CTL Happenings - Message #453

Want to make (or re-make) a learning space for your students? Bring your ideas to this information session to find out about how you can get the funding to make it happen! For more information and registration, click here.

Whether you have previously taught a hybrid class, are currently teaching one, or plan to teach one in the future, you are welcome to apply to participate in the Teaching and Learning in Hybrid Courses Faculty Learning Community during the 2019-2020 academic year. The FLC will meet one Friday a month beginning in September and running through the following April.

Applications are due May 31, 2019. For more information about the FLC and to apply, visit http://go.iu.edu/2aEY. 

The Office of Academic Affairs is recruiting faculty to participate in the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Course in Effective Teaching Practices during the 2019-2020 academic year. The opportunity is being offered to faculty who teach in Gateway or high-enrolling general education courses. The course has incorporated research from cognitive psychology, and the learning sciences into the design of 25 online modules that span five domains.

Endorsed by the American Council on Education, ACUE offers a Certificate in Effective College Instruction to faculty that successfully complete the course. Participation requires support from schools, so please contact your school dean no later than May 31, 2019, if you are interested in participating in this course.

Will you be a new graduate teaching assistant (TA) in fall 2019 and/or spring 2020? Register for the 2019 TA Orientation, to learn about the expectations and responsibilities of your new position, and develop strategies to confidently and effectively interact with faculty and undergraduate students. Click here for more information and registration details.

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. 

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.

This webinar will help instructors review and revise their course and session learning outcome statements to be effective, meaningful, and measurable and use them to guide instruction and learning. Participants will analyze examples of student learning outcome statements, write their own, and begin to complete a course map that articulates the alignment of their course learning outcome statements with learning activities and assessments. 

The Profiles of Learning for Undergraduate Success, 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 the profiles.

In this hands-on workshop, facilitators will provide a brief overview of the profiles, 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 the profiles. Ample time will be given for participants to engage in discussion and ask questions.

Rubrics make grading consistent and speedy, and increases transparency of assignments to students. Rubrics also make concrete a course’s and assignment’s learning objectives, which helps students become critical thinkers and to assess their own work. In this webinar, participants will learn basic principles to streamline the creation of effective rubrics and will think about ways to use rubric as a foundational element of a teaching and learning practice. Participants will evaluate and discuss the merits of sample rubrics.

This webinar is part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online mini-workshop series focused on foundational teaching skills, 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.

How People Learn is a free six-week series to provide information on creating effective learning environments. Registration is now open. Online meetings will be held on Tuesdays, May 28 – July 2, 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. More information can be found on the CIRTL website.

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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.

• 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

• Make Decisions with Data| June 6, 9:00 -11:00 a.m. - Register 

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.

Friday, July 12  | IU South Bend, Education and Arts Building 
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Sign up now for Teach, Play, Learn, Indiana University's academic conference on game-based teaching and learning!

Born from IU's interest in games as effective tools for teaching, the conference goals include:

• Highlighting changing technologies and pedagogies in educational games and playful learning
• Demonstrating benefits of using games in the classroom
• Showcasing practical solutions for creating and using games in education

The conference keynote speaker is Dr. Seann Dikkers, author, education researcher, design consultant, speaker and founder of Dikkers Appraisal, LLC.

When: Friday, July 12, 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. 

Where: IU South Bend, Education and Arts building

Boettcher, J., & Conrad, R. (2019, April 18). Learning theories and theorists. Tomorrow’s Professor,  1711.

Learning theories based on constructivism and social (situated) learning provide guidance on how to teach based on how students learn. This article provides brief overviews of key learning theorists and theories and what they suggest about designing learning experiences.