July 9, 2025
Creating Authentic Learning Environments
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July 9, 2025
This interactive session is designed to help Graduate Teaching Assistants develop teaching practices that foster authentic learning experiences. Participants will explore strategies for managing students’ cognitive load when teaching advanced concepts, understanding higher education learning contexts, and implementing collaborative learning techniques.
Learning Goals
Design learning environments that acknowledge and respect student experiences.
Apply collaborative learning strategies that engage students authentically with course content.
Implement teaching practices that balance knowledge-centered and learner-centered approaches.
Develop techniques for creating multiple entry points for student engagement.
Facilitator: Danielle Cadet, Doctoral Student in Human Development and Family Studies
Get Stuff Done with GROW
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July 9, 2025
Are you having a hard time getting things off your to do list? Would you benefit from a dedicated space and being around others to find motivation and productivity? If so, please join us in a structured community space for supporting goal achievement. We will start at 1pm with a brief time of connecting and sharing goals. We will then have two sessions of about 50 minutes where everyone will work on their individual goals with a 10-minute break in between. You can come for one or both sessions or just stop in at any point. We will offer a hybrid option upon request.
Please reach out to Clara Graucob, GROW GA, for more information at graucobc@msu.edu. Whether it’s your dissertation, classwork, emails, a crafting project, or brushing up your CV, let’s help each other help each other Get Stuff Done! No RSVP needed.
