Registration is open for CIRTL Spring 2021 online programming! The programming includes a course, a MOOC, six workshops, one drop-in event series, and two events on Teaching-as-Research (including our annual Teaching-as-Research student presentations).
Subscribe to the CIRTL newsletter for programming updates. Questions about the programming? Contact CIRTL at info@cirtl.net. If you have questions about the CIRTL@Nebraska program, you can reach out to Lisa Rohde at lrohde2@unl.edu
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. For more information, visit the CIRTL MOOC website.
- Advancing Learning through Evidenced-Based STEM Teaching
Weekly asynchronous modules | Monday, January 25 through Monday, March 21
Learn about developing effective, evidence-based STEM teaching practices at your own pace through online video modules and discussion boards in this 8-week MOOC developed by CIRTL Network faculty. No capacity limit.
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). Registration is required; STEM grad students and postdocs from CIRTL institutions receive enrollment priority.
- From Student to Expert: Breaking Down Disciplinary Tasks in the Classroom
Tuesday, February 16 | 12-1 PM CT
Learn general principles and practices associated with trauma-responsive teaching in this one-session workshop. No capacity limit. - The Graduate Roadmap: Leveraging Individual Development Plans in Academic Career Planning
Friday: February 5, 12, and 19 | 1-2 PM CT
Walk through the process of developing an Individual Development Plan and applying it to your academic career in this three-part event series. No cap. Registration will open Monday, January 11.
Events have live, real-time online sessions; event series include a handful of events that revolve around a unifying theme in STEM teaching and learning. Events run on a drop-in basis and do not require advance registration. Participants can attend as many or as few events as they like in a given series.
- Exploring and Unpacking Post-PhD Career Possibilities: Recognizing and Articulating the Value of What You’ve Learned as a Graduate Student
Details TBD
Explore your skills and strengths, and develop a unique career plan in this four-part event series intended for later stage graduate students and postdocs planning for careers in academia. No cap. - How Completing a Teaching-as-Research Project Impacted My Career: Reflections from CIRTL TAR Alumni
Thursday, March 18 | 12-1:30 PM CT
Hear a panel of CIRTL alumni reflect on their experience doing a Teaching-as-Research (TAR) project - not the research they conducted, but what they learned from the process and how they leveraged their TAR project in their career - in this stand-alone, drop-in online event. No capacity limit. - CIRTL Network Teaching-as-Research Presentations
Thursday, April 15 | 2-3:30 PM CT
Hear grad students and postdocs from across the CIRTL Network share the results of their Teaching-as-Research projects in this stand-alone, drop-in online event. No capacity limit.