CMU faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and staff participate in an annual Teaching & Learning Summit during the fall semester to celebrate and showcase exciting ideas and evidence-based approaches that our colleagues are applying here at CMU and beyond. We join together to hear about new instructional strategies and technologies, to learn about educational research by CMU instructors and learning scientists, and to share ideas and experiences. |
2019 Agenda:All sessions will occur in Rangos & McKenna-Peter-Wright, CUC. 12:30 - 1:20 PM Lightning Roundtables 1:30 - 2:50 PM Plenary Speaker: Isis Artze-Vega, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Valencia College 3:00 - 3:50 PM Quickfire Talks on Teaching Innovations 4:00 - 4:50 PM Spotlight on CMU Teaching: TEL Demo & Poster Session 4:50 - 5:00 PM Closing Remarks |
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12:30 - 1:20 PM |
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12:30 PM |
Lightning Roundtables Coffee and pastries provided |
1:20 - 2:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Welcoming Remarks & Plenary Introduction |
1:40 PM |
Interactive Plenary & Workshop with Isis Artze-Vega, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Valencia College Title: Toward Equitable Learning Outcomes in Gateway Courses and Beyond Description: This plenary session will begin by introducing the construct of educational equity and asking participants to consider how it relates to Carnegie Mellon University’s –and perhaps their own—commitment to diversity and inclusion. Gateway (or introductory) courses will serve as a reference point as they are often the sites of immense inequities. Performance gaps associated with frequently underrepresented minorities can be as high as 20% in gateway courses, leading to issues of retention and perpetuating notions of student deficit. A growing body of research suggests certain types of course-level interventions, as active learning, increased scaffolding, and the cultivation of supportive classroom climates, can reduce the gap. However, scholars have noted that such diversity and inclusion efforts often fall short because individual instructors have not had opportunities to become sufficiently aware of themselves and the role each of us plays in this work. The session will therefore connect the broader construct of equity to instructors’ identities, guiding participants through a brief process of reflection on various facets of their social identities. Finally, attendees will explore strategies for navigating issues of identity to maximize efficacy of teaching strategies. Because building trust is a foundational competency in equity-minded teaching, hands-on activities will introduce practical strategies for establishing rapport with students and securing (and maintaining) their trust. Through guided roundtable discussions, participants will collaboratively workshop how to transfer these strategies to CMU contexts. Participants will be seated by school/college to facilitate discussion of common ground with colleagues. |
3:00 - 3:50 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Quick-Fire Talks (QFTs) on Teaching Innovations |
4:00 - 5:00 PM |
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4:00 PM |
Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Demos & Poster Session Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Demos. Teaching as Research (TAR) Posters. Teaching Innovation Posters. |
4:50 PM | Closing Remarks |
Visit the 2018 Teaching & Learning Summit page:
- Check out our Quickfire Talks video library
- Lightning Roundtable, Poster, and TEL Demo abstracts from 2018
Teaching & Learning Summit, Friday, November 1, 2019, 12:30-5:00 PM, in Rangos & McKenna-Peter-Wright, CUC.