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Essentials of Teaching and Learning: Designing Learning Objectives

01/26/2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Learn about and engage with backward design: a scalable, end-in-mind approach to instruction that will help you effectively plan an activity, a class session, or an entire course. In this workshop for graduate students, we will discuss how to use previously-determined and described learning objectives as part of the backward design approach to drive assignments, feedback, and in-class activities for students.

Prior to this session, participants are expected to have completed a 20-minute module on Canvas. Register here. To get started on the module, self-enroll in the Essentials Canvas site here: https://courseworks2.columbia.edu/enroll/CBT7BT.

***Registration will close the night before the live session.***

By the end of this session, participants should be able to:

– Describe the Backward Design process and how to use this approach in their own teaching practice.
– Develop learning objectives for their students.
– Explain the connection between learning objectives, assessments, and assignments.

The Essentials of Teaching and Learning workshop series for graduate students is focused on giving you tools as a new or developing instructor to better facilitate student learning and improve your teaching practice. These workshops are best experienced sequentially.

This is the second of 4 sessions being held at the same time on the following dates:
– Inclusive Teaching: Creating an Inclusive Course Climate, 1/19
– Designing Learning Objectives, 1/26
– Active Learning, 2/2
– Assessment and Feedback for Learning, 2/9

For more information and registration links for these additional sessions, see: https://ctl.columbia.edu/graduate-instructors/programs-for-graduate-students/workshops-for-graduate-students/essentials/.

Attending this workshop and posting reflections satisfies a Foundational Track requirement for participants in the Teaching Development Program (TDP). See bit.ly/ctl-tdp for details.

*Please note that this is not a Zoom training session. If you would like an overview of Zoom and its features, you can attend a CUIT live training session, held Tuesdays and Fridays from 12:00pm-1:00pm, or view a recorded training session. More information about Zoom support is available at: https://cuit.columbia.edu/zoom#/text-13566.

Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Contact ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu or 212.854.1692 for accommodations.

This event may be recorded and CTL staff may take screenshots. If you have any concerns, contact ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu.

Event Contact Information:
Center for Teaching and Learning
CTLgrads@columbia.edu