Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning is dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and assessing teaching effectiveness and student learning. In addition to the events listed below, we are always available for individual consultations or workshops designed specifically for your department or college. Many workshops can be applied towards the CITL teaching certificates. Learn more about our teaching certificates.
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The purpose of this summit is to highlight educational and research opportunities around e-sports, and to explore opportunities for making esports a varsity sport on our campus.
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The Illini Gadget Garage is a collaborative repair center that assists consumers with troubleshooting and minor repairs for personally-owned electronics and small appliances. Join us to learn how to fix your own devices during this free Pop-In Repair Clinic offered in CITL’s Innovation Studio (Armory 172).
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This two-part series offers tips on what you can do to increase your confidence as a teacher. In Part 1, topics include creating a comfortable teaching and learning environment, making the material your own, and tips on using your voice effectively. You will be asked to create a 1-2 minute lesson to present during the workshop.
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Learn how to use backward design to create a good course, and get a head start on learning about Bloom's Taxonomy and learning objectives.
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Learn how to write good learning objectives to get your course design started on the right path.
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Ensure proper course alignment by choosing assessments that match your learning objectives.
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Description: In this workshop, participants will identify the benefits of using a rubric (with an emphasis placed on analytic rubrics). Participants will then create a rubric that determines "the best type of pizza". Finally, participants will plan how to incorporate rubrics into their teaching.
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This two-part series offers tips on what you can do to increase your confidence as a teacher. Part 2 will focus on public speaking skills such as posture, movement, and responding to students' questions. For this workshop you will also present a 1-2 minute lesson in order to practice your newly learned skills.
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Learn ways to engage students in class that align with your course design.
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Come join us as we dissect the types of questions instructors ask their students and learn what’s packed inside that serves to promote or undermine effective teaching strategies.
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Learn to create a syllabus that best reflects your course design while also serving as an introduction to you as a teacher.
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The idea of teaching online can seem very daunting. How can we meaningfully transfer our best face-to-face teaching practices to our online instruction? In this workshop, we demystify this process by looking explicitly at the objectives of our teaching strategies and how we can recreate these elements for our students’ online learning experience.
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Topics include how the EPI is structured; strategies for defining terms; practice with other workshop participants.
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In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand. See full description for more info.
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CITL Innovation Spaces is hosting a variety of hands-on emerging technology topics for beginners. Workshops are open to everyone. (Note: workshops can count towards the Certificate in Teaching-Enhanced Technology, but may require a short reflection paper.)
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Wednesday, September 18, 5:30 to 6:45pm. Learn how to use clarification and negotiation strategies to improve your listening and communication skills in English.
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Learn strategies for answering open-ended questions in teaching and everyday contexts.
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CITL Innovation Spaces will host a VR booth at the Pygmalion Tech Demo.
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In this session, Lucas will use a simple technique for running good discussions to run a good discussion about running good discussions (it will be a meta-discussion). We will occasionally pause to examine the very discussion we are having and hence learn how to make a discussion go well.
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In this workshop, we will begin by discussing resources that are available to TAs who are dealing with difficult situations. We will then ask the TAs how they would deal with these difficult situations themselves and identify the pros and cons of these approaches.
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CITL Innovation Spaces is hosting a variety of hands-on emerging technology topics for beginners. Workshops are open to everyone. (Note: workshops can count towards the Certificate in Teaching-Enhanced Technology, but may require a short reflection paper.)
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Wednesday, October 2, 5:30 to 6:45pm. With other workhops participants, practice completing sample EPIs; set goals for oral English improvement; learn about resources you can use to improve your English skills. Note: This session will be most beneficial if you also attend one or more of the earlier sessions. The content in session 4 pulls together everything learned in ses
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We know that active learning in the classroom is important, but how do you make it happen, especially when trying to juggle the responsibilities of grad student life? This session introduces dozens of easy and engaging learning activities that you can use in any discipline.
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TechHub will have a booth at Heartland Maker Fest
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Friday, October 11th from 11am - 4pm, faculty are encouraged to drop in at various locations across campus to set up their Adobe Creative Cloud accounts and download the Creative Cloud Desktop App to manage downloads and access to instructional content.
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Come to this workshop to begin the process of identifying your teaching philosophy, deciding which parts of it belong in your statement, and avoiding common mistakes.
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CITL Innovation Spaces is hosting a variety of hands-on emerging technology topics for beginners. Workshops are open to everyone. (Note: workshops can count towards the Certificate in Teaching-Enhanced Technology, but may require a short reflection paper.)
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In this workshop, we will discuss all the steps necessary for providing a fun, interactive learning experience to all the students in your laboratory class. Topics include: course planning, group work, providing effective demonstrations, experiment review and more.
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In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand. See full description for more info.
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CITL Innovation Spaces is hosting a variety of hands-on emerging technology topics for beginners. Workshops are open to everyone. (Note: workshops can count towards the Certificate in Teaching-Enhanced Technology, but may require a short reflection paper.)
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This workshop introduces attendees to the potential uses of virtual reality in the humanities or social science classroom. We will explore two systems, the HTC Vive and Google Cardboard, in order to better understand a budget-conscious range of classroom applications.
