Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences

BRUIN LEARN Prep Session for Fall Quarter
2022-09-07 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hershey Hall 158
BRUIN LEARN Prep Session for Fall Quarter
September 7, 2022
9:30am – Noon | Hershey Hall 158

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Join CEILS and UCLA’s Online Teaching and Learning Instructional Designers, and additional members of the LMS transition team to get specialized support building and designing your course on Bruin Learn — UCLA’s new learning management system (Canvas). During this session we will be offering time and space to work on your course with support staff present and available to pull up a chair and answer questions and offer recommendations. Our goal is to help you walk away with near fully developed Week 0 and Week 1 course modules, and a much greater comfort level using Bruin Learn.

Date and Time: Wednesday, September 7th | 9:30am – Noon
Location: Hershey Hall 158

Agenda:

9:30 – 10:00 Quick Orientation to Bruin Learn (Presentation)
10:00 – 12 noon: Work on your course; staff will be available to help you and answer questions at any point.
i<Clicker Support Available! An i<Clicker representative will be present at this session and available to help you get setup (kits will also be available).

Note: Coffee, tea, and snacks will be available outside of the room in the courtyard for breaks (no eating will be permitted in the room due to Covid restrictions). Masks must be worn indoors.

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2022-08-24 - 2022-08-31
CEILS SUMMER SCIENTIFIC TEACHING INSTITUTE: Foundations of Equitable Course Design & Inclusive Teaching

CEILS SUMMER SCIENTIFIC TEACHING INSTITUTE: Foundations of Equitable Course Design & Inclusive Teaching
2022-08-24 - 2022-08-31
CEILS SUMMER SCIENTIFIC TEACHING INSTITUTE:
Foundations of Equitable Course Design & Inclusive Teaching

August 24 – 31, 2022 (excluding the weekend)
9:00am – 4:00pm | In-person

Apply by Friday, July 1st: Click Here

The CEILS Scientific Teaching Institute is designed to introduce you to evidence-based strategies for inclusive teaching and course design. The experience is facilitated by CEILS staff and other UCLA faculty; and you will receive feedback on your daily assignments, culminating at the end of the week with a syllabus draft, assessment plan, sample lesson plan, and embedded feedback strategy. Tips, strategies, and resources for equity, accessibility, and remote/online design will be integrated into the workshops and course site resources.

Be proactive and get your fall course ready in August with this opportunity to take a full week to focus. Finalize your syllabus, assignments and activities with strong support and feedback from peers!

Learn more about this annual event here.

CEILS Book Club: Teaching to Transgress (Meeting #5)
2022-08-09 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Come read “Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom” by bell hooks with us this summer!

About this event

We invite you to register for all the dates you can attend. However, you are welcome to register for just the first meeting now and register for the following ones later.
Refreshments will be served in the Hershey Hall Front Courtyard after each book club meeting. Discussion from 3 – 4pm; Refreshments at 4pm.
While we plan to meet in-person, a Zoom link will be sent out to all registered participants as well.
Reading Schedule:
June 21: Intro, Chapter 1 & 2
June 28: Chapter 3 & 4
July 12: Chapter 5, 6 & 7
July 19: Chapter 8 & 9
August 9: Chapter 10, 11 & 12

CEILS Book Club: Teaching to Transgress (Meeting #4)
2022-07-19 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Come read “Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom” by bell hooks with us this summer!

About this event

We invite you to register for all the dates you can attend. However, you are welcome to register for just the first meeting now and register for the following ones later.
Refreshments will be served in the Hershey Hall Front Courtyard after each book club meeting. Discussion from 3pm – 4pm; Refreshments at 4pm.
While we plan to meet in-person, a Zoom link will be sent out to all registered participants as well.
Reading Schedule:
June 21: Intro, Chapter 1 & 2
June 28: Chapter 3 & 4
July 12: Chapter 5, 6 & 7
July 19: Chapter 8 & 9
August 9: Chapter 10, 11 & 12

CEILS Book Club: Teaching to Transgress (Meeting #3)
2022-07-12 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

CEILS Book Club: Teaching to Transgress (Meeting #2)
2022-06-28 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

