Come join the last Ed Talk of the quarter!

Tomorrow - February 6th - on Zoom!

Britney Robinson (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator, UCLA Physical Sciences Division) & JoAnn Roberts (Associate Director for JEDI in Teaching, CEILS) present:

Metacognitive approaches to prepare incoming students for STEM majors: Impacts & Lessons Learned from a Physical Sciences Bridge Program 

Are you a UCLA Early Career Faculty in the Sciences? We invite you to join our

Learning Community on Teaching at UCLA

The CEILS team invites you to carve out a little time - one lunch each month - to gather in community and get support from each other on all things related to teaching here at UCLA. This community is designed to support early career faculty across disciplines in the sciences who have joined UCLA within the past 5 years.

All meetings take place on Thursdays in Terasaki Life Sciences Building 1100 from 12:30 - 2pm. Lunch will be provided. Based on the feedback and discussion from the end of fall quarter, the topics this winter will include:

• January 18: Designing for Effective Group Assignments & Activities (Missed this one? Contact jessgregg@ceils.ucla.edu for a consultation if you would like to discuss this topic)
• February 15: Student Engagement Strategies for Large Classes
• March 21: Partnering with Campus Resources to Support Student Well-Being

Please kindly RSVP to let us know which sessions you will be able to attend (so we can order the right amount of food - yum!). Contact jessgregg@ceils.ucla.edu with any questions. Hope you can join!

CBE Life Sciences: Participation in Undergraduate Research Reduces Equity Gaps in STEM Graduation Rates

Many students who enroll in a public U.S. 4-y college will not graduate. The odds of completing a college degree are even lower for students who have been marginalized in higher education, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. Can undergraduate research increase a student’s likelihood of graduating college and close educational equity gaps in college completion?

CBE Life Sciences: Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: A role for affinity groups in promoting social connectivity, self-efficacy, and belonging

Discipline-based education research (DBER) has experienced dramatic growth over recent years, but with growth comes concerns about whether DBER efforts accurately represent the education landscape. By many measures, DBER does not feature a representative range of institutional contexts or a diverse array of voices. Numerous professional development efforts have sought to broaden DBER participation. However, few studies investigate factors that increase engagement by individuals from underrepresented contexts.

UCLA's Teaching & Learning Center: 10+10 Pop-Up Series

This Winter on Tuesdays at 10am, UCLA’s Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) instructional designers are offering a series of seven pop-up sessions on focused, specific topics related to online/hybrid course design. For 10 minutes, we will demo how to do something in your course that will benefit your students’ learning, while simplifying your teaching with Bruin Learn.

• 2/6 - Formatting Canvas module pages
• 2/13 - Using social annotation for reading assignments
• 2/20 - Managing lecture videos and Zoom recordings in Bruin Learn
• 2/27 - New quizzes: What are they, and should I use them?
• 3/5 - Using multi-tool to build modules rapidly

An optional, additional 10 minutes is available for discussion and Q & A.

Zoom link for all sessions: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98654413254?pwd=SXAzcUFsS1VpM0doU0tQUy9hKzdodz09

Inclusive Stem Teaching Project MOOC

(free online course)

The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, a NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program, is hosting a six-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from March 4 - April 26, 2024 via edX. Join our community of over 11,000 faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and staff, and register for our online course this fall. By participating in this course, you will learn how to:

• Advance awareness, self-efficacy, and ability to cultivate inclusive classroom environments;
• Support your development as a reflective, inclusive practitioner;
• Engage in reflection and discussion around topics of equity and inclusion across a variety of institutional contexts;
• Implement inclusive teaching methods in your classes which will remove common barriers and enhance learning in STEM for all students.



Bruin Learn Workshops

Join the BruinLearn Center of Excellence and register for the upcoming training events:



• Group Member Evaluation Using FeedbackFruits
• Developing Student Video Assignments 
• Maximizing Quiz Creation: Tips for Effective Preparation in Bruin Learn! 
• Teaching Smarter, Not Harder: Practical Tips for Effortless Assignments, Discussions, and Grading in Bruin Learn!
• Tracking student progress and understanding results in Peerceptiv

For more information about CEILS events and resources, including a list of STEM education events from previous mailers, please visit the CEILS website at www.ceils.ucla.edu or stop by our CEILS office in 222 Hershey Hall. If you wish to be added to the CEILS mailing list for future newsletters and special announcements, please send your request to media@ceils.ucla.edu. 

Please note, this monthly newsletter is circulated through many departmental listservs. Most other CEILS correspondence, including special event announcements and reminders, are sent to CEILS mailing list recipients only. If you have questions or have difficulty reading this newsletter, please email us at media@ceils.ucla.edu.