This week, we’ll be looking at using media as critical, inclusive, and accessible pedagogy. Learn when and how media and technology can be implemented in the classroom to narrow the gap between instructor and students and students and texts and to accommodate students of various skill levels. We’ll be meeting via Zoom in our regular...
UCLA's Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT), the Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS), the Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms program (EPIC), Online Teaching and Learning (OTL), the Bruin Learn Center of Excellence (CoE), the Writing Programs, and Humanities Technology (HumTech) have collaborated to bring a series of discussions...
How can we leverage AI to support authentic learning while also mitigating potential harm to learning? This is a national conversation happening across higher education, and the applications vary across disciplines. When it comes to programming, there is a lot of potential for supporting student learning-- helping students understand why their code might be incorrect,...
A Conversation with AI: Hands-on Demonstration of ChatGPT and Other AI Tools Many of us have come across AI assisted technology from time to time, like spelling and grammar checks and the suggested words on your smartphone while texting. And some may have used the suggestions from the AI. Here is a chance to see...
As generative AI has become more sophisticated, new tools have emerged aiming to detect its use. Join us to learn about some of these AI detection tools, their flaws, and why UCLA has not yet embraced this technology. Session facilitated by: Bruin Learn CoE Date: Thursday, May 18 Time: 10am - 11am PT Location: Zoom...
This week, we’ll be looking at choosing between technology, or not, in a face to face class. Presented by Nick Schwieterman. When there's a choice, how do you choose between technologies? Do you choose a technology at all, or is it better to teach the old fashioned way? This workshop will provide some methods for...
This week, we’ll be looking at video editing (with Adobe Rush or iMovie) presented by Erika Snell. Want to be able to improve any videos you're working on by improving your editing skills? Feel like softwares can be too complicated and hard to navigate? We'll go through the in's and out's of an editing software...
Learn techniques, like including authors from diverse backgrounds and non-traditional secondary sources, to diversify course content. Participants will discuss the advantages of incorporating course content from diverse sources and work together to brainstorm ways to update course materials with this practice in mind. Those who would like to work on course content for a specific...
This workshop will focus on teaching with care and empathy during times of crises through a culturally responsive framework. Participants will be introduced to some of the core principles and examples of emphatic teaching and learn strategies to implement this approach into their teaching. This workshop will be held over zoom, link to follow. Facilitated...
Hosted in conjunction with SWALLT, this one-day mini-conference will explore how literacy practices intersect with language education. Key themes include digital literacies, multimodal communication, and the role of cultural and social contexts in language learning. The agenda is now available! The Future of Language Teaching - SWALLT-UCLA 2024 Agenda We are seeking presenters to share research, strategies,...