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This workshop will cover the basics of working with Unity, including navigating the interface, importing and using assets, setting up basic scenes and building out a game. Attendees will leave the workshop with an understanding of the essential concepts of how Unity can be used to create and distribute 2D and 3D games.
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Join us to explore pre-production and preparation for a 360 degree video shoot, field production best practices for a point and shoot 360 degree capture, and post-production with GoPro Fusion Studio, Adobe Premiere Pro and GoPro VR Plugins.
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For more information visit https://citl.illinois.edu/photo/contest-details.
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Disruptive student behaviors can present serious challenges to a positive learning environment. These challenging situations can occur in both face-to-face and online learning contexts. In this workshop you will learn effective strategies to deal with challenging situations and maintain the focus of your classroom on productive learning.
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We don't usually get to choose our classrooms; instead we have to grow where we're planted. This workshop will help new and experienced teachers develop a set of strategies that will help make the best use of whatever type of classroom they’re assigned to.
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Having trouble connecting with your students? This workshop might be for you! Learn how to build long lasting rapport with your students.
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Topics include how the EPI is structured; strategies for defining terms; practice with other workshop participants.
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Most teachers get evaluated by their students at the end of the course by implementing ICES. But by then, it is too late to make changes that will make a difference for your current students. Come to this workshop to learn how to design, implement, and interpret Informal Early Feedback (IEF) to improve the class experience for everyone.
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Most teachers get evaluated by their students at the end of the course by implementing ICES. But by then, it is too late to make changes that will make a difference for your current students. Come to this workshop to learn how to design, implement, and interpret Informal Early Feedback (IEF) to improve the class experience for everyone.
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Teaching philosophy statements are requested for a variety of reasons: job applications, teaching awards, grant proposals, and evaluations. At UIUC, faculty submit a teaching statement as part of the promotion and tenure packet and for the annual review.This interactive workshop will be helpful to those who want to begin or revise their teaching statements.
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Wednesday, February 12, 5:30 to 6:45pm. Learn how to use clarification and negotiation strategies to improve your listening and communication skills in English.
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Research suggests that international teaching assistants face unique challenges from classroom management to instructional, linguistic, cultural as well as social expectations. Come discuss similarities and differences between the U.S. and other international educational systems, and review effective strategies and resources available across campus.
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Most people in higher education hear “Universal Design for Learning” and think students with disabilities and accommodations. This course will show you a) how accommodations and UDL differ, b) what you can do today, within a week, and within a month to reach learners on their mobile devices, and c) how to implement UDL across campus to enhance learning for all learners.
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A well-designed professional ePortfolio is a valuable way to demonstrate your achievements, goals, and beliefs to your prospective or current employer. It can also guide you as you seek out additional experiences to better prepare for your future career or career advancement. Bring your laptop or other device to this interactive workshop.
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Learn strategies for answering open-ended questions in teaching and everyday contexts.
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With the increased demand for students to work effectively in teams, many instructors have implemented team projects.There are many benefits; however, these experiences often are not optimal because the students (and faculty…) were not prepared. Come to learn & practice effective team strategies.
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Students enter college with vastly different learning strategies and abilities. This workshop will explore how instructors can aid students in developing more effective learning strategies early in their college careers.
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Most people in higher education hear “Universal Design for Learning” and think students with disabilities and accommodations. This course will show you a) how accommodations and UDL differ, b) what you can do today, within a week, and within a month to reach learners on their mobile devices, and c) how to implement UDL across campus to enhance learning for all learners.
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Learning is not a spectator sport. Students must be cognitively, physically, and affectively engaged for deeper learning and retention to occur. But there are many distractions and the attention span of our students can be relatively short. We’ll explore several active learning strategies, beginning with those that can easily implemented and of low risk.
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Wednesday, February 26, 5:30 to 6:45pm. With other workhops participants, practice completing sample EPIs; set goals for oral English improvement; learn about resources you can use to improve your English skills.
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In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand. See full description for more info.
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Learning communities are a powerful way for people to come together to achieve common learning goals. However, fostering conditions that promote an online community for shared learning and knowledge construction can be daunting to even the most experienced facilitators. Please join us as we discuss effective ways to establish and grow productive online learning communities
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Did you know that three-quarters of college students reported they have cheated during their UG years? Lang’s research found that students often cheat because “their learning environments give them ample incentives to try – and that strategies which make cheating less worthwhile also improve student learning.” Come explore key factors that impact students' behaviors.
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Come to this workshop to begin the process of identifying your teaching philosophy, deciding which parts of it belong in your statement, and avoiding common mistakes.
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People learn more deeply from words and graphics than from words alone. This is called the multimedia principle. It is the basis for using multimedia instruction; i.e., information with words (such as text, or PowerPoint slides) and graphics (such as charts, photos, animation, or video). Come learn about multimedia best practices.
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In this workshop, we will begin by discussing resources that are available to TAs who are dealing with difficult situations. We will then ask the TAs how they would deal with these difficult situations themselves and identify the pros and cons of these approaches.
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Have you ever been part of a group learning experience and thought that it was very frustrating? When cooperative learning is well-designed it minimizes opportunities for students and instructors to experience frustrations. Join this interactive workshop to explore best practices that will enhance your students’ experiences as they learn cooperatively.
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