CETLI Seminar Room 134
Using Generative AI to Design Assignments & Exams
Learn how generative AI can help you to create effective assignments and exams for your students in less time. Bring a laptop to practice developing assessments in this interactive session.
Designing a Flexible and Equitable Course
This interactive workshop will focus on how to use course design elements like policies and assignments to provide flexibility and keep students on track. Please register for Zoom link.
Using Online Discussion Boards Effectively in the Age of AI
This workshop will focus on creating discussion board activities for in-person classes to deter use of generative AI. Participants will consider tools and prompts to help students engage and learn. Please register for Zoom link.
Interactive Lectures
In this workshop, participants will discuss strategies for making lectures of any size more interactive and explore activities that increase attention, encourage interaction, and promote deeper learning. Please register for Zoom link.
Setting Expectations to Encourage Student Attendance and Engagement
Participants in this interactive workshop will share ideas around how to set expectations so that students see the value of attending class and know what they should do in class to learn. Please register for Zoom link.
Making Canvas Sites Organized and Useful
This 30-minute workshop is for those who already use Canvas and would like to leverage Modules and Pages to keep students on track with their courses. Please register for Zoom link.
Setting Expectations for Student Use of AI
Participants will be guided through the process for creating an AI policy that aligns with their course goals and developing a plan for communicating expectations to students. Please register for Zoom link.
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Promoting Wellbeing (Yours and Your Students) in Class
In this interactive workshop, participants will explore strategies for fostering a learning environment that supports their students’ wellbeing as well as their own.
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New Lecturer Orientation
This interactive session will allow new lecturers to talk together about how to teach their classes effectively. In addition, it will cover Penn policies that lecturers need to know, as well as resources that new lecturers can use to support their students.
Working With Weingarten
Review the services that the Weingarten Center provides and discuss how they can support you in your teaching. Come with questions and be ready to discuss various student scenarios! Please register for Zoom link.
CETLI/Weingarten Virtual Office Hours
Questions on teaching accessibly? Confused about PDF accessibility or implementing academic accommodations? Drop in during virtual office hours with Weingarten and CETLI staff for an individual consultation. Join on Zoom
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Introducing Your Students to the Ancient World
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Classical Studies department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
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Teaching Introductory Programming
In this workshop, we will discuss how to effectively teach students introductory programming, through the lens of Prof. Steve Zdancewic's experiences with CIS 1200 (Programming Languages and Techniques). Topics we examine may include 1200's choice to teach two programming languages, OCaml and Java; considerations when designing programming projects; and strategies for managing a large course — […]
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Effective Use of Virtual and Asynchronous Methods for Delivering Course Content
In this workshop, a panel of faculty from Penn’s School of Nursing will discuss the use, benefits, and challenges of various teaching strategies, including delivering synchronous and asynchronous virtual content and flipped classroom approaches. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Nursing department, and so may be most useful […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Teaching Non-Majors in STEM
Often, students in a STEM class are non-majors who want to apply the material from the class to their preferred field of study, and effectively teaching these students can present unique challenges. In this workshop, participants will discuss ways to make students feel welcome in class regardless of their interests, uncover strategies to make course […]
Lippincott Library Seminar Room, 242
Preparing Students for Essay Exams
Essay exams can be a source of stress for students, who might often turn to TAs for answers. In this workshop, participants will gain practical skills and strategies to prepare students for written examinations, learn ways to make the most out of review sessions and pre-exam office hours, and explore case studies and scenarios to […]
“I got an accommodation letter, now what?”
Review the logistics of receiving and acknowledging a letter, providing common accommodations, and discuss accommodations that are unfamiliar or challenging to manage. Come with questions and be ready to discuss scenarios! Please register for Zoom link.
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Promoting Academic Integrity in Engineering Coursework
Join Swapneel Sheth (CIS) and Brit Shields (BE) in discussing issues related to academic honesty in the engineering classroom. We will consider strategies for building trust with students, communicating expectations clearly, and designing assignments that discourage cheating or plagiarism.
134 CETLI Seminar Room
Assigning Writing in the Age of AI
Advancements in generative AI have led to concerns about the effectiveness of written assignments. This discussion will encourage faculty to share the assignments and modifications they have used to encourage students to do the types of thinking that written assignments demand.
CETLI/Weingarten Virtual Office Hours
Questions on teaching accessibly? Confused about PDF accessibility or implementing academic accommodations? Drop in during virtual office hours with Weingarten and CETLI staff for an individual consultation. Join on Zoom
134 CETLI Seminar Room
Creating Community in Class
Creating a sense of community helps students learn and take risks. It also opens class to more vigorous discussion. Sara Jacoby of Family and Community Health and Rachida Ng of Architecture will start this conversation by discussing how they create and maintain a classroom community that is trusting and lively.
Accessible PowerPoints to Present and Share
Learn strategies for creating accessible PowerPoints, and use Microsoft’s built-in accessibility checker to easily review and remediate existing slide decks. Please register for Zoom link.
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Writing an Exciting History Lecture
Transform your history lectures from ordinary to extraordinary! Join us for an interactive workshop where we’ll explore the essentials of crafting engaging and memorable history lectures. In this session, you’ll learn the foundational strategies for organizing your lectures to ensure clarity and engagement. We’ll also dive into innovative ways to incorporate multimedia elements that bring […]
Accessible PDFs in Minutes
Learn how to easily evaluate PDF accessibility and practice simple steps for turning PDFs into interactive and accessible documents. Please register for Zoom link. You may have arrived at this page in error due to a link mixup in an email. If you intended to sign up for the "Is Your Canvas Course Accessible?" event, […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Working With Struggling Students
As graduate instructors, we are often called to support, guide, and advocate for struggling students. It can sometimes be difficult to determine whether a student needs encouragement and advice on coursework or should be referred to other resources on campus. In this session, participants will discuss scenarios, tools, resources, and strategies for navigating these situations […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Time Management for TAs
Working as a TA can be overwhelming, especially when we need to fit preparing and delivering classes, grading, and holding office hours into our already tight schedules of coursework and research projects. In this workshop, participants will discuss practical tools and techniques to manage time efficiently and effectively in their dual role as a teaching […]
Is Your Canvas Course Accessible?
The files you uploaded to Canvas are accessible, but what about the Canvas course itself? Learn to identify and repair common accessibility issues in your Canvas course. Please register for Zoom link.
CETLI/Weingarten Virtual Office Hours
Questions on teaching accessibly? Confused about PDF accessibility or implementing academic accommodations? Drop in during virtual office hours with Weingarten and CETLI staff for an individual consultation. Join Zoom
Teaching At…
What is it like to teach English literature at a small liberal arts college? A public research university? A state school? A college in Canada? This roundtable convenes recent PhDs from the Department of English who have taken tenure-track lines at such schools, and uses the opportunity to discuss what they’ve learned—and what they wish […]
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Incorporating Active Learning in Recitations
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Mathematics department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.