Faculty Workshop: TILT - Assignment Adjustments for Equity, Retention and Belonging

TILT: Assignment adjustments for equity, retention, and belonging

Option 1: Tuesday, Feb. 27 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Via Zoom | Zoom link provided upon registration

Option 2: Wed, Feb. 28 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Casey Commons (CASY 530) | Coffee, tea and snacks provided

Co-sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development and Reimagine and Revise the Curriculum

Co-facilitated by Katherine Raichle (Center for Faculty Development) and Jennifer Marrone (Management)

Transparent Design in Learning and Teaching (TILT) is a teaching approach involving a minor redesign of assignments that helps students better understand how and why they are learning course content.

TILT has been shown to benefit both students and faculty. For students, TILT boosts students’ sense of belonging, retention and academic achievement, with additional gains in achievement for students from underrepresented backgrounds. For faculty, implementing TILT results in higher-quality student work, allowing faculty to feel greater satisfaction in their grading and teaching, as well as saved time.

Please remember to bring with you a copy of an upcoming assignment to apply the TILT approach to. You might want to focus on assignments where you’re disappointed with students’ performance, where you get a lot of push-back or questions from students, or where you find student motivation lacking.

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