2023-2024 Teaching Development Fellows
Applications are now open for the 2023-2024 Cohort of Teaching Development Fellows. The deadline for applying is Monday, May 22, at 11:59 pm (ET).
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Application Period for the Summer 2023 Subject Design Track
The Subject Design Track is a sequence of three interactive 2-hour workshops focused on course design. Participants will learn to build a course by first identifying goals and then organizing assignments and content to align with these goals.
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NOW OPEN! Application Period for the Fall 2023 Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP)
The Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP) is an interactive workshop series intended for late-program graduate students and postdocs interested in academic careers or developing skills to support their teaching at MIT.
Registration for IAP 2023 TA Days NOW OPEN.
Summer 2023 TA Days: Monday, August 28, through Thursday, August 31. Before the start of each semester, TLL offers a series of workshops for TAs to help them prepare for the roles and responsibilities of the position of teaching at MIT. Topics include giving feedback, presenting a class session, and facilitating office hours, among other […]
Application Period for the Fall 2023 Lesson Planning Track
About the Program The Lesson Planning Track is a sequence of 3 workshops focused on preparing an effective lesson plan for a class session or recitation, developing skills for classroom presentation and effective classroom activities, and giving formative feedback to students. Over the course of the workshop track, participants develop a detailed lesson plan on […]
Application Period for the Fall 2023 Microteaching Track
Any graduate student is welcome to apply. However, students who have completed the Lesson Planning Track will be given priority. About the Program The Microteaching Track is a sequence of 2 microteaching workshops. In a microteaching workshop, a small group of students each present a brief teaching demo and receive feedback from peers and TLL […]
Finding the Why: Integrating Purpose in STEM as a Path to Student Engagement
ZoomVirtual Talk Join us for our next talk in TLL’s 2023-24 Speaker Series Many students across different demographic groups highly value opportunities to advance their knowledge and skills (agentic goals) and fulfill a larger purpose that contributes to the world and solves social problems (communal goals). However, STEM fields are often stereotyped as careers that […]
Book Launch with Justin Reich
MIT Bartos Theater MIT Bldg. E15-070 | 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesIterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools Justin Reich, Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies/Writing and director of MIT Teaching Systems Lab, will hold a talk on his newest book, Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools. This event will be held on Tuesday, October 3 at MIT Bartos Theatre (E15-070), 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA […]
Speaking up in STEM: Investigating the self-advocacy and classroom experiences of undergraduates with ADHD and specific learning disorders
Dr. Julie Dangremond Stanton, Associate Professor of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia Artwork by danjazzia on Envato Elements When students with disabilities transition to college, they become solely responsible for accessing and using their accommodations for the first time, which requires self-advocacy. Although self-advocacy is considered an essential skill for the success of students with […]
Application Period for the Spring 2024 Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program
About the Program The Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP) is an interactive workshop series intended for late-program graduate students and postdocs interested in academic careers or developing skills to support their teaching at MIT. To learn more, review the program schedule, and find answers to frequently asked questions, please see our dedicated KTCP page. How […]
IAP 2024 Flipping Failure Storytelling Workshop
Everyone has faced challenges. Everyone has a story. Flipping Failure want to hear yours! Join us for Flipping Failure's IAP 2024 Storytelling Workshop Series! The workshop series will be a guided process of reflection and discovery to craft and record your unique story in a small cohort of MIT undergraduate and graduate students. You do […]
Application Period for the IAP 2024 Subject Design Track
The Subject Design Track is a sequence of three 2-hour interactive workshops focused on course design.
Balancing High Expectations and Flexibility: Supporting Student and Faculty Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge
Dr. Sarah Rose Cavanagh, Senior Associate Director for Teaching and Learning in the Center for Faculty Excellence, Simmons University Co sponsored by DoingWell at MIT Join us for the final talk of the semester, with the option to attend a viewing in the Wellbeing Lab located in the newly renovated Student Center. When you ask people […]
Registration for IAP 2024 Teaching Days is closed.
To register for the **IAP 2025 Teaching Days** Please click here. IAP 2024 Teaching Days: Monday, January 29, through Friday, February 2. Before the start of each semester, TLL offers a series of workshops for TAs and teacher trainees to help them prepare for the roles and responsibilities of the position of teaching at MIT. […]
How to Leverage Self-Regulated Learning in Mentoring
Come learn about how SLR can be leveraged to collaboratively plan goals for the semester with your mentees and support mentees in the development of key metacognitive skills!
Climate Across the Curriculum: An Octopus’s Journey
What do we need to infuse climate into our courses? Join Sandra Goldmark (Barnard College and Columbia Climate School) for a discussion about climate-responsive teaching in almost any discipline. Goldmark will share her experiences incorporating climate concepts into her theatre courses; expanding climate teaching at Barnard College; and piloting a Climate Ready curriculum at the Columbia Climate School. Participants will be invited to share their own interdisciplinary climate teaching experiences and provide feedback on the Climate Ready framework.
Application Period for the Spring 2024 Lesson Planning Track Opens April 1
About the Program The Lesson Planning Track is a sequence of 3 workshops focused on preparing an effective lesson plan for a class session or recitation, developing skills for classroom presentation and effective classroom activities, and giving formative feedback to students. Over the course of the workshop track, participants develop a detailed lesson plan on […]
Beyond Content: Teaching for Civic Participation and Engagement
Dr. Bryan Dewsbury will explore the ways in which we can reconnect our classroom practice with the values, behaviors and mindsets needed for a socially just society.
Creating a Classroom Climate that Supports Student Engagement in Active Learning
In this talk, we will explore the ways in which instructors can foster student engagement in active learning by emphasizing the relevance of content, setting norms that encourage mastery goals and peer cooperation, and developing high-quality instructor-student relationships.
