Attention:
Graduate students and Postdocs
Sign up now to attend one of CIRTL's online courses, teaching institutes, or workshops this summer! The programming is designed to help future and early career faculty learn inclusive, evidence-based teaching approaches while building up professional development skills to help you navigate the academic workplace. They have various formats:
Online Courses - Courses have live, real-time online sessions and require regular homework outside of those class meetings. Short courses typically meet weekly for one to two months, while full courses typically meet for two to three months. Registration is required; STEM grad students and postdocs from CIRTL institutions receive enrollment priority.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) - CIRTL MOOCs take place on the EdX platform and use video-based modules, discussion boards, and peer-reviewed assignments to teach participants about different aspects of evidence-based STEM teaching over the course of 8 weeks. Registration is required; there is no cost to participate and no enrollment cap.
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching: Learn about STEM teaching at your own pace through online video modules and discussion boards in this 8-week MOOC developed by CIRTL Network faculty (June 21 – August 15). No cap. Registration opens May 17.
Teaching Institutes - Teaching institutes are multi-day, intensive sessions aimed at improving grad students' and postdocs' STEM teaching skills. Institutes can last several days or an entire week and can take place in person or online; the universities that host these institutes reserve a select number of seats specifically for participants from across the CIRTL Network. All institutes will take place online due to COVID-19. Registration is required; STEM grad students and postdocs from CIRTL institutions receive enrollment priority. The 3 teaching institutes offered this summer can be found on the Events page.
Workshops - Workshops have live, real-time online sessions and require independent work outside of those meetings. Workshops can have one, two, or three online sessions (multi-session workshops typically have one session per week). Exploring Diversity in Implicit Leadership Theories and Their Role in Inclusive Teaching and Learning is a 2-session workshop in July.
