Pedagogy in a Pandemic Workshop Series


Join Teaching Matters in our new workshop series “Pedagogy in a Pandemic,” a lineup of virtual workshops, for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Please register here. You can expect a Zoom link sent to your Rutgers email the day before the workshop.

Spring 2021

Facilitating Discussion over Zoom

Thursday, February 4, free period

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Join us for a workshop on getting students to start talking. We’ll explore multi-modal methods of facilitating discussion over Zoom as well as remote classroom etiquette.

Low-Stakes Writing

Wednesday, February 10, free period

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We’ll talk about incorporating low-stakes writing assignments into your courses, including types of writing genres relevant to your field. We’ll also explore how to measure low-stakes writing and implement low-stakes writing activities into your course schedule.

Giving Writing Feedback (when you’re not a writing teacher)

Thursday, February 18, free period

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Join us for a discussion of how to give meaningful writing feedback without a writing background. We’ll discuss the foundations of good writing (aka higher-order concerns) such as clarity and organization, rather than the nit-picky and often difficult to explain rules of grammar (aka lower-order concerns).

Conferencing with Students (online or otherwise)

Wednesday, February 24, free period

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We review strategies to make a 10-minute conference with students a high-impact practice at various stages in paper writing or projects. Time spent “grading” might be better spent in these formative interactions.

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Group Work over Zoom

Thursday, March 4, free period

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We discuss how to make the most of building communities over Zoom with group work. We’ll also brainstorm group activities conducive to a remote learning environment.

Reading my SIRS data (or other feedback)

Wednesday, March 10, free period

In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to interpret and incorporate student feedback to improve your course.

Here’s What I Want: Designing Effective Rubrics

Thursday, March 25, free period

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Bring your assignment sheets and we’ll build task-specific rubrics based on them! These rubrics will reflect the demonstrated learning goals of the course and of the specific assignment.

Assessment and Grading in Remote Teaching

Wednesday, March 31, free period

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We’ll talk about grading practices, assessment practices, and when to use one over the other.

 

Fall 2020

Meetup – what’s on your mind?

Thursday, October 8, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30

Catch up with Teaching Matters! What trials and triumphs have you experienced this semester? What problems persist in your remote teaching endeavors? What advice do you have to share with your fellow instructors? We want to hear what’s on your mind.


Assignment Design (adapted for remote learning)

Thursday, October 15, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30

What principles of assignment design can be adapted to remote learning? Join us for our Assessment Design workshop, in which we will discuss the best practices of assignment design to be used during and after pandemic-induced remote learning. We’ll discuss the building, implementing, and receiving of an assignment and everything in-between!


Improving Discussion over Zoom

Thursday, October 22, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30

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If you’re like us, you’re struggling to get students to communicate over Zoom. The chat box just isn’t cutting it. Join us for a workshop on getting students to start talking– to instructors and one another. We’ll explore methods of facilitating discussion that can be implemented on Zoom as well as employing remote classroom etiquette.


Meetup – what’s on your mind?

Thursday, October 29, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30

Catch up with Teaching Matters! What trials and triumphs have you experienced this semester? What problems persist in your remote teaching endeavors? What advice do you have to share with your fellow instructors? We want to hear what’s on your mind.


Writing across the Curriculum: Effective Strategies for Low-Stakes and Informal Writing

Thursday, November 5, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30

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Join us for a conversation on low-stakes and informal writing. We’ll discuss what it means to write with “low-stakes,” why informal writing is important for student learning, and how to best integrate such writing into your unique course!


Grading during a Pandemic

Thursday, November 12, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30

As the time comes to start grading midterms, we invite you to talk with us about grading during a pandemic. How has teaching in the pandemic impacted the approaches you have taken (or are considering) to grading and assessment? How do you to maintain standards while being responsive to new learning environments? We’ll discuss these questions and more in this week’s workshop.


Writing across the Curriculum: Effective Strategies for Formal Writing (Critical/Analytical Papers)

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30

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So you talked with us about informal writing assignments, now you’re ready to reexamine your formal writing assignments. What strategies might you use to teach formal writing effectively? Join us for a conversation of formal writing assignments– how to teach formal writing, and how to assess formal writing.


Meetup – preparing for Spring

Thursday, December 3, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30

Catch up with Teaching Matters every other week during the Fall 2020 semester! What trials and triumphs have you experienced this semester? What do you need to prepare for Spring semester? We want to hear what’s on your mind.