Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences

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.