CEILS Book Club: Teaching to Transgress (Meeting #1)
2022-06-21 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

CEILS Journal Club for STEM Education Research | Learning Community Meeting
2022-05-13 15:00 - 15:50 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
CEILS Journal Club for STEM Education Research | Learning Community Meetings
Fridays from 3:00 – 3:50 PM, Apr 15 – June 3, 2022
Location: Terasaki Life Sciences 1100, Zoom option also available
Please email Supriya (ksupriya@ceils.ucla.edu) if you would like to attend via zoom or have any questions

5th Annual Creating Connections Symposium on Writing Pedagogy | Hosted by UCLA Writing Programs and the Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy
2022-05-19 08:00 - 2022-05-20 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Writing Programs and the Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy are excited to announce the 5th Annual Creating Connections Symposium on Writing Pedagogy, May 19-20! The symposium (which will be hybrid with the exception of one fully in-person session) will feature new takes on previous topics like contract grading and multimodal composition, as well as venturing into new territory with a session on neurodiversity and accessibility and a collaborative session (with the EPIC-Lang conference) on intersections of writing and language pedagogy. Please see below for a brief schedule, and check out our webpage for more information. You can also RSVP here.

Thursday, May 19th
Session 1: Neurodiversity and Accessibility In Higher Education
3:00-4:00pm PDT, hybrid (365 Kaplan Hall | Zoom link will be provided to those who RSVP)
Followed by a workshop with UCLA All Brains
4:15-5:00pm PDT, hybrid (365 Kaplan Hall | Zoom link will be provided to those who RSVP)
Friday, May 20th
Session 2: Alternative Grading Methods
11:00am-12:00pm PDT, in person (348 Kaplan Hall | materials will be available online)
Session 3: Metacognition and Technology in Multimodal Classrooms
1:30-2:30pm PDT, hybrid (348 Kaplan Hall | Zoom link will be provided to those who RSVP)
Session 4: Rethinking the Teaching of Writing in the Language Classroom
3:15-4:15pm PDT, hybrid (348 Kaplan Hall | Zoom link will be provided to those who RSVP)
Reception
4:30-5:30pm PDT, in person (outdoor location TBA)
All events are free, and we welcome interested UCLA graduate students, instructors, library staff, and administrators to attend. Although not required, we encourage participants to bring relevant ideas for assignments, activities, and teaching strategies to share at each session.
We will check UCLA symptom monitoring for all in-person events and strongly encourage masks for indoor events to keep immunocompromised members of our community safe. If you require any accommodations to participate, please let us know via the RSVP form.

Finding The Way Through Curriculum A Virtual Mapping Workshop with Linda Suskie | Hosted by Weave
2022-05-17 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
About the Virtual Workshop:
Enrollment Information:
To maximize interactions seating is limited to 12 participants (so be sure to sign up soon!). Tuition is $225; Weave members get a discount, just ask!
Description:
If you’re not teaching it, there’s not much point in assessing it! Learn why curriculum maps are increasingly considered essential to successful assessment and, even more importantly, to successful student learning. We’ll review some fundamental principles for creating meaningful learning experiences and curricula. We’ll then practice some of the steps in creating and analyzing curriculum maps for courses, programs, and general education curricula.
Presentation Outcomes/Takeaways:
Explain why curriculum maps are a good idea.
Articulate the characteristics of great learning experiences and a great curriculum.
Create course and program curriculum maps.
Analyze a program or general education curriculum map.
We hope to see you!

Prepping for Spring Quarter in Bruin Learn
2022-03-04 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Hershey Hall Salon
Join CEILS and additional campus experts to get specialized support building and designing your course on Bruin Learn — UCLA’s new learning management system. During this session we will be offering time and space to work on your course with support staff present and available to pull up a chair and answer questions and offer recommendations. Our goal is to help you walk away with near fully developed Week 0 and Week 1 course modules for Spring Quarter, and a much greater comfort level using Bruin Learn. Bring your laptop!
Agenda:
10:00 – 10:30am: Quick Orientation to Bruin Learn (Presentation)
10:30am – Noon: Work on your course; staff will be available to help you and answer questions at any point.
