Joining a Circle
The first step in the Fellowship experience is to join a Circle. Each Circle focuses on effective teaching in specific areas such as:
Online Teaching Foundation
Evidence-based Teaching
Teaching with OER & OER-enabled Pedagogy
Active Learning
Belonging & Inclusive Teaching
This extended experience empowers you to develop your instructional practice with support from a peer community. Typically your Circle will include 10-12 other faculty as well as a Facilitator who will support and guide you through the Fellowship.
How Do Lumen Circles Work?
- Set Goals. Identify how you want to develop your teaching practice.
- Build Skills. Expand your teaching repertory, learn to work smarter, and deepen your understanding of effective practices.
- Teach and reflect. Apply what you’re learning, consider how it’s working for your students and where to improve.
- Share in your circles. Connect with peers, exchange feedback, and collect new ideas.
Recognize growth and progress. Track progress towards goals as you incorporate new practices.
Watch the following video to hear about joining a Lumen Circle from facilitators and former fellows.
Reflection: Make Space to Think about Teaching
As you heard from the video, central to the fellowship is the opportunity to reflect on your instructional practice while pursuing specific goals about how you’d like to expand your capabilities. Let’s practice exploring your current approach to teaching by taking this short questionnaire.
Now you know what it means to join a Lumen Circle, we suggest taking a tour of the virtual learning community where your Circle activities take place.