Graduate

Join the CTL for a workshop for graduate students focused on giving you tools to assess students accurately, efficiently, and encouragingly. In this workshop, you will learn approaches for assessing student learning and providing feedback that encourages students to focus more on their improvement and less on bottom line scores. We will introduce tools to help streamline and standardize assessment and feedback, while helping students better understand what is valuable in the topic and discipline. Breakout groups during this session will allow you to focus your discussion on written assignments or problem sets.

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Prior to this session, participants are expected to have completed a 20-minute module on Canvas. 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 difference between formative and summative assessments.
– Develop the values and concepts that underlay meaningful, relevant, and accessible feedback.
– Plan activities you can use with your students to measure students’ learning and get feedback on your teaching.

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 last of 4 sessions being held at the same time on the following dates:
– Inclusive Teaching: Creating Engaging Learning Environments, 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, see CUIT training and resources available at https://cuit.columbia.edu/zoom.

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

This event may be photographed. Note, if this is an online event, CTL staff may take screenshots. For concerns, contact ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu.

Given the conditions of learning during a pandemic, how have we been redefining class participation so that it is meaningful, relevant, and tailored to the needs of our students? How are we giving feedback to students about the quality of their participation? Join us for a practical discussion of how to inspire and assess student participation in online or HyFlex classes–and to think about what might map over and enrich in-person instruction.

Teachers’ Lounges are a series of informal discussions for graduate students about teaching practices and the culture of learning at Columbia. Since many classes have shifted online this semester, Teachers’ Lounges are linking theories and models of online instruction to insights derived from working in digital learning spaces with Columbia students.

Join us to share tactics and gain inspiration. This session is facilitated by Mark Phillipson and Chris Chen from the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Contact CTLgrads@columbia.edu for accommodations. This event may be photographed. For concerns, contact CTLgrads@columbia.edu

Register here.