Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

In this session, Jim Berg (ENAM, FYS) and Shawna Shapiro (WRPR, LNGT) will discuss how they respond to students at various phases in the writing process. We will share activities and tools that can be used during or outside of class, by both instructors and peers. We will also address common questions, such as: What kinds of response are most useful to students? How can I respond in a timely and efficient way? How can I encourage students to transfer what they learn from one assignment into the next?

As educators, we know that challenges make learning last, and so we bake them into our teaching in big ways and small. Do the challenges, questions, and problems we pose to our students involve all the essential components for deep learning and growth? Are they building critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills as well as deep content knowledge?

With the Commons system coming to an end, there is an opportunity to reassess the role of faculty in the life of the College beyond the academic realm. What channels and resources should be available for faculty to interact with students? Should the faculty consider a more ambitious advising program? Should there be greater acknowledgment of the work that faculty do beyond their teaching and scholarship?

Learn about the Yenching Scholars Program! Join Dr. Brent Haas, Director of Admissions, to learn more about the Master’s program in China Studies at the Yenching Academy of Peking University. An English-taught, interdisciplinary degree program, all Yenching Scholars receive a full fellowship that covers tuition, one round-trip journey to Beijing, basic insurance, and living costs. Each year the Yenching Academy admits 120 scholars from 40+ countries and regions.

Join Dean Lisa Gates and Marshall Scholar Hasher Nisar ’16.5 to learn more about graduate study in the UK and applying for the Marshall, Rhodes, Mitchell, Fulbright UK, Churchill and Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Nisar was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford, where he completed a degree in Islamic Studies and History. A Political Science major and Religion minor at Middlebury, he is also a Truman Scholar and Senior Fellow for Humanity in Action. Learn about researching graduate programs across disciplines and understanding fellowship application processes, time frames and institutional nomination.

We have rounded the halfway point of this fall semester, and many of us are now focusing on which teaching modalities to use for our classes next spring. Please join your colleagues for a conversation about the advantages and challenges of different modalities. The following question will guide our discussion: “What has been my experience this fall with the teaching modality(ies) I selected and how is that experience influencing my thinking about plans for teaching in the spring?” Jim Ralph of CTLR and Sarah Lohnes-Watulak of DLINQ will co-moderate.