UCSD Teaching + Learning Commons

Join us for this workshop where we will examine the current models of education and reimagine ways to make teaching more equitable, encouraging student growth, and promoting critical thinking. Link to register: https://ucsd.zoom.us//register/tJMrcuypqz8rGtGP7raisG1MnRv

Two graduate instructors who served as teaching assistants for 2020 Summer Bridge share their experience. (http://ow.ly/kCd750Dh5QR) Learn more about Summer Bridge and how it can support our students. http://ow.ly/qH7b50Dh5QQ.

Join us to learn how to create fair and high-quality assessments to accurately measure students’ knowledge, and promote academic integrity. Tuesday, January 26, 11am-12:30pm.

Updated fall 2019 tutor schedules (BIBC added)

Today we celebrate the success of our first-generation college students, faculty, and staff! #FirstGen #FirstGenDay

The election may be over, but there are still opportunities to enact change. How are you using civic engagement and social responsibility on campus? [Image description: photo of a blurry crowd with a microphone, in the corner there is a blue triangle with the Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility competency icon. Below that there is text that reads, "How are you practicing civic engagement and social responsibility on campus?"]

The deadline for Fall CCR submissions is this Friday, November 6th! We still have drop in hours if you have any last-minute questions at eltweek5sipandsubmit.youcanbook.me. [Image description: yellow background, in every corner there are blue crisscrossing lines. There are two yellow stopwatches in the corners. The text says "CCR Submission deadline, November 6th"]

Tomorrow, EVC Simmons will host a faculty panel entitled Election 2020: What Now? What Next? from 4:00-5:00. This webinar aims to provide expert perspective and nonpartisan information to help reduce election-related anxieties in the UC San Diego community, set the record straight on misinformation that may be circulating, and help encourage everyone to trust the process of vote-counting that may be ongoing in the coming days. Please register here: https://calendar.ucsd.edu/event/-5fa09b595573c1.08055609

Want to learn more about quantum numbers and electron configurations? Gain new strategies and friendships to help you master your chemistry course? Come practice your skills at our interactive chemistry workshops! Register at aah.ucsd.edu!

What is The Plug? It’s a collaboration between the Writing Hub and the Black Resource Center geared toward Black students at UCSD. Join us for our third and final installment this quarter and learn about the Ford Fellowship. Hope to see you there!

To support students in remote learning the Academic Achievement Hub provides tutoring for students outside of pacific time zones. Visit us at aah.ucsd.edu to schedule a session!

Thank you to our student veterans! #UCSDVeteransWeek

Happy Spooky Season from your friends at Engaged Learning Tools! Stay safe this Halloweekend! [Image description: Jack O’Lanterns and CCR logos line the back, semitransparent. The text Happy Halloween is sitting over it in spooky letters]

Have questions about submitting your CCR opportunity? It is not too late! Come to the ELT Team's Sip & Submit office hours. Sign up at eltweek5sipandsubmit.youcanbook.me [Image description: yellow background with the text "Panicking about CCR position submissions? Sign up for a Sip and Submit session" above is a meme with three boxes, one is a panicked face with the text "I don't know how to submit my CCR activity for approval" then there is a calm face with the text "I found the form" and then an even more panicked face with the text "I don't know how to fill out the form"]

Preparing for your chemistry midterms? Want to learn new skills and strategies to help you master your chemistry course? Come practice your skills at our interactive chemistry workshops! Register at aah.ucsd.edu!

What is The Plug? It's a collaboration between the Writing Hub and the Black Resource Center geared toward Black students at UCSD. At these virtual workshops, students will 1.) learn about a funded academic opportunity 2.) get writing support for the application from highly-trained tutors 3.) Leave with a clear sense of how to assemble a successful application. Our next workshop will feature TRELS opportunities. Hope to see you there!

Check out the Writing Hub’s latest workshop. Go to writinghub.ucsd.edu for links to register!

You have seen all the competencies, now see which competency describes you best! Take the quiz at tinyurl.com/competencyquiz. [Image description: light blue background with text reading, which competency are you? With a graphic blue box that says take quiz and a white hand pointing to the box as if clicking on it. The bottom of the image displays the quiz link, tinyurl.com/competencyquiz]