CTL Happenings - Message #347

The Mosaic Faculty Fellows program provides an opportunity, over the course of a full academic year, for faculty to engage in active learning practices in their own teaching and with other Mosaic Fellows, as well as contribute towards the development of learning spaces across Indiana University. For more information and to download the application: https://uits.iu.edu/mosaic

Application deadline for IUPUI Fellows is May 19, 2017.

As IUPUI begins the process of reviewing general education courses over the coming academic year, faculty who teach these courses will want to be prepared to put together a course portfolio with the elements needed for the course review. This brown bag workshop will examine the rubric that will be used to review general education courses, the information and documents needed for the review, and the process for assembling a course portfolio as well as show two examples of course portfolios that have been put together to pilot the review process.

NOTE:  This workshop will also be given on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 12 noon - 1:30 p.m.  For more information and to register for the April 18th workshop, click here.

This webinar is designed to help faculty consider best practices for evaluating course effectiveness. Evaluation refers to the process of determining whether student learning objectives or course outcomes are met. We will address the following questions:

• How do you develop an evaluation plan?
• What is formative versus summative evaluation?
• What are common data collection techniques?
• What are acceptable data analysis procedures?
• How can you ensure that your results are reliable?
• What should you do with your findings?

The presenters will include examples of STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (SEIRI) evaluation projects that will enable attendees to apply these questions to their teaching contexts.

In this webinar, the IUPUI CyberLab team will introduce their most recent invention, a life-long student ePortfolio tool, called CN Social Portfolio. This academic, social-networking based ePortfolio supports easy creation and distribution, empowering students to showcase their experience and achievements, get more engaged in their learning, and prepare for job applications.  

CN Social Portfolio is available to all IU students, and can be accessed through Canvas. This webinar will introduce unique features that the CN Social Portfolio offers (visual resume, badges and micro-certifications, student showcases, etc) and will present student ePortfolio examples.

VoiceThread is a tool for enhancing student engagement in online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses. With VoiceThread, instructors and/or students can create, share, and comment on a variety of file formats included PowerPoint, videos, and other types of media.

In this webinar, Kristen Needler, Clinical Assistant Professor, will showcase how she utilizes VoiceThread in her classroom to help students share and reflect upon their personal nursing practice. This session is intended for advanced to first-time users of VoiceThread as a general overview of the tool's functionality and integration with Canvas will also be included. Come learn about the innovative teaching fellow IU faculty are engaged in and how you may integrate VoiceThread into your own courses.

After a university-wide pilot, Top Hat has been selected as Indiana University's new student response system. TurningPoint Cloud will continue to be available for spring and summer terms, but will no longer be supported in fall 2017.  

Top Hat is an interactive, cloud-based teaching platform, which enables professors to actively engage students inside and outside the classroom with compelling content, tools and activities.  

Top Hat will be hosting a launch party with food and beverages provided. Drop in anytime to chat with the Top Hat representatives and enjoy refreshments.

After a university-wide pilot, Top Hat has been selected as Indiana University's new student response system. TurningPoint Cloud will continue to be available for spring and summer terms, but will no longer be supported in fall 2017.  

Top Hat is an interactive, cloud-based teaching platform, which enables professors to actively engage students inside and outside the classroom with compelling content, tools and activities.  

Top Hat will be hosting a training and demonstration event following the Launch Party for those interested in learning more details and experiencing the platform first hand. Please bring a personal device (smart phone, tablet, laptop, etc.) with you to this event.

As IUPUI begins the process of reviewing general education courses over the coming academic year, faculty who teach these courses will want to ensure that they are prepared to assemble a course portfolio for the review of their course. This workshop will review the process of aligning course student learning outcomes with IUPUI General Education Competency Domains, statewide competency domains and learning outcomes, and of designing and assessing their assignments in alignment with those outcomes. It also will examine the rubric that will be used to review general education courses, the information and documents needed for the review, and the process for assembling a course portfolio. Finally, two examples of course portfolios that have been put together to pilot the review process will be shown and discussed.

We have a new series of webinars to help you get up and running with Zoom, IU’s new video conferencing tool.  

To get started, you can attend the following:

Ready to Zoom even higher? Attend our Zoom: Getting More from Your Experience workshop.  

