Learning to be Better Teachers - Schedule
The 2021 Learning to be Better Teachers conference will be hosted virtually throughout the month beginning with a half-day session on January 11. Additional workshops will be available during the month of January and are listed below.
January 11, 2021
12:00-1:00 PM Keynote Address
Innovators’ DNA: Nurturing It in the Academy
Elizabeth Armstrong, PhDDirector for Education Programs, Harvard Medical International
Director of the Harvard-Macy Institute, Harvard Medical International
Associate Professor in Pediatrics (Medical Education), Harvard Medical School
LTBBT Dates for the Remainder of January
January 13: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Teaching with the Brain in Mind
Holly Gooding, MD
Participants will work collaboratively to learn to create teaching exercises consistent with evidence from the cognitive and social sciences.
January 14: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Zooming in on the Virtual Learning: Best Strategies for Engaging Learners
Yelena Burklin, MD and Sarah Varghese, MD
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:• Analyze which interactive virtual activities are available using the Zoom platform,
• Evaluate the most applicable digital teaching options that can be applied to a given cohort of learners
• Create your own virtual session template
January 21: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Mobile Interface Scavenger Hunt
Sivan Ben-Moshe, MD and Emily Pinto Taylor, MD
This workshop will show you how to create mobile learning using scavenger hunt applications.
January 21: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
CLASS FULL: Fundamentals of Educational Scholarship Series (2)
Linda Lewin, MD and others
Part 2 of 3. This workshop is designed to help you get started with educational scholarship by learning to articulate an answerable question, identify a feasible study design, and develop a project plan. Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Educational Scholarship Series part 1.
January 25: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Introduction to Instructional Design
Munish Luthra, MD, FCCP and Delores Llyod, RN, BMTCN
Instructional Design is a process or systematic approach to developing the various learning courses or programs by integrating learning theories, content expertise and technology. This workshop is designed to introduce learners to instructional designs with special emphasis on 'Gagne’s nine levels of instruction'.
January 27: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Engage! Strategies to Promote Active Learning
Devon Greene, MD and Jamika Hallman-Cooper, MD
This workshop will help you to apply theories of adult learning when designing and planning educational sessions, describe techniques to promote audience engagement during educational sessions, and develop plans for active learning appropriate to their group of learners and teaching environment.
January 28: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Teaching Social Justice Advocacy to Learners Utilizing a Universal Design for Learning Lens
Erica D. Marshall Lee, PhD and Ulemu Luhanga, MSc, MEd, PhD
This session will introduce strategies to teach social justice advocacy (SJA) to learners utilizing enhanced teaching and learning modalities following Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines. By the end of the session, participants will be able to (1) define social justice advocacy, (2) apply UDL guidelines to teaching scenarios, and (3) outline strategies to increase learners' SJA attitudes and behaviors.
January 28: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
CLASS FULL: Fundamentals of Educational Scholarship Series (3)
Linda Lewin, MD and others
Part 3 of 3. This workshop is designed to help you get started with educational scholarship by learning to articulate an answerable question, identify a feasible study design, and develop a project plan. Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Educational Scholarship Series part 1 and 2.