CTL Faculty Liaison's Monthly - Message #24

Three new Small Teaching Online Faculty Learning Communities will begin the last week of January 2021. Flower Darby’s book, Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes will serve as a guide to generate reflection and discussion. All participants will receive a free copy of the book.

FLC #11: Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Jan 26, Feb 2, 9, 16, and 23. Facilitator: Aimee Zoeller, Register 

FLC #12: Wednesdays, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. on Jan 27, Feb 10, 24, Mar 10, and 24. a.m. Facilitator: Lisa Contino. Register 

FLC #13: Fridays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Jan 29, Feb 5, 12, 19, and 26. Facilitator: Darrell Nickolson. Register

Speed Dating with Learning Technologies is exactly what it sounds like—a matchmaking event that encourages participants to "date" a range of potential tools and services, gaining exposure to a lot of resources within a short period of time. At each session, participants will have around 9 minutes to "speed date" (i.e., learn about) a specific tool or service before meeting their next "date."  Spring 2021 topics are as follows:

• STEM
• Health, Education, and Welfare
• Business, Law, and Public Affairs
• Arts, Humanities, Language & Culture

For more information and to register for an upcoming session, go to https://depi.iu.edu/events/speed-dating/.

Wednesday, January 27 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Anusha S. Rao and Presenters: Jessica Alexander and Anusha S Rao

Assessing student learning during the pandemic has motivated many instructors to consider flexible, equitable, and creative alternatives to traditional assessments such as exams. In this webinar, you will discuss strategies to design alternative assessments that are aligned to course learning outcomes. You will also consider the benefits and challenges of alternative assessments in your teaching context and review examples of alternate assessments in various disciplines.

This webinar is part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online mini-workshop series focused on foundational teaching skills, Teaching@IUPUI. Designed for new faculty, adjunct faculty, graduate students, and those looking for a refresher on good teaching practices, the webinars are short, with a brief presentation interspersed with opportunities for interaction and questions. Grounded in current research, the workshops address various teaching topics and provide participants with strategies and resources to make instruction more effective, efficient, and enjoyable. Sessions are scheduled with the time of semester in mind, to keep topics relevant for faculty needs at that time.

This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Assessment Methods and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (A)

Thursday, January 28 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Douglas Jerolimov and Presenters: Douglas Jerolimov and Richard Turner

Faculty who seek to refine and promote their teaching efforts may document their work through the development of a teaching portfolio, a site where faculty engage in reflective practice to measure the effectiveness of, and to refine, their teaching practices. This webinar introduces faculty to the teaching portfolio and to the several interrelated tasks that yield the teaching portfolio's elements: developing a teaching philosophy, identifying specific teaching practices to explore, document, and to improve, situating an identified teaching practices in an appropriate context, and collecting and evaluating evidence of teaching and learning.