Academic
Monday December 12/16
Apply for Designing Your Online Course Workshop
Mon 11/18 - Mon 12/16 RSVP
The Teaching and Learning Center’s (TLC) Instructional Design and Media Production team will host a winter Designing Your Online Course workshop that explores effective online instructional practices. The goal of the workshop is to design a creative...
Friday January 1/10
Energy Transitions in Long Modernity
Fri 1/10 • 9:30AM - 5PM PST
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
The recent turn to the ‘energy humanities’ is only beginning to galvanize scholarship on the material and symbolic impact of energy regimes in the long history of modernity. While the 2017 anthology edited by Imre Szeman and Dominic Boyer provides a...
Monday January 1/13
Winter 2025 Language Exchange Application Deadline
Mon 1/13 • 11PM - 11:59PM PST
Are you working on learning a new language? Do you want to take what you're learning in the classroom a step further? The Language Exchange program connects language learners together to improve their conversation skills and meet people from around...
Tuesday January 1/14
10 + 10 Pop-Up Series
Tue 1/14 • 10AM - 10:20AM PST RSVP
Title: On the Same Page: Rubrics and Other Grade Norming Tools for Instructional Teams #TAs #graduate-instructors #teamwork #equitable-grading Description: Pick up tips and strategies for standardizing grading and assessment practices across...
Wednesday January 1/15
Assisting Distressed and Distressing Students Workshop
Wed 1/15 • 10AM - 11AM PST RSVP
Powell 186
The TLC welcomes Karen Minero (Case Management Services) for a presentation on how to identify students in need of assistance; what resources are available to students; how to approach students in distress and assist them in getting connected with...
Friday January 1/17
Works-in-Progress Session: Earth and Exchange: Tapia and the Construction of Early Modern Iberia
Fri 1/17 • 3PM - 4PM PST
Presented by Rachel Schloss, Doctoral Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles Hosted by the Early Modern Research Group Earthen materials have played a critical role in political and social development on the Iberian Peninsula. The unique...
Tuesday January 1/21
TLC Winter Drop-In Hours
Tue 1/21 • 12PM - 2PM PST
Powell 190
The Teaching & Learning Center invites instructors, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars to join us in Powell 190 for coffee and snacks. Come to decompress and talk teaching with team members from the Educational Development Programs unit...
Wednesday January 1/22
TLC Winter Drop-In Hours
Wed 1/22 • 10AM - 12PM PST
Powell 190
The Teaching & Learning Center invites instructors, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars to join us in Powell 190 for coffee and snacks. Come to decompress and talk teaching with team members from the Educational Development Programs unit...
Thursday January 1/23
TLC Winter Drop-In Hours
Thu 1/23 • 2PM - 4PM PST
Powell 190
The Teaching & Learning Center invites instructors, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars to join us in Powell 190 for coffee and snacks. Come to decompress and talk teaching with team members from the Educational Development Programs unit...
Tuesday January 1/28
10 + 10 Pop-Up Series
Tue 1/28 • 10AM - 10:20AM PST RSVP
Title: Sustaining Student Belonging #inclusive-teaching; #student-belonging; #community-building Description: This session will explore strategies for sustaining a sense of belonging throughout the quarter. Participants will learn practical...
Thursday January 1/30
Becoming a Reflective Educator
Thu 1/30 • 1PM - 2PM PST
Powell 190
Join the Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement team for a workshop about leveraging reflection tools to improve your teaching. We’ll discuss the importance of reflection and metacognition as part of the process of professional...
Becoming a Reflective Educator Workshop
Thu 1/30 • 1PM - 2PM PST RSVP
Powell 186
Join the Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement team for a workshop about practicing reflection to improve your teaching. We’ll discuss the importance of reflection and metacognition in professional development; how a teaching journal...
Tuesday February 2/4
10 + 10 Pop-Up Series
Tue 2/4 • 10AM - 10:20AM PST RSVP
Title: Communicating Naturally in Pre-recorded Video Lectures #student-engagement, #personality #professionalism Description: This workshop will discuss practical techniques and best practices for delivering engaging and authentic lectures on...
Thursday February 2/6
TLC Winter Drop-In Hours
Thu 2/6 • 2PM - 4PM PST
Powell 190
Calling all TAs and postdocs: the Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement team invites you to join us for coffee, snacks, and a mid-quarter check-in. Come to decompress (or get started on some midterm grading), and let us know how we...
Tuesday February 2/11
10 + 10 Pop-Up Series
Tue 2/11 • 10AM - 10:20AM PST RSVP
Title: Using the HET Framework for Inspiration and Self-Reflection About Your Teaching #reflect #inspiration-for-teaching #evidence-based-teaching Description: Learn one way to conduct a quick “self-audit” of your teaching and get ideas for new...
Tuesday February 2/25
10 + 10 Pop-Up Series
Tue 2/25 • 10AM - 10:20AM PST RSVP
Title: Looking Ahead to Spring Quarter: Welcoming Your Students to Your Course #myucla-email, #Bruin-Learn-Announcements, #pre-course-surveys, #name-pronunciation Description: Join us as we explore a variety of practices for welcoming students into...
Friday March 3/7
Thinking Gender Graduate Student Conference: Gendered Labors & Transnational Solidarities
Fri 3/7
James West Alumni Center, The Collins Conference Room, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
35th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference “Gendered Labors & Transnational Solidarities” When: Friday, March 7, 2025 (in-person) 8:30?AM – 6:00?PM PST Where: James West Alumni Center, The Collins Conference Room, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los...