Skip to main content

Discovery that Connects

Science-based innovation for a changing world

Center for Teaching Innovation: Fall 2020 offerings on teaching in diverse classrooms

For Faculty

Inclusive Teaching Community of Practice

Friday, September 25, 2020, 1:00 – 2:15 pm

Join us to discuss ideas for designing inclusive online learning environments. We’ll discuss ways to personalize a course, give students an individualized experience, and stay connected. Come ready to exchange ideas and strategies. Brief presentations from colleagues Rene Kizilcec, Darlene Campbell, and Andrew St. James will help start our conversation. Register here.

Teaching & Learning the Diverse Classroom

October 1-31, 2020

Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom is a four-week, asynchronous online course open to Cornell faculty and staff, for any level of diversity expertise. Anchored in stories and self-reflection, modules explore diversity, social identities, and power dynamics; strategies for inclusive course design; and pedagogical practices that effectively support student engagement and a sense of belonging across difference. Register here.

Faculty Learning Community for Inclusive Teaching

6 Fridays from 11 AM-12 PM, beginning October 2

This six-week, peer-to-peer discussion program runs concurrently with Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom. Participants meet weekly via Zoom to explore course-related topics and strategies focused on creating and sustaining inclusive learning environments. Faculty teaching credit-bearing, semester-length courses at Cornell may apply.

Let’s Get Real: Empowering Yourself to Talk about Race in the Classroom 

Friday December 11, 2020, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Through facilitated dialogues, participants in Let’s Get Real workshops reflect on diversity and group dynamics in teaching and learning. This semester, join colleagues for an opportunity to reflect on race, racism, and antiracist choices in our learning environments. Anchored in self-reflection, we will consider our own experiences and development, our role as educators, and a range of responses. Register here.

For Graduate Students and Postdocs

Teaching & Learning the Diverse Classroom

October 1-31, 2020

Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom is a four-week, asynchronous online course open to the Cornell faculty, staff, graduate student, and postdoc community. Anchored in stories and self-reflection, modules explore diversity, social identities, and power dynamics; strategies for inclusive course design; and pedagogical practices that effectively support student engagement and a sense of belonging across difference. For any level of diversity expertise. Register here.

Learning Community for Inclusive Teaching for Graduate Students & Postdocs

6 Thursdays from 11:10-12, beginning Oct 1

This six-week online program for postdoctoral scholars and graduate students runs concurrently with Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom. Participants meet via Zoom to discuss ways to create and sustain inclusive learning environments. Identify practical, evidence-based strategies appropriate for your discipline and future teaching plans. This program is a collaboration between the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Graduate School’s Future Faculty and Academic Careers office. Apply here.

Skip to toolbar