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SUMMARY:Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Paper we will discuss on May 6th:\n\nDe Jesus\, M et al. (2026). Equitable Group Work in Undergraduate Biology Courses: Leveraging a Complex Instruction Framework to Identify Pedagogical Strategies\, CBE—Life Sciences Education\, Vol. 25\, No. 2.\n\nAbout Journal Club:\nThe CEILS Journal Club is a collaborative space for faculty\, graduate students\, and postdoctoral students to learn and discuss breakthrough STEM education research and its implications in your classroom. \nEvery session features a carefully selected article chosen for its relevance to teaching in STEM. This is paired with a one page summary on the article to facilitate discussion. We are making it easy to keep up with recent findings while exploring how this research can translate into your course. We encourage you to join and share your own perspective as an instructor in this space. Each meeting stands alone and welcomes new participants \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for May journal club where you will share and discuss common challenges in implementing groupwork and ways to mitigate those challenges.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSignup: \n\nRegistration Link  \n Zoom link for those not able to come in person \n  \n 
URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/journal-club-2/
LOCATION:Terasaki Life Sciences 5100
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T120000
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SUMMARY:Soundbath: A CEILS-Cultural North Star Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:CEILS is partnering with DGSOM’s Cultural North Star to host a sound bath workshop on Thursday\, May 7\, 2026 from 12 – 1 pm in Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158). RSVP here. \nThis professional development session offers instructors in the Life sciences\, Physical Sciences\, and Health professions a dedicated space for reflection and renewal. As the demands of teaching\, research\, and service continue to intensify\, this session provides an opportunity to pause\, reset\, and reconnect with practices that can sustain attention\, presence\, and balance—both in and beyond academic work. Through guided\, sound-based practices\, participants will engage in an experiential approach to restore focus and supporting overall well-being.
URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/soundbath-a-ceils-cultural-north-star-collaboration/
LOCATION:Hershey Hall 158
CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,On Campus Event
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SUMMARY:Pedagogical Essentials: Writing better multiple choice questions
DESCRIPTION:Well-designed multiple-choice questions can do far more than test factual recall; they can reveal student thinking\, diagnose misconceptions\, and assess higher-order problem-solving skills. Yet writing strong questions is challenging. This interactive workshop is designed for STEM faculty who want to create more effective multiple choice questions that provide students and instructors with deeper assessment of learning. Participants will explore research-based principles for constructing clear\, rigorous\, and fair multiple-choice questions that align with learning outcomes. We will examine how to write plausible distractors based on common student errors\, design questions that assess conceptual understanding rather than rote memorization\, and ensure that items are more inclusive and free from unnecessary barriers. We will also discuss strategies for using student response data to refine questions over time and improve exam reliability and discrimination. \n(in person\, with Zoom option) \nRSVP here \n 
URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/writing-better-multiple-choice-questions-ceils-spring-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260527T150000
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SUMMARY:2nd Annual Teaching Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Location: Hershey Hall Inner Courtyard \n\n\nWe’re excited to invite all educators to our annual celebration of teaching to honor your dedication\, passion\, and engagement with CEILS this year! This year we have invited Creamy Boys Ice Cream to create an ice cream experience where you can mix in real-fruit and other delicious flavors! They will help us create fun memories and connect with each other as we celebrate and close the quarter. RSVP today to join the celebration on May 27th 3:00 – 4:30 pm. \n\n\nRSVP Link: CEILS Teaching Day Celebration RSVP 2026 \n\n\n 
URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/2nd-annual-teaching-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260603T140000
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SUMMARY:Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Paper we will discuss on June 3rd: \nJune 3\, 2026 (In-Person & Zoom) Nørgård\, R. T.\, Toft-Nielsen\, C.\, & Whitton\, N. (2017). Playful learning in higher education: Developing a signature pedagogy. International Journal of Play\, 6(3)\, 272-282.\n\nAbout Journal Club:\n\n\nThe CEILS Journal Club is a collaborative space for faculty\, graduate students\, and postdoctoral students to learn and discuss breakthrough STEM education research and its implications in your classroom. \nEvery session features a carefully selected article chosen for its relevance to teaching in STEM. This is paired with a one page summary on the article to facilitate discussion. We are making it easy to keep up with recent findings while exploring how this research can translate into your course. We encourage you to join and share your own perspective as an instructor in this space. Each meeting stands alone and welcomes new participants \n\nSignup: \n\nRegistration Link 
URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/journal-club-3/
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SUMMARY:Pedagogical Essentials: Encouraging Student Engagement Through Playful Approaches to Teaching workshops
DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about using play or playfulness in your teaching? Incorporating playfulness can encourage your students to actively engage using the intrinsic motivation baked into the fun of playing. \nBut how to start? In this workshop we will go through the process of creating a playful activity that starts with your student learning outcomes or a specific topic. We will briefly discuss a framework for approaching activity design and then we will dive right into a collaborative space of brainstorming and creation while exploring what implementing playfulness in the classroom could look like. Every classroom and instructor is different though so you will also have time to playfully create an activity or approach to use that is specific to your teaching.  \nRoll the dice and come join us to learn about playfulness in the classroom! \nRSVP Now!
URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/encouraging-student-engagement-through-playful-approaches-to-teaching-workshops/
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