CTL Faculty Liaison's Monthly - Message #33

Don't miss this Friday's Scholarly Teaching Symposium featuring your colleagues teaching innovations.  The keynote address by Dr. Jillian Kinzie will focus on New Takes on High-Impact Practices (HIPS) to Assure Quality and Equity. Learn more and register.

The IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning seeks proposals from instructors teaching at higher education institutions across Indiana for the 2022 E.C. Moore Symposium on Excellence in Teaching. A key component of the symposium is the communication and sharing of new ideas in teaching and learning. We invite proposals for three types of sessions — interactive, micro-presentations, and TED-like talks — addressing your latest endeavors in teaching. The 2022 E.C. Moore Symposium will be held on Friday, March 4 on Zoom.

Wednesday, October 6 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Douglas Jerolimov and Presenters: Douglas Jerolimov and Richard Turner

A teaching philosophy presents a faculty member’s reflection on the experiences and beliefs that shape his or her teaching and learning strategies. Often used as part of a job application, a promotion and tenure dossier, a teaching award nomination, or course syllabi, a teaching philosophy captures and documents a teacher’s values and aspirations in teaching. This webinar will review one model for structuring a teaching philosophy and will also examine some example philosophies. Webinar participants will take the first steps in articulating their teaching philosophy; those who have already begun to craft a philosophy will have an opportunity to continue that work. This webinar is the 1st webinar in a 3-webinar series designed to introduce faculty and graduate students to the process of creating, refining and documenting one’s teaching practices.

This webinar is one of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online mini-workshops focused on foundational teaching skills, a series of webinars called Teaching Foundations. 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.

Wednesday, October 13 | 1 - 2 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Andi Strackeljahn and Presenters: Anusha S Rao and Andi Strackeljahn

Students find review sessions and recitations most productive when the session leader is responsive to their needs and questions. Determining areas or topics where students need the most support can be difficult. In this webinar, we will discuss strategies for (1) eliciting student questions, (2) collaborative problem-solving, (3) small group discussions, and (4) continuing conversations in informal channels. Join us to see demonstrations from IUPUI instructors, experience a brainstorming activity, and co-create an artifact.
We invite instructors, graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants, peer mentors, and anyone else who facilitates review sessions and recitations to attend this webinar.

This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Instructional Strategies (IS), Instructional Technology (IT).

Wednesday, October 20 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Douglas Jerolimov and Presenters: Douglas Jerolimov and Richard Turner

Documenting a teaching practice becomes much easier if the faculty member can situate the teaching practice amidst best practices, identifying when and how student learning occurs, and identify the kinds of evidence needed to document and measure student learning outcomes. This webinar helps faculty describe learning events for two major categories of student learning experiences. Webinar participants will take first steps to articulating a sequence of learning events for particular assignments. Afterward, faculty members may work with CTL consultants to continue planning efforts to document teaching practices. This webinar is the 2nd webinar in a 3-webinar series designed to introduce faculty and graduate students to the process of creating, refining and documenting one’s teaching practices.

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: Learning Theory (L).

Thursday, October 21 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Jessica Alexander and Presenters: Jessica Alexander and Terri Tarr

Good assessment practices include checking students’ learning on a regular basis during the learning experience. They provide faculty with feedback on what, how much, and how well their students are learning. Instructors can use this feedback to modify their teaching to improve student learning. It helps students reflect on their learning and identify gaps in their knowledge. In this webinar, participants will learn the difference between formative and summative assessment as well as how to implement formative assessment techniques in different teaching contexts and disciplines. Questions and discussion will be encouraged.

This webinar is part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online mini-workshop series focused on foundational teaching skills, Teaching Foundations. 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)