CIRTL Courses
Graduate courses and seminars from the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network allow you to interact with faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students from 45 research universities. All participants who successfully complete course activities and assignments will receive a letter of completion.
Online Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
The College Classroom
Get an introduction to key learning principles and the basics of effective, evidence-based teaching practices in this 12-week course about teaching in the college classroom. This course meets online in Zoom on Tuesdays, September 24 through December 10, at 2:00-3:30pm ET. Cap: 100; registration opens Monday, September 9.
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching (Revised self-paced online course)
Get an overview of effective college teaching strategies and the research that supports them in this 8-part asynchronous course designed for graduate students and postdocs in STEM disciplines. Created in 2015 as a cohort-based course, we will be re-launching this course this fall as a self-paced online course. No cap; registration opens Sunday, September 1.
Fall 2024 CIRTL Network Programming Preview (also includes workshops)
Summer 2024 Courses
Change Leadership for Inclusive Teaching and Learning
This intensive, 10-session 5-week online course aims to strengthen undergraduate STEM education by preparing graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career-faculty to be change agents in their roles in higher education. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00-3:30 pm ET between June 11-July 18. Cap: 40. Apply by May 20.
First Year Faculty Teaching Academy
This intensive, 6-session 3-week online course is designed for future faculty and early career faculty in their first years of teaching interested in learning how to create a great learning experience for your students while developing a solid foundation of best teaching practices and strategies. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00-11:00 am ET between June 4-20. Cap: 65; register starting May 13.
Summer 2024 CIRTL Network Programming Preview (also includes events, workshops and summer institutes)
Spring 2024 Courses
Mindset to Mastery: The Inclusive Teaching Course
Examine your own identities, values, and experiences to cultivate an inclusive mindset that informs your teaching practices in this 8-week online course. Meets Tuesdays from March 5 to April 23 at 1-2:30pm ET. Registration opens January 29 and closes when capacity is reached. Cap: 25.
Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
Learn about effective teaching strategies and the research that supports them, including active learning and flipped classroom approaches, in this eight week massive open online course through EdX with asynchronous modules and weekly discussion and assignments. January 29-March 24.
Research Mentor Training
Develop and improve your research mentoring skills in this 5-week online seminar-style course. Develop and articulate a personal mentoring philosophy and refine strategies for dealing with mentoring challenges. Meets Wednesdays from February 21 to March 27 at 2-3:30pm ET. Registration opens January 8 and closes when capacity is reached. Cap: 20.
See also: Cornell’s local Building Mentorship Skills for Academic Careers program.
Building Neuroinclusive Learning Environments: Best Practices to Support and Empower Neurodiverse Learners in STEM
Learn neurodiversity basics, explore accessible approaches to teaching and learning, and revise a specific component of your own teaching in this 4-week online short course. Meets Thursdays from February 15 to March 7 at 12-1:30pm ET. Registration opens January 8 and closes when capacity is reached. Cap: 25.
Spring 2024 CIRTL Network Programming Preview (also includes events, workshops and summer institutes)
Fall 2023 Courses
Postdoc Teaching Practicum
Work with an experienced instructor in your discipline to enhance your understanding and experience of teaching a university course in this 5-month mentorship program that blends monthly synchronous sessions with intensive independent and mentor-driven work. Thursdays, Dec. 7 – April 4.
Note
Optional local credit is available for some online CIRTL courses upon request, through a graduate individual study course number at the participant’s home institution. Cornell graduate students or postdocs interested in enrolling for independent study credit should contact Dr. Colleen McLinn at futurefaculty@cornell.edu as early as possible, but no later than the second week of the corresponding Cornell semester.
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