CTL Happenings - Message #415

CTL has teaching-related resources for before the semester begins, during the semester, and as you finish up the semester. Visit the New Faculty Resources on the CTL website.

Are you a new or returning associate faculty member at IUPUI or IUPUC? (Sometimes associate faculty are called part-time or adjunct faculty.) If so, you are invited to the Associate Faculty Teaching Forum. 

This event provides an opportunity to engage in forum-style conversations with your associate faculty colleagues and consultants at the Center for Teaching Learning (CTL) about teaching and technology challenges encountered in the classroom or online. The event will be held September 4, 2018, 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the University Library 0130 and registration for this event is now open.  Read more..

Are you responsible for creating a new asynchronous online course (or revising an existing one) and teaching it in the next academic year? If so, check out our 8-week intensive, interactive online Bootcamp. Learn more about online course design and development while actively developing your own course. See the Online Course Design & Development Bootcamp on the CTL Website for more information.

Click here for registration and more information.

Join us for CUTS: Responding to Student Climate Concerns, an interactive performance which invites participants to think together about the many forces that can shape campus climate both positively and negatively. Using activities and facilitated discussion, participants will recognize the impacts of an 'isolated' bias incident on targeted learners, assess the ways they listen to others' stories about negative experiences, and share strategies for responding to concerns.

This program will be performed by the University of Michigan Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Theatre Program. This event is sponsored by the IU School of Medicine and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Are you interested in being a presenter at the Advancing Technology and Learning with Technology Symposium (ATLT)? Proposals are now being accepted for concurrent sessions, as well as space in the interactive technology “playground” area until 11:59 p.m., Monday, September 10th. To learn more, visit http://atlt.iupui.edu

In this webinar, offered by the Centers for Teaching & Learning, we will explore and discuss the structure of Canvas, IU’s learning management system. The presentation will give instructors an understanding of the interactivity of Canvas tools and how that influences the way courses are set up. 

You will learn how to: 

• share your syllabus 
  
• create and grade assignments 
• communicate with your students
• get to know your students
  
• effectively use Canvas for teaching

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

Are you interested in having online office hours? Holding class while you are out of town? Inviting a guest speaker from anywhere in the world? Have students record their group meetings or dialogues? Zoom might be just the tool for you. IU faculty, staff, and students can use Zoom, a video conferencing and online collaboration tool, to host meetings that anyone can join. In this workshop, we will learn how users access their account, schedule, manage and record meetings, as well as how to use Zoom as an effective conferencing tool. 

This event aligns with the Instructional Technology (IT) competency for the IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program.

As IUPUI begins the process of reviewing general education courses, course coordinators or faculty responsible for preparing course portfolios for review may have questions about the information and materials that need to go into the portfolios. This workshop will provide an overview of the course review process, a review of course portfolio requirements, the process for assembling and submitting the portfolio, and the rubric that will be used to review the course portfolios. Examples from existing course portfolios will be incorporated into the workshop. Questions and discussion will be encouraged. 

Are you new to teaching at IU? Join this webinar to learn about the instructional technologies that can help you get the semester off to a good start.

You will learn how to:

• Share content with students
• Get to know your students
• Teach students about academic integrity
• Collect feedback from students
• Follow up with students who may be at risk
• Stay informed of instructional technology developments at IU

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

Diversity and inclusion play an important role in promoting student learning. Today’s college students are increasingly diverse compared to prior generations.  Traditional teaching strategies have also been shown to lead to lower academic achievement for underserved students compared to majority students even when differences in GPA and other factors are controlled for. By considering the diversity of the classroom and implementing equitable teaching strategies, instructors can increase student learning and sense of belonging for all students, not just those who are underserved. In this webinar, participants will learn how to leverage student diversity and incorporate inclusive teaching strategies in their classrooms. Questions and discussion will be encouraged.

This event aligns with the Instructional Strategies (IS) competency for the IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program.

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 identified teaching practices in appropriate context, and collecting and evaluating evidence of teaching and learning.

Join fellow graduate students and postdocs for the Culturally Responsive Teaching Learning Community. The purpose of this learning community is to critically reflect on the challenges and opportunities of creating an inclusive, equitable learning environment through topics, such as, allyship, cultural competence, and stereotypes. Registrations are now open for Fall 2018 sessions.

If you’re an IUPUI faculty or staff member, this site is your guide to preparing for and managing your classes, creating new programs or changing names of existing ones, reserving classroom space and charging students’ bursar accounts. You can also find the same information that was previously located on the Registrar's website, and much more. To learn more

Teams in the FACET leadership Institute will work on a question related to multiple inequalities in higher education. There is no requirement to be a FACET member to join the Leadership Institute. Learn more about the institute here. Interested full-time faculty members should contact IUPUI FACET liaisons Laura Romito (lromitoc@iu.edu) and Nancy Goldfarb (ngoldfar@iupui.edu) by August 31, 2018.

