sessions will be arranged for
those interested.
Dinner provided.
Web: http://eecsgsa.mit.edu/events/php
Contact: Dennis Wei, dwei@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cosponsor: EECS Graduate Students Association
Basics of TAing
Dennis Wei
What can I do to ensure that my students learn the material?
How do I write good problem sets and solutions? How much time does TAing really take? How do I make progress in my research, keep up in my classes, and do a good job as a TA, all in the same term?
Wed Jan 20, 06-07:30pm, 34-401B
Teaching Tutorials and Recitations
Dennis Wei
What are the differences between recitations and tutorials? How do I encourage my students to interact with me and each other? How much should I prepare and present, and how much time should I devote to answering students' questions? What are some good uses of office hours?
Mon Jan 25, 06-07:30pm, 34-401B
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How to Speak
Professor Patrick Winston
Fri Jan 29, 11am-12:00pm, 6-120
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/programs-services/better-teaching/schedule-iap-current.html
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, x3-3371, leann@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
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