Postdoc Teaching Practicum
Work with an experienced instructor in your discipline to enhance your understanding and experience of teaching a university course in this 5-month mentorship program. Apply now.
All programming aligns with CIRTL’s 4 broad and interrelated learning goals. Here, you can see programming that aligns with CIRTL’s third learning goal: Cultivate teaching skills through reflective improvement.
Effective Teaching and Learning: Promoting Student Engagement and Motivation Through Reflective and Metacognitive Strategies
Post-graduate STEM education presents unique opportunities and challenges in shaping professionals who can address complex scientific, technological, and societal issues. This 4-part, self-paced online course is designed to equip educators with innovative teaching strategies and pedagogies that inspire transformative learning, deepen engagement, and foster meaningful connections between theoretical knowledge and professional practice. By the end of this course, participants will…
Making Large Classes Feel Smaller
Reflect on the challenges of teaching in large classes and your own pedagogical values as an instructor in order to find creative ways to support student learning and engagement. This 4-part, self-paced online course explores common logistical challenges in large classes, considers how to apply evidence-based teaching practices in these environments, and invites participants to develop their own ideas for…
Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
Learn how to effectively incorporate active learning strategies in college-level STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) classrooms in this 8-module, self-paced, asynchronous online course. Originally created with funding from the National Sciences Foundation, this course teaches about: how to engage students in active learning in classrooms using strategies such as peer instruction and problem-based learning; developing methods to help your…
Overcoming Learning Helpless: Helping Students to Develop Strong Team Skills Through Emotional Intelligence
Learn how to empower students to overcome and transform “failed” experiences through the theory of "learned helpless". Cap: 30; registration opens on Monday, October 27th at 10am CT and closes once capacity is reached.
The Metacognitive Feedback Loop
Learn about the value of encouraging metacognitive reflection for students, explore strategies and strengths of various feedback practices, and reflect on how metacognitive feedback impacts student learning. Cap 40; at capacity and closed for registration.
Fostering a Growth Mindset and Developing a Sense of Belonging in Your Students
Learn from social and educational psychology on how instructors can foster growth mindsets in their students, and how that in turn can foster greater student motivation, achievement, and belonging. No cap; registration opens on Monday, September 29th at 10am CT and closes the day of the workshop.
The College Classroom
Get an introduction to key learning principles and the basics of effective, evidence-based teaching practices in this course. Cap: 100; closed for registration.
Going Public: Strategies for Disseminating Your TAR Project
This course is focused on sharing the findings from your teaching-as-research (TAR) project with a broader audience in the form of published scholarship. This 5-part, self-paced online course guides participants through pitching your work, finding academic journals and other outlets to publish in, knowing your audience, and how publication can support your academic career goals. By the end of this…
Creating a Transgender Inclusive STEM Environment: A Course for Educators
Understand the climate for trans students in STEM disciplines, and learn specific ways to make your class environment more trans inclusive in this four-part, self-paced online course. This 4-part, self-paced online course gives a snapshot of the cultural context for trans students and colleagues in STEM disciplines, introduces a framework for trans inclusivity, and invites participants to explore specific ways…