Fall 2010: Research Mentor Training Seminar
This seminar is designed for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty across the CIRTL Network who desire to improve their skills in mentoring. In this seminar, you will learn to:
- Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your mentoring
- Help provide your mentees with a better research experience
- Improve your mentees' research productivity
- Reduce your frustration in mentoring
Through facilitated discussions using a format based on collaboration and collective problem solving, you will learn about different mentoring styles and strategies for developing confidence, independence, creativity, and communication skills in your mentees. You will read articles and case studies, compare your goals with those of your mentees, explore time management strategies, and further develop your mentoring philosophy. Rather than adding to the time you will spend mentoring, this seminar is designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your mentoring.
Overview
Course type: Online web-conference, synchronous graduate seminar
Host institutions: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Instructors: Chris Pfund, UW-Madison, Delta Program in Research, Teaching and Learning, Jenny Knight, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Dates: Wednesdays, September 29 – December 1
Meeting times:
Technology Requirements
This course will use interactive web and teleconferencing technology.
- Individual access to a computer in a quiet location with a high-speed internet connection
- Hardware: http://www.cirtl.net/courses/equipment
- Skype - Skype is used as a back-up connection system. If students have problems connecting to the Elluminate room they can then contact the instructor or other facilitators to troubleshoot. Instructors may also require that students meet outside of class in Elluminate to complete assignments (varies from course to course)
- This course will use Elluminate to connect students via web-conference. Elluminate requires that your computer have a compatible Java software version installed on your computer.
Please follow this link for a first-time user's system setup and to test your system's compatibility.
Accessibility
We strive to be inclusive of anyone interested in participating in ouractivities, programs, and courses. If you have specific accessibilityneeds, please let us know in advance so that we may make the necessary accommodations.
Course Credit
Students may participate with or without credit, as they prefer. The course work is equivalent to a 1 credit course. Graduate students at campuses other than the host institution who are interested in receiving course credit are encouraged to work with their local CIRTL Network campus leaders or advisors to receive independent study credit. We strive to be inclusive of anyone interested in participating in our activities, programs, and courses. If you have specific accessibility needs, please let us know in advance so that we may make the necessary accommodations.
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