CTL Happenings - Message #449

The long-anticipated faculty space for collaboration is nearing completion! The Faculty Crossing will be a space where faculty can collaborate on teaching, technology, and innovative, cross-disciplinary approaches to student learning.

Come join us for refreshments and a tour of the Faculty Crossing and meet the Forum Fellows who will be designing programming for this space. You may also tour CTL 2.0, the newly renovated Center for Teaching and Learning space.  Please send us an RSVP for this event. 

The CTL, in partnership with the Institute for Engaged Learning, will offer the 2019 High-Impact Practices Course Design Institute this summer! Faculty who currently use or want to implement one or more of the following HIPs in their first-year experience course(s): project-based learning, global learning, learning communities, and ePortfolios are encouraged to apply.

Applications are due May 13, 2019. For more information about the institute and to apply, visit http://go.iu.edu/24ZH.

At this event, organized as a number of forum sessions, associate faculty join their colleagues from other departments to brainstorm and explore different strategies to approach commonly encountered teaching issues. The AFTF event will take place on the evening of Wednesday, September 18, 2019 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., in the University Library (UL), in and about the offices of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).

The call for proposals for the CTL’s Advancing Teaching and Learning with Technology (ATLT) Symposium (taking place Friday, November 8, 2019) is now open.

We are soliciting proposals for 30- minute concurrent sessions. This year, you can choose between a traditional presentation (with a Q&A period), or a hands-on session with time for experimentation.

We’re also bringing back the popular technology playground, where you can have more informal interactions with small groups.  Visit http://atlt.iupui.edu by June 3, 2019 to submit a proposal. 

The Profiles of Learning for Undergraduate Success (IUPUI+), our new institutional undergraduate learning outcomes, have replaced the Principles of Undergraduate Learning (PULs) and Principles of Co-Curricular Learning (PCLs). They are written with an active orientation, using student-facing language, and are applicable to all student-facing units. Administrators of all undergraduate programs, and instructors of general education courses and capstone courses, are expected to be among the first to map their learning outcomes to IUPUI+.

In this hands-on workshop, facilitators will provide a brief overview of IUPUI+, share examples of academic and co-curricular programs and courses that already have been mapped, and introduce tools, resources, and processes that participants can use to map their own learning outcomes. Participants are expected to bring copies of or have access to their own learning outcomes during the workshop so they can begin to map their program or course learning outcomes to IUPUI+. Ample time will be given for participants to engage in discussion and ask questions.

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.

This workshop introduces faculty and staff to the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric and to the QM Process. Quality Matters is a nationally recognized quality assurance organization for online course design, and the QM Process is a faculty-led peer review process that uses the research-based standards (criteria)  of the QM Rubric to certify online courses. Eventually, many online courses within the IU system will undergo the QM Process with the goal of achieving national QM recognition. Faculty may also use the QM Rubric as a guide to design online courses. And, for faculty who are interested, this course serves as a pre-requisite for QM's Peer Reviewer Course, which is a required course for faculty who seek certification as a QM Peer Reviewer, allowing them to participate in QM course reviews for courses created here at IU and at other universities.

The workshop will be offered at IUPUI as an in-person workshop, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, with a one hour break for lunch.  Participants are free to bring their own lunch or to take advantage of the many options available on campus. To receive the QM certificate of completion for this workshop, participants must be present for and participate in the entire workshop.

Are you responsible for creating a new fully online course or revising an existing one?

Will you be teaching that course in the next academic year?

If you answered "yes" to both of those questions, the Online Course Design and Development Bootcamp may be for you. The Bootcamp is an 8-week intensive, interactive online course offered by the IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning. It provides

• a structured introduction to online course design theory, research, and practice, including visual design, accessibility, usability, and media use and development.

• weekly assignments where you will create parts of your asynchronous online course and share them with facilitators and peers for feedback and discussion.

• the experience of being an online student in an interactive, asynchronous, online course.

Participants are expected to make active progress on their course development every week. Previous participants report spending at least 6-7 hours each week working with Bootcamp materials, interacting with other faculty participants, and developing their online course. Course activity occurs throughout the week so you will need to check in regularly.

The Final Project is due the week after the end of the Bootcamp. The Final Project includes a welcoming, usable, and accessible Canvas course site complete with your course structure, student orientation/getting started information, syllabus, and at least 1 week of your course assignments, instruction, and content plus your plan for completing your course development. 

Participants who successfully complete the Bootcamp will earn the Designing an Online Course badge from the IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning.

Thinking about flipping your class but you're not sure where to start? Join us for a 2-week bootcamp and jump start your progress!

