Over the next few months, this blog will feature some guest posts from UW Math faculty members who attended teaching conferences to share what they learned.
I encourage all faculty, regardless of rank, to make use of our Teaching Development Fund for professional development activities. You can find a list of potential conferences with dates, locations, and conference websites here, and apply for funding using this very...
Last Friday UW announced the return (for all but a few large classes) of in-person instruction on Monday Feb 7. Here are some suggestions for making the return as painless as possible, while still supporting student learning.
Establish classroom norms. It would be a good idea to take a bit of time to introduce yourself and make your expectations clear about classroom participation (raise hands? call out answers?) Many students have never been in a university classroom, and you have the chance to shape the culture of yours.
Here are some resources for instructors looking to adapt their Winter 2022 courses to be online until Jan 24 (and robust in terms of when we actually do return to in-person.)
Course delivery in first three weeks:
In Math you *are* allowed to have synchronous lectures at the scheduled class times
For live meetings, use interactive tools (ask questions for students to answer in chat, use polls, Kahoot, etc) to engage students. If all you are doing is lecturing with no interaction, it might as well be a video.
When we go back to in-person classes in Winter 2022, we know things won't go back exactly to the way they were before. Nor should they! We have learned a lot about alternative ways of assessing students, delivering content, and designing courses during the 6 terms we've had to do some remote teaching. Here are some of the things I'm hoping to keep when we move back into the classroom:
Online office hours as well as in person - convenient and practical
Use a variety of authentic assessment techniques - not just closed-book time-limited tests, although...
UPDATE: This position has been filled. Thank you to everyone who applied!
I am seeking an undergraduate Research Assistant (RA) to help me advance ongoing research projects related to collaboration. In 2019, I began a new project on "Developing a Collaborative Mindset" (where a 'collaborative mindset' includes traits like open-mindedness, empathy, appreciation for diversity, and epistemic humility). I previously worked with an RA to conduct a literature review on these various topics (e.g., the role of epistemic humility in collaboration), and to identify gaps...
UPDATE: This position has been filled. Thank you to everyone who applied!
I am seeking a current upper-year student or recent graduate to help me design and build a website for my new lab, The Collaboratory (aka "Co-Lab"), and to craft a social media strategy to increase the broader impact of Co-Lab's research. (For context, I am an associate professor in Knowledge Integration, studying interdisciplinary collaboration.)
JOB DETAILS * Start date: Negotiable, but sometime between early December 2021 and early January 2022. * ...
On July 1, 2021, I took over the position of Math Faculty Teaching Fellow, following in the footsteps of two of my fabulous colleagues, Brian Forrest and Cyntha Struthers. I'm really excited to bring my expertise and passion to the job, and here are some of the things I'm hoping to accomplish in my 3 years:
Blended Learning Initiative
This is part of a long term University-wide plan to have more blended courses. COVID teaching was the push some needed to create resources, so let's use them for the long term! If you have an in-person component this...
Well, I am so excited about starting my master's degree at U of W. But unfortunately, I don't have any visa to come to Canada yet. I hope there is no need to defer. Pray for me :)