Reading in the Age of AI
Students are using AI as a way to complete assigned reading by creating summaries and analyses using the tools. This session will be an opportunity to discuss how to motivate students to value the process of reading and how to think about reading as part of a class.
Getting Students to Interact with Course Materials Using Perusall
Perusall is an annotation tool that integrates with Canvas and allows students to collaboratively comment on and discuss class materials. In this session, participants will learn how to use features within Perusall to help students deepen their engagement with assigned material and foster productive interactions between students.
Engaging Students on the First Day of Class
What you do on the first day of class shapes the rest of the semester, allowing you to give students a glimpse of your teaching style and communicate your expectations. In this session, participants will discuss how to establish your classroom as an inclusive, welcoming space and generate excitement for the semester ahead.
Save Time with Canvas Gradebook
Learn how to set up and use the built-in Canvas Gradebook to streamline tasks such as calculating assignment grades, communicating with students, and submitting final course grades.
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Teaching Advanced Quantitative Methods to Undergraduates
Advanced quantitative classes present massive barriers to entry for even quantitative students. That has not prevented Dr. Peter Fader’s “Applied Probability Models in Marketing” course from becoming one of the most enduringly popular, and consistently challenging, courses among undergraduates and MBAs in Wharton. This workshop will cover how Dr. Fader designed his course, as well […]
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Does Teaching Prepare You For a Job?
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Accessible Pedagogy: Digital Documents
Learn strategies for creating accessible digital documents in word processors like MS Word or Google Docs, and learn strategies for reviewing and remediating existing documents.
259 (Silverstein Forum)
Learning from Your Students: Building a Dynamic International Classroom Community While Addressing Curricular Goals
Learning from your students need not mean you stop teaching them anything! But balancing our own curricular goals with the needs and desires an increasingly multilingual and international, media saturated, and ChatGPT savvy student body may require some new teaching strategies. In this workshop, we will discuss strategies for building an intentional and welcoming classroom […]
135 (Faculty Lounge)
Teaching Theory
Theory is intimidating, regardless of how familiar one might be with it. What can we do to make it accessible—if not also exciting—for our undergraduate students? This graduate student workshop will tackle how to teach theory in the undergraduate classroom, focusing specifically on the role theory plays in discussion-based or seminar-style classes. All graduate students […]
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Showcasing Your Teaching Experience in Your CV
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Accessible Pedagogy: PowerPoint Presentations
Learn strategies for creating accessible PowerPoints, and use Microsoft’s built-in accessibility checker to easily review and remediate existing slide decks.
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Vulnerability and Reflexivity in the Classroom
How do I talk about sensitive topics with students who come to my course with varying identities and lived experiences that shape their engagement? In this workshop we will discuss what kids of prompts and ways of being as an instructor can support students’ ability to be vulnerable in our courses. We’ll consider how to […]
Accessible Pedagogy: Captioning & Transcription Basics
Explore auto-captioning tools available at Penn, learn how to manually add or edit captions, and determine when to include captions versus a transcript.