CTL Happenings - Message #424

A best practice is to formulate and put your teaching philosophy into writing. However, it can be challenging. This workshop will enable anyone who teaches to begin a step-wise process based on critical reflection to discover and articulate their teaching philosophy. Participants will receive a workbook to guide them through completing the process on their own. This event is co-sponsored by FACET. Click here for more information and to register.

A new Canvas quizzing tool called Quizzes.Next has been enabled, so you can begin experimenting with it and possibly using it in low-stakes course activities. (The existing Quizzes tool remains available for your use.) Learn more.

How can we encourage students to engage deeply in all of their potential learning experiences, whether in the classroom or in experiential or informal settings? How can we design in- and out-of-class learning opportunities that will elicit student engagement? 

In this workshop, participants will consider ways to close the divide between traditional academic learning experiences and those in the workplace and community.  Participants will then participate in a series of activities that allow them to apply the ideas to design a meaningful, evidence-based approach in their own context. 

Engage your students with this innovative pedagogy that puts students in the past, playing historical roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas.  Reacting to the Past draws students into the past, promotes engagement with big ideas, and improves intellectual and academic skills.  In this workshop, play an abbreviate game, learn about game setup, game play, how to be an effective gamemaster, and incorporating reflection into the classroom. 

Materials and a role assignment will be provided in advance, please allow time prior to the workshop to prepare your role.  This workshop is free and includes lunch.

Have you heard of IUPUI+ but aren’t sure how or if to incorporate IUPUI+ in your courses or programs? In this workshop, you will learn what IUPUI+ is, how it was developed, and why it’s important for our students. You also will find out how and where IUPUI+ should be implemented. Resources will be shared to assist you in incorporating IUPUI+ in programs, courses, assignments, or learning experiences.

This workshop is also offered on the following dates:

• Wed., Nov. 7, 2018, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Register 
• Mon., Nov 19, 2018, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Register
• Tue., Nov. 27, 2018, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Register

In this webinar, Kelley professor Lin Zheng will share her experience of teaching a global business course using CourseNetworking (CN). In this course, students used CN ePortfolio to document their study abroad journey to China and communicate with their instructor and peers. Professor Lin Zheng will discuss their use of CN ePortfolio, showcase students' ePortfolios and share her thoughts on enhancing international learning as part of the RISE initiative. 

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.

This workshop is being offered in two formats: in person and online.  When you register, you will be prompted to choose how you would like to attend.

In this webinar, instructors will share how they used Piazza to deliver supplemental course content, host discussions, help students collaborate online to solve problems, and measure participation. Piazza enables students to share explanations to problems and misunderstandings that arise on the homework, thereby ensuring that small technical issues do not derail student progress. 

Instructors can provide hints, endorse answers, and add comments to build a complete response to a question. Students can post follow-up questions if the response was not enough to get them past the trouble spot. This helps to establish a learning community where students are helping one another. Instructors can also use Piazza to encourage, record and measure participation for specific discussion topics. Measuring and incentivizing participation fairly and effectively is challenging, but Piazza can help.

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

Presenters from across the country share their expertise on teaching and learning topics in STEM education to prepare graduate students for future faculty careers. Sign up for a free CIRTL network account to enroll in upcoming CIRTL cross-network courses and events.

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. See the workshops offered below: 

• Framing the Problem | October 18, 8:30-10:30 a.m. - Register
• Find Existing Data | October 18, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Register
• Avoid Data Pitfalls   |  November 1, 9:00-11:00 a.m. - Register
• Find Meaning in the Data   |   November 15, 8:30-10:30 a.m. – Register

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.

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

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

Myths arise as a way to explain the reality we experience. In the teaching of chemistry, two myths that exist are concerned with how long students can pay attention in lecture, or why C students don’t succeed at a higher level. 
As scientists we know that the best way to explain something is through investigation. The same is true with understanding student learning and the associated student behaviors that we see in undergraduate chemistry courses.

This talk will present research we have published in the learning of chemistry that will challenge the prevailing myths of why students experience difficulty in undergraduate chemistry courses including how long they can pay attention in lecture, what we can do to influence their attention span, as well as looking at how C students study and subsequently solve problems that result in uneven success in chemistry. More Information/Registration.

Registration is open for FACET’s Associate Faculty and Lecturer Conference which will be held on November 9-10 at the Sheraton Indianapolis Center. More information and registration is available on the FACET website.

Register now for the National Symposium on Universal Design in Instruction and Learning (NSUDIL).   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. 

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.

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

Soisson, A. (2018, October 16). Seven bricks to lay the foundation for productive difficult dialogues. Faculty Focus. https://goo.gl/f3pBHa.

This article provides strategies for in-class dialogues that were planned but did not go particularly well; in-class hot moments that were not anticipated and that the faculty member did not feel equipped to handle; and difficult dialogues that happen during office hours or outside of class.