Assessment

Goal: The Assessment certificate will enable the Graduate Student Instructor to appropriately use multiple assessment modes and approaches aligned with learning objectives to assess student learning before, during and after instruction.
Recommended Sequence: We recommend you enroll in the Assessing Classroom Instruction session before taking either of the other two sessions.

Leading Discussions

Goal: The Leading Discussions certificate will enable the Graduate Student Instructor to design, implement, and evaluate effective discussion.
Recommended Sequence: We recommend you take the three sessions sequentially, first completing Designing Effective Discussions, followed by Promoting Active Learning and ending with Assessing Classroom Discussion.

Lecturing

Goal: The Lecturing certificate will enable the Graduate Student Instructor to design lectures that are based on key communication skills and learning theory, consider the needs of the students, and increase student understanding through the use of appropriate active learning techniques.
Recommended Sequence: We recommend you take the three sessions sequentially, first completing Effective Public Speaking Techniques, followed by Designing Effective Lectures for Learning and ending with Interactive Techniques for Large Classes.

Teaching Research Skills

Goal: The Teaching Research Skills certificate will enable the Graduate Student Instructor to apply best practices to library research assignments, teach students how to find, evaluate and synthesize information effectively and ethically, and structure courses to prevent plagiarism.
Recommended Sequence: We recommend you take the three sessions sequentially, first completing Improve Your Research Assignments into Assignment Design, followed by Web Savvy Students and ending with Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism.

Teaching Through Writing

Goal: The Teaching through Writing certificate series will enable the graduate student instructor to improve subject matter instruction by using writing to foster thinking, shape learning, support inquiry, model professional values, and facilitate formative assessment. The series includes three sessions, each emphasizing a workshop approach: • Incorporating a Substantial Writing Component in the Syllabus and Assignments • Assessment versus Evaluation: Formative Responding Supporting Summative Grading • Conventions of Standard, Edited English
Recommended Sequence: There is no recommended sequence for this series. Session Three Conventions of Standard, Edited English

Teaching with Technology

Goal: The Teaching with Technology certificate will enable the Graduate Student Instructor to design a course that incorporates technology to manage course materials, facilitate discussion, and promote active learning. Sessions Associated with this Series: - Blackboard: Enhancing Communication - Blackboard: Getting Started with your Course Content - Blackboard: Increasing Feedback - Teaching with Powerpoint Recommended Sequence: Teaching with Powerpoint is REQUIRED to earn a certificate. From the remaining three Blackboard offerings, choose two.

Understanding Your Students

Goal: The Understanding Your Students certificate will enable the Graduate Student Instructor to design instruction that takes into account student differences in order to promote individual motivation for learning, accommodate different learning styles, and broaden use of more effective learning strategies.
Recommended Sequence: There is no recommended sequence for this series.