CTL Faculty Liaison's Monthly - Message #45

This year’s symposium will be held on October 7, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., at the University Library and will focus on the theme of “Strengthening Student-Instructor Connections”. The symposium will open with a panel discussion between Ellise Smith, director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Division of Student Affairs and the 2021 Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) Scholars with projects focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The symposium will also feature concurrent session presentations on the theme and a poster session and reception celebrating the successes of the 2021 CEG Scholars. We conclude with a virtual interactive keynote address by Dr. Saundra McGuire on Strengthen Student-Instructor Connections by Teaching Students How to Learn. This year’s symposium is co-sponsored by the IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning, the IUPUI Institute for Engaged Learning, LEAP Indiana, and the Bepko Learning Center.

Thursday, October 6 | 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. | UL1126
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenters: Justin Hodgson and Becky George - Hypothesis Success Lead

Join us as our guest for a lunch and learn about how IUPUI faculty are making reading more active, more visible, and more social using Hypothesis with digital texts in Canvas.

IUPUI’s Hypothesis success lead, Becky George, will show how you can add social annotation right on top of existing course content in Canvas to:

• Develop foundational and advanced skills in reading, writing, and critical thinking,
• Build connections that support community within classes and across campus,
• Encourage peer-to-peer learning and strengthen digital collaboration skills,
• Provide instructors with early and ongoing insight into student engagement, comprehension, and skill development.

Additionally, hear from digital rhetoric and composition scholar Justin Hodgson (IUB English) on how he uses hypothesis in his courses, why his team integrated hypothesis into the IUB writing program (i.e., all ENG-W131 regular and online courses) during the pandemic, and on what they’ve learned about hypothesis with student engagement.

Register now and Hypothesis will send you a credit for the lunch of your choice delivered by GrubHub. Not hungry? Come anyway and bring your questions!

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

Tuesday, October 11 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenters: Lesli Amaya, Randy Newbrough, and Anusha S Rao

The IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) welcomes the opportunity to provide its services and resources to the faculty at the Fort Wayne campus.  This webinar will provide you with an opportunity to hear about the types of services and professional development opportunities the CTL is able to provide and grant opportunities that are open to all IUFW faculty.  We look forward to hearing about your teaching-related professional development interests and to answering any questions you might have.

Wednesday, October 12 | 11 a.m. - 12 noon | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Kimmaree Murday and Presenter: John Ault

Looking for a way to make your course content more accessible and your course more inclusive? This webinar, offered by the IU Campus Teaching and Learning Centers in collaboration with the Assistive Technology and Accessibility Center, will provide a basic understanding of the Seven Simple Steps you can take to improve the accessibility of your course and make changes that will benefit and include all students in the learning process. 

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

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

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)

Wednesday, October 19 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Douglas Jerolimov and Presenters: Douglas Jerolimov and Richard Turner

Documenting one's teaching effectiveness is much easier after an instructor recognizes and can explain the teaching/learning process for an assignment or course. In this session, participants will categorize the learning goal for an assignment or course, and then identify the steps of its teaching/learning process, a sequence of learning events. Participants will then build on this understanding of their learning goal and sequence of learning events to imagine documenting a change made to an assignment. Faculty members may continue to work with CTL consultants to create a plan to document their own course or assignment. This webinar is one of a series of 4 webinars designed to introduce faculty and graduate students to the process of creating, refining, and documenting one’s teaching practices and teacher development.

Thursday, October 20 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Douglas Jerolimov and Presenters: Douglas Jerolimov and Anusha S Rao

Teaching and learning during the pandemic poses unprecedented challenges, including the possibility for disruptions—whether you are teaching in-person, synchronously on Zoom, or completely asynchronously online. This webinar will present various scenarios of disruptions and recommendations to prevent and manage them in different teaching modes.  

This webinar is part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online webinar series focused on foundational teaching skills, Teaching Foundations Webinar Series (previously known as (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: Instructional Strategies (IS)

Wednesday, October 26 | 10 - 11:30 a.m. | UL1126
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenter: Robert Janik

Are you wanting to assess a program or gather data using a survey and don’t know where to start? We can help!

This session will cover a number of topics including questionnaire design, best practices for survey collection, tips for increasing response rates and reporting results.

The presentation will also demonstrate how to find existing survey results from past studies conducted at IUPUI. Maybe the data you are looking for is already out there!

Wednesday, October 26 | 11 a.m. - 12 noon | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Kimmaree Murday and Presenter: Sarah Herpst

Looking for a way to make your course content more accessible? This webinar, offered by the IU campus Teaching and Learning Centers in collaboration with the Assistive Technology and Accessibility Center, will introduce a new tool that is intended to help you create accessible content for your students. Join us as we discuss Anthology Ally and walk you through how it can be leveraged in your Canvas course.

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

Thursday, October 27 | 4 - 5 p.m. | Both in-person--Ashby Room (University Library 2nd level) and zoom
Register » Organizer: Valli Sanghami Shankar Kumar and Presenters: Duaa H Alwan, Valli Sanghami Shankar Kumar, and Alejandro Jaume-Losa

In this Grad CHAT session, you will engage with three experienced graduate student instructors on various topics including classroom management, time management, teaching strategies, grading efficiently, and navigating difficult situations, etc. Join us to share your successes and brainstorm solutions to challenges you face as a TA/instructor. Snacks and refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees.

Graduate teaching assistants and all graduate students interested in teaching and learning are welcome to join the Grad CHAT series to share their expertise and learn more from peers and experts. Grad CHAT- Graduate Student Conversations Happening about Teaching- is a spin-off series to the TA Orientation for TA’s and graduate students.

Each 60-minute session will be led by an experienced graduate student instructor, who will introduce the session’s topic and facilitate an open and informal discussion to exchange ideas and share success stories. The sessions will also feature experts on each topic who will address participants’ questions. Grad CHAT is a hybrid series where graduate students can participate in-person or on Zoom. 

Graduate students who participate in the Grad CHAT series can use their attendance to fulfill the CIRTL Associate-level outcomes. For more information about the CIRTL at IUPUI program, visit our website.