Join us as we explore the latest high quality STEM Education Research studies and how to implement effective and inclusive teaching. We welcome guest speakers from UCLA and other academic institutions to share their research and lead small group discussions with our teaching and learning community. Faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and anyone interested in STEM [...]
“When disabilities make school harder, you don’t get to do all the extras:” Participation in high-impact extracurriculars for students with disabilities Talk Description: High-impact practices are educational experiences, such as undergraduate research experiences, that can support undergraduate student retention. This talk will share findings from a recent national survey, exploring how the extracurricular nature of [...]
In this project, we are working to imagine and create a more liberated introductory life science classroom. We chose to take a radical path to inclusive course design by engaging in an authentic and meaningful approach we call a Justice Partnership; our team, Life Sciences Liberation (‘LS Lib’), centers and empowers Black womxn-identifying students. Our [...]
Heather McGhee Book Talk & CEILS Book Club Dear Colleagues, I’d like to invite you to join me in welcoming Heather McGhee to our beautiful campus for a thought-provoking evening, including a discussion of her book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. This New York Times Bestseller, longlisted for the National [...]
On Wednesday, May 3rd, join CEILS for Freedom to Learn: Banned Book Reading for the National Day of Action from 3 - 4:30pm in Boyer 159. We will be reading excerpts from Stamped (For Kids) by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi and This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges and discussing the impact of [...]
Dear Colleagues, I’d like to invite you to join me in welcoming Heather McGhee to our beautiful campus for a thought-provoking evening, including a discussion of her book, The Sum of Us: What [...]
Session Information Date: Friday, May 12 Time: 2pm - 3:30pm PT Location: Zoom 🌟 Register here for Zoom link 🌟 Session Description Join us for a series of 5-minute [...]
Session Information Date: Monday, May 15 Time: 12pm - 1:30pm PT Location: Zoom (Register for Zoom link) Session Description How can we leverage AI to support authentic learning while also [...]
Course Design Opportunities with AI Join us to explore some of the ways to leverage AI to find resources, design assignments, give students feedback and improve student writing. This event [...]
Session Information Date: Wednesday, May 17 Time: 12pm - 1pm PT Location: Zoom (Register for Zoom link) Session Description Many of us have come across AI assisted technology from time [...]