2024-2025 Teaching Development Fellows
Applications for the 2024-2025 Teaching Development Fellows Cohort will open on Monday, May 6 at noon. The deadline for applying is Wednesday, May 29, at 11:59 pm (ET) If you have additional questions, contact Ben Hansberry, Associate Director for Graduate Student Teaching, or your department’s current fellow. About the Fellowship Fellows work within an interdisciplinary […]
Application Period for the Summer 2024 Microteaching Track
All MIT graduate students who have completed the Lesson Planning Track are welcome to apply. About the Program The Microteaching Track is a sequence of 2 microteaching workshops. In a microteaching workshop, a small group of students each present a brief teaching demo and receive feedback from peers and TLL staff. Following the first microteaching […]
TLL Lunch & Learn: Reflecting on Waste Produced from Human Activities
How Design-fiction Can Help Engineering Students Imagine the Future The Nexus, 14S-130 | Hayden Library, 160 Memorial Drive Bring your lunch and join Dr. Julitte Huez, Ph.D., INP - ENSIACET and TLL to discuss how "design-fiction" can help engineering students learn to develop more diverse and creative solutions to complex technological problems. The waste sector […]
Application Period for the Summer 2024 Subject Design Track
About the Program The Subject Design Track is a sequence of three interactive 2-hour workshops focused on course design. Participants will learn to build a course by first identifying goals and then organizing assignments and content to align with these goals. Over the course of the program, participants will develop a syllabus for a course […]
Registration for IAP 2025 Teaching Days NOW OPEN.
IAP 2025 Teaching Days: Monday, January 27 through Friday, January 31 Before the start of each semester, TLL offers a series of workshops for TAs and teacher trainees to help them prepare for the roles and responsibilities of the position of teaching at MIT. Topics include giving feedback, presenting a class session, and facilitating office […]
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Application Period for the Fall 2024 Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program
Application The application includes these two short-answer questions. You may wish to draft your answers (1500 character limit for each) before beginning your application. Priority will be given to applicants who will have fewer future opportunities to participate in the program (e.g., final year grad students, postdocs, etc.) The application window will be open from […]
Application Period for the Fall 2024 Lesson Planning Track Opens August 19
About the Program The Lesson Planning Track is a sequence of 3 workshops focused on preparing an effective lesson plan for a class session or recitation, developing skills for classroom presentation and effective classroom activities, and giving formative feedback to students. Over the course of the workshop track, participants develop a detailed lesson plan on […]
Application Period for the Fall 2024 Inclusive Teaching Track
In this track of workshops, we will discuss the relevant scholarly literature as we identify concrete strategies to cultivate equitable and welcoming classrooms where students from all backgrounds can thrive.
Application Period for the Fall 2024 Microteaching Track
About the Program The Microteaching Track is a sequence of two microteaching workshops. In a microteaching workshop, a small group of students each present a brief teaching demo and receive feedback from peers and TLL staff. Following the first microteaching workshop, participants incorporate the feedback they received into their teaching demo and present the improved […]
Rethinking Rigor: Challenging Students & Supporting Meaningful Learning
In this talk, we will explore the ways in which instructors can foster student engagement in active learning by emphasizing the relevance of content, setting norms that encourage mastery goals and peer cooperation, and developing high-quality instructor-student relationships.
Generative AI (GAI) in Teaching @MIT
Open Learning and TLL are co-sponsoring two upcoming opportunities on the topic of GAI in teaching: Practical AI for Educators, Dr. Lilach Mollick, Co-Director of the Generative AI Labs at Wharton This session will explore the potential of AI as a tool for teaching and learning. The session will cover the following topics: Register below […]
Teaching During Tense Political Times: Acknowledging the Election in the Classroom
In this talk, we will explore the ways in which instructors can foster student engagement in active learning by emphasizing the relevance of content, setting norms that encourage mastery goals and peer cooperation, and developing high-quality instructor-student relationships.
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Application Period for the Spring 2025 Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program
Application The application includes these two short-answer questions. You may wish to draft your answers (1500 character limit for each) before beginning your application. Priority will be given to applicants who will have fewer future opportunities to participate in the program (e.g., final year grad students, postdocs, etc.) The application window will be open from […]
Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum in Engineering: Implications for Educational Practice
When the hidden curriculum is unaddressed or acknowledged in learning and working environments, unintended consequences can occur among learners (e.g., student attrition, low sense of belonging, demotivation towards the profession). In the engineering classroom, research has shown that an unattended hidden curriculum negatively impacts how students perceive the engineering discipline and their fit to the […]
Application Period for the IAP 2025 Subject Design Track
About the Program The Subject Design Track is a sequence of three interactive 2-hour workshops focused on course design. Participants will learn to build a course by first identifying goals and then organizing assignments and content to align with these goals. Over the course of the program, participants will develop a syllabus for a course […]
IAP 2025 Course (Re)Design Institute
Registration is now open! Program Description This hands-on workshop series will guide you through the fundamentals of learner-centered backward course design to (re)develop engaging, rigorous, and inclusive learning experiences for all students. Whether you're starting a course from the ground up or refining an existing one, you will have the opportunity to explore evidence-based tools […]
Belonging and Motivation Go Hand-in-Hand: Evidence-Based Practice for Understanding and Regulating Student Belonging for Academic Success
Dr. Jill Allen, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives; Associate Professor of Psychology, Drake University Description This presentation integrates theoretical, methodological, and applied perspectives on the interplay between belonging and motivation in higher education. Drawing on the Motivational Experiences Model (Thoman et al., 2013) and novel approaches to capturing the fluctuating nature of belonging (“experience sampling […]