It's not too late to register for today's teaching talks, both part of a series of informal discussions aimed at sharing teaching concerns and discussing techniques and strategies with colleagues, experts, and CETL staff:
Group and team-based learning, 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. in ROWE 319. At this session, participants will discuss topics like
- Choosing the best projects
- Designing (scaffolding) group/team assignments and timelines
- Making expectations and instructions clear
- Preparing students for group work
- Monitoring, assessing and providing feedback on progress
Specifications Grading: Maximizing Student Learning and Motivation While Saving Faculty Time, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. in ROWE 319. Resources from a course designed using specifications-based grading will be shared with participants. This session's topics include
- What specifications-based grading is
- How specifications-based grading holds students to a higher standard and ties assessments and grades to student learning outcomes
- How specifications-based grading can save faculty time by removing the focus on justifying partial credit
- How to convert a current course to one that utilizes specifications-based grading
All UConn instructors—graduate students, TAs, and APIRs, as well as adjunct, tenure-track and tenured faculty—are encouraged to attend.
Please email Stacey Valliere at CETL@uconn.edu (860-486-2686) to register.
For more information, contact: The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at CETL@uconn.edu