During these 2 weeks you will learn about and practice with a variety of content creation tools to shift your content presentation out of your classroom and a variety of active learning strategies to optimize your newly available classroom time. We will also look at effectively designing a flipped class and managing it through the semester. Specific topics include classroom technology to support active learning, encouraging active participation, collaborative and cooperative learning, video and audio creation, more effective presentation slides, student motivation, and structuring your class in Canvas.

The Bootcamp is structured as a flipped class so you experience being a student in the style of course you are developing. It meets in-person Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 am to Noon for the last two weeks of May. There will be pre-work required for every meeting as well as assignments that require you to develop parts of your course. A week after the end of the Bootcamp, participants submit a final project consisting of all of the pre-work and a classroom activity plan for one class session. Participants who successfully complete the Bootcamp will earn the Flipped Class Development badge from the IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning.

Participants should expect to spend 4 hours in class each week and at least 5-6 hours each week on pre-work and developing parts of your course.

Frequently Asked Questions:

1. Do I need to be full-time faculty? No, adjunct faculty are welcome to participate! The Bootcamp isn't appropriate for teaching assistants.

2. Do I need to have a real course or can I just make a hypothetical course? Yes, you do need to be working on a real course that you will teach within the next academic year.

3. Do I need any special equipment? You will need regular access to a webcam, a microphone, and a computer running either Windows 10 or Mac OS Sierra (or more recent). This is a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) class so, if possible, please bring a laptop for at least the two Thursday meetings. We will be working with media and it is best do that on your own computer so you are comfortable with your set up and we can identify any technical issues up front. If you do not have or have access to a laptop please let us know as soon as possible.

4. What are the class meeting dates again?

   • Tuesday, May 21,   10:00 a.m. - Noon
   • Thursday, May 23,   10:00 a.m. - Noon
   • Tuesday, May 28,  10:00 a.m. - Noon
   • Thursday, May 30,   10:00 a.m. - Noon

5. What if I can't come to all 4 meetings? If you cannot attend all four of the in-person sessions please wait and register for the Bootcamp in the fall. Email us if you would like to suggest day/times for fall as they have not been set. If you would only miss part of one session, email us and we'll put you on the waitlist. If the Bootcamp doesn't fill with people who can attend all of all the sessions, we will move the waitlisted people into the class as space allows.

• A CIRTL cross-network workshop on Faculty Advising in a Community College Setting: What You Need to Know and How to do it Well will be held on Monday April 22, 1:00 -2:30 p.m.   Advising students is a key role that many faculty play in addition to engaging students in classroom or research settings. This workshop is designed to help all future and current faculty learn how to advise effectively. Click here for more information and to register. 

Join CIRTL at IUPUI to build your resume and more.

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. SAVI Training is a hands-on curriculum focused on data literacy from end to end.  Workshops are offered every other week.

• Create and Use Survey Data | April 18, 9:00 -11:00 a.m. – Register 

• Create and Use Focus Group Data | May 2, 9:00 -11:00 a.m. - Register

• Frame the Problem | May 9, 8:30 -10:30 a.m. - Register

• Find Existing Data| May 9, 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. - Register

• Avoid Data Pitfalls| May 16, 9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. - Register

• Find Meaning in the Data| May 30, 8:30 -11:30 a.m. - Register

The Teach, Play, Learn Conference, Indiana University’s academic conference on game-based teaching and learning is accepting proposals for presentations on real-life usage, empirical studies, and/or theoretical discussions. We are particularly interested in interactive workshops involving the best practices of teaching with games or playful elements in the classroom.

Possible topics may include:

• use of board, card, or video games for educational purposes
• gamification of the course
• simulations and role playing
• use of Augmented and/or Virtual Reality (AR, VR)
• study and research of games in the context of education
• use of games in other educational contexts

The conference will be held on Friday, July 12, 2019, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at IU South Bend’s Education and Arts building.  For more information and to submit your proposal please visit: https://tpl.iu.edu/call-for-proposals. Proposals are due Friday, April 26, 2019.

FACET recognizes teaching excellence, values innovation and critical reflection, fosters personal renewal and creates opportunities for faculty development and scholarship in teaching and learning. Wondering if you and FACET are a good fit? Join us for lunch and conversation at the IUPUI FACET Information Session on Tues., Apr. 30, 2019, 12:00 noon -1:00 p.m. in University Library 2115E. RSVP for lunch at: lromitoc@iu.edu.

The 8th Annual Conference of the Peer-Led Team Learning International Society will be held Thursday - Saturday, June 6 - 8, 2019. This event is hosted by IUPUI STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (SEIRI).  For more information, click here.

Von Bergen, M. (2019, April 10). Grading dilemma: Should we round up?Faculty Focus.

Because increasing retention and graduation rates have now become priorities,  an instructor provides a perspective on how reflecting intentionally on individual students’ performance throughout the semester can make an impact on the final grade they are assigned for the course.