TI 0998 - Designing a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience

Course Description

This badge provides proven strategies, resources, exemplars and critical friendships for instructors in designing course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). Participants will proceed step-by-step toward (re)envisioning class or lab-based activities as an independent or collaborative research project for students. Participants will begin with uncovering the tenets and benefits of undergraduate research as an experiential learning approach and how to build a course-based community of researchers in online or in-person contexts. You will identify teaching assumptions, disciplinary-specific methods and your goals for students through exercises, group discussions and contemplation. You will have opportunities to compare and critique existing CURE activities, descriptions and assessment protocols to inform the development of their own context-relevant designs. You will be coached to confidently surface ideas and share considerations as they determine what activities and logistics will work for implementing original and captivating CUREs in the courses you deliver. Learning objectives:

•    Describe key features of providing quality undergraduate research experiences including benefits for students
•    Design teaching activities and set accompanying logistics to involve active and iterative student learning via research
•    Consider opportunities for students to collaborate and/or involve community-engaged learning
•    Formulate a means to cultivate a research community within a course, either in-person or online
•    Articulate a dissemination activity for students to share their research beyond the class
•    Design a critical reflection and/or authentic assessment protocol to consolidate students’ research-based learning

Delivery

This bade is offered online in an asynchronous format with three synchronous sessions. Attendance for the following synchronous sessions is mandatory for completing the badge:

• Thursday July 31, 2025 from 10:00am - 11:30am 
• Thursday August 7, 2025 from 10:00am - 11:30am
• Thursday August 14, 2025 from 10:00am - 11:30am 

Registration Information

• This badge is open and free-of-cost to all current postdoctoral scholars and academic staff with the University of Calgary
• For recent graduates: If you began work on your Certificate prior to completing your postdoctoral studies at the University of Calgary, you may take up to one year after your graduation to complete your Certificate
• This badge is not accepting the registration of external participants i.e. individuals not affiliated with the University of Calgary

Please note: Registration will close 2 business days prior to the course start date. Participants will be contacted with relevant course information via email – as well as enrolled on D2L – on the day the badge begins.