To promote faculty productivity and well-being, the Forum Network coordinates online writing groups. These writing groups provide encouragement, accountability, and a sense of community while requiring a negligible time investment. Groups are formed at the start of the fall, spring, and first summer semesters. To learn more and to sign up for a group.

The Polis Center at IUPUI is offering a series of free workshops to build data literacy skills and use the SAVI community information system as a resource. SAVI Training is a hands-on curriculum focused on data literacy from end to end. It features four groups of modules that teach one to ask the right questions, find the right data, find meaning in the data, and then use the data to make and communicate decisions. Workshops are offered weekly. Check it out, and share with students.  See upcoming workshops below: 

• Find Meaning in the Data  |  August 23, 8:30-11:30 a.m. - Register
• Tell Stories with Data  |  September 6, 9:00 -11:00 a.m. - Register
• Framing the Problem | September 13, 8:30-10:30 a.m. - Register
• Find Existing Data | September 13, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Register

Are you interested in networking with other graduate and professional students across disciplines while enjoying free music, food, and activities? RSVP now to attend the inaugural graduate and professional student mixer on August 22 at the following:  http://go.iu.edu/24s2.

The Call for Proposals deadline for the National Symposium on Universal Design in Instruction and Learning (NSUDIL) is August 30, 2018. This event will be held November 16 - 17, 2018 in Columbus, Indiana. Keynote speakers will be Drs. Sheryl Burgstahler and Loui Lord Nelson, both of whom are experts in the field of Universal Design in Instruction and Learning. 

We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, and brief panel discussions. 

The symposium will be comprised of two concurrent tracks, a Higher Education track and a Teacher Education track. We welcome proposals for either or both of the tracks and that align with any of the following themes: 

• Universal Design for Instruction
• Universal Design for Learning
• Teaching all Learners
• Transparent Teaching
• Active Learning Environments
• Design Thinking in Teaching and Learning 

A reduced registration fee of $125 will be offered to those selected to present.  For more information on the symposium, visit the NSUDIL webpage.   To submit a proposal, visit the online submission form page.  Direct any questions to Karen Garrity.

Mack Fellows join the community of Mack Center SoTL scholars. Fellows not only work on their own research with the mentorship of the community, but also have additional opportunities for collaborating on additional research projects. The call for proposals is  posted on the FACET website. Click here for more information on Mack Fellow Proposals. 

Back by popular demand! This three-session series is designed to train participants to communicate complex scientific topics more effectively to non-experts like patients, learners, lawmakers, and funders. This program is free and open to all IUSM and IUPUI faculty and graduate students.

The Communicating Science program is part of IU's affiliation with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, in partnership with the IU School of Medicine, IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning, IUPUI Department of Communication Studies, and the IUPUI School of Science.  

All participants are asked to commit to the entire three workshop series, as each session builds upon the previous. The cohort will meet on October 18, October 25, and November 1.   Please note: if you REGISTER for this event, you will be registered for all three sessions.  

Session 1: Oct. 18, 4:00- 6:00 p.m.: Connecting With Your Audience

Session 2: Oct 25, 4:00- 6:00 p.m.: Distilling Your Message

Session 3: Nov 1, 4:00- 6:00 p.m.: Media Training for Scientists and Physicians

This event is sponsored by the Professional Development. If you have questions about this event please contact the office at (317) 278-3089 or by email at fapdd@iu.edu.

The 23rd Annual Facet Associate Faculty and Lecturer Conference (FALCON) will take place on November 9-10, 2018, at the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre. The theme is Successful Strategies for Student Engagement: Sometimes it’s the little things. Gwynn Mettetal, IU South Bend, Chancellor’s Professor of Psychology and Education and founding Director of the University Center for Excellence in Teaching, will give the Robin Hass-Birky Keynote. On Friday evening, a plenary will be given by Ange Cooksey, Senior Lecturer Humanities and Coordinator of the Philosophy Program.   Click here for FALCON 2018 Registration. 

There are a variety of ways faculty, staff, and administrators can enhance their knowledge and share their expertise in global and intercultural learning this year. The Office of International Affairs has a small fund available to offset a portion of the associated costs of these professional development opportunities.

For information about the opportunities, click here: http://international.iupui.edu/global-learning/grants

For information about funding, contact Dr. Leslie A. Bozeman, Director of Curriculum Internationalization lbozeman@iupui.edu.

Save The Dates:  Thursday - Saturday, June 6 - 8, 2019 for the 8th Annual Conference of the Peer-Led Team Learning International Society.  Watch for the Call for Presentations that will be posted by September 1, 2018 at www.pltlis.org.  This event is hosted by IUPUI STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (SEIRI).  For more information:  info@pltlis.org

Lang, J. (2018, July, 30). How to prepare for class without over-preparing. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://goo.gl/JQj4Jt. 

Ensuring complete content coverage, excellent student evaluations, and keeping students engaged without running out of material are some reasons that can drive faculty to over-prepare for classes. This article presents tried and tested strategies that you can use to make class prep enjoyable and optimal, given the competing demands on your academic positions.