Watch for additional offerings related to Zoom coming later this spring and during the summer months .

Learn how to use Canvas, IU's new Learning Management System, at your own pace or in a guided tutorial. The Center for Teaching and Learning, along with IT Training, offers a wide variety of workshops and webinars to help faculty set up Canvas sites for summer and fall semesters.

Upcoming workshops:

• Canvas:  First Look (May 1)
• Canvas:  Assignments and Grading (May 2)
• Canvas:  Organizing Content with Pages and Modules Tool (May 3)
• Canvas:  First Look (May 8)
• Canvas;  Canvas Assignments and Grading (May 8)

Oncourse to Canvas Migration Support

If you have been teaching in Oncourse and are ready to make the move to Canvas, here are some resources you may find helpful:

• Read Using the Canvas Migration Tool Knowledge Base
• Request a consultation with a Consultant
• Request a Canvas Workshop for your school, department or program

• The Teaching@IUPUI webinar, An Introduction to Course Evaluation and Assessment, will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  Click here for more information and to register.

•Sign up for a CIRTL network account to enroll in upcoming CIRTL cross-network courses, workshops, and events.

• All -Network TAR Presentations will be offered on Monday, April 17 at 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Click here to register for this event.

This workshop is designed for faculty new to service learning or who want a more sound understanding of it as a high-impact pedagogical practice. During the workshop, we will define service learning, discuss the role and importance of critical reflection in service learning, and go over key aspects of community-project planning.

Do your students struggle with finding, evaluating, and using sources? If your course relies on materials not straight from the student's head, this workshop is for you! We will work through building Information Literacy concepts into assignments. This workshop will be presented by the Gateway Information Literacy Community of Practice in collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning.  

Click here to register and get tickets for this workshop.

The Community of Practice on Intercultural Learning sponsored by the Gateway to Graduation Program will be hosting the Spring Gateway Retreat that will focus on intercultural learning. This event will feature world-renowned keynote speaker, Hans deWit, Ph.D. from Boston College Center for International Higher Learning.  The following is a list of the presentations and workshops by campus faculty and staff with passion and experience for intercultural learning.  

• Universal Design for an Inclusive Classroom:  Engaging Students from Multiple Backgrounds (Honnor Orlando, Bronwen Maxson)
• What is DACA and What is a Sanctuary Campus (Kim Stewart Brinston, Angela Adams)
• Global Learning in Classrooms - Activities and Findings (Lingma Acheson)
• International Learning in the Classroom and Curriculum (Leslie Bozeman)
• How to Develop a Study Abroad Course (Stephanie Leslie, Kevanne Monkhouse)
• Diversity and Inclusion (Dennis Rudnick)
  

Tickets for this event are available by clicking here.  For questions, contact Estela Ene or Patrick Gentry.

The 9th Annual, Connecting Campuses with Communities Conference will be held Monday, May 15th through Friday, May 19th, 2017. Featured Facilitators will be Dr. Patrick, Director, Center for Experiential Learning at Loyola University, Chicago, and Dr. Julie Hatcher, Executive Director, Center for Service and Learning, IUPUI.

The conference will include a Service Learning Institute, May 15th – May 17th, and a Research Academy on May 17th through May 19th. For additional information and to register, click here.

The Call for Proposals for the 2nd IU Online Conference is now open. IU Online is seeking proposals from IU faculty and staff from across the state who
are innovators and collaborators in the online space. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m., Thursday, June 1, 2017.  Read more: https://teachingonline.iu.edu/events/conference2017

Participants will share best practices for teaching and learning with Canvas, discuss recent and upcoming enhancements, and network with other Canvas users.  The agenda is jam-packed with insights from educators, innovators, and thought leaders in both higher education and K-12.

CanvasCon is Monday, June 12, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in the IUPUI Campus Center.  It is sponsored by Instructure, and co-hosted by UITS and the IU School of Education at IUPUI.  Registration is only $49 and includes breakfast, lunch, and the closing reception.  To register and more information, click here.

Gooblar, D. (2016, June 29). Learning more about active learning. Chronicle of Higher Education. https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1457-learning-more-about-active-learning 

Read this article for a discussion of evidence suggesting that in order to use active learning strategies effectively, you need to know how to use them well.