CTL Happenings - Message #472

The IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning seeks proposals from faculty teaching at higher education institutions across Indiana for the 2020 E.C. Moore Symposium on Excellence in Teaching. We would especially welcome proposals that address topics such as: efforts to improve student learning and engagement, inclusive excellence, integrative learning, novel general education courses or curricula, creative use of instructional technology, and initiatives that promote excellence in teaching. Proposals should clearly demonstrate relevance to a broad range of disciplines. The 2020 E.C. Moore Symposium will be held on Friday, March 6^th.

Proposals will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 17, 2019. Click here for more information and to submit a proposal.

Join us for the inaugural Scholars Teaching for Student Success   event on Friday, October 4! The event will feature Kimberly Tanner, San Francisco State University,  presenting two sessions--a research seminar on Collectively Improving Our Teaching, and a workshop on Becoming Metacognitive about Teaching Choices.  Additionally, a reception and poster session will feature the 2018 Curriculum Enhancement Grant Scholars.  And, finally, the 2020 Curriculum Enhancement Grant Request for Proposals will be released at the event. Event registration and schedule.

After the event, join us for a conversation with Dr. Tanner about her talk, workshop, or other ideas about scholarly teaching. The Meet the Speaker event will be held on October 4, 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. in the Faculty Crossing, University Library, UL 1125-M. Register for Meet the Speaker.

Join us for lunch on Friday, October 11, 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. as we host a round of "Speed dating with Learning Technologies" in Lecture Hall, 104. Faculty participants will have approximately 10 minutes to "speed date" (i.e., learn about) a specific tool or service before moving to their next "date."

Matchmakers (those presenting each tool/service) include staff from the Center for Teaching and Learning at IUPUI, eLearning Design & Services, the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, IU Bloomington, UITS Digital Education Programs & Initiatives, and Collaboration Technologies. A few faculty presenters will also discuss tools they're currently using.

This highly-interactive event will give you a chance to gain quick (yet informative) technology overviews, while posing direct questions to staff who represent several teams within Learning Technologies and UITS.

We'll have at least 9 tools and services for you to choose from:
• Adobe Spark
• CN Post
• Digital Learning Tools by IU eTexts
• Google Jamboard
• Kaltura
• Qualtrics
• Top Hat Attendance
• Turn it in – Feedback Studio
• Virtual Reality
• Zoom
The deadline to register is Friday, October 4. Register Today!

Thinking about flipping part of your class but you're not sure where to start? Join us for a 4-session bootcamp and jumpstart your progress! You will learn about flipped course design and practice with a variety of content creation tools and active learning strategies. The Bootcamp is structured as a flipped class so you experience being a student in the style of course you are developing. For more information and registration.

The ATLT Symposium brings the higher education community together to examine and showcase both existing, and emerging instructional technologies, and their pedagogical application across a variety of disciplines.

Our keynote speaker, Open Education Librarian Michelle Reed at the University of Texas Arlington, will share her perspective on OER in higher education.  We will also reprise our popular "technology playground" to provide some hands-on experience. Join us November 8, for the 2019 Advancing Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium.

Are you using a third party software like Kahoot! Or Poll Everywhere to get student responses during your class?  At Indiana University, an enterprise license agreement allows all students to use Top Hat free of charge.  Top Hat is a student response system and comprehensive teaching platform that instructors can use to engage students both within and outside of the classroom with interactive slides, graded questions, customized content, videos, discussions, and polls. Students use smartphones, tablets, laptops, or ordinary cell phones to participate in Top Hat activities.  Learn more. 

IU eTexts includes digital learning tools and electronic textbooks from more than 30 publishers, available through the Unizin Engage e-reading platform and accessible in Canvas courses.
Ready to order?

• Go to One.iu.edu and search for Textbook Orders
• Click the “Order tool” button
• Select your class, choose your eText or digital learning tool for each course section, and check out.

To learn more about IU eTexts.

Join us on select Thursdays in September and October for casual conversations, brainstorming, and a little exercise at Wood Fountain, just south of the IUPUI Library. All you need is your ideas, questions...and maybe a pair of walking shoes.

Each week we'll have CTL consultants eager to chat with you about your ideas for effective teaching and learning with technology. Come for a few laps, or stay the whole time!  Learn more about weekly topics and register.

Collaborative learning is associated with higher academic achievement and student engagement, in both face-to-face and online learning environments, and has been found to have a positive impact on a wide variety of students.  In this webinar, participants will examine challenges faced by students and faculty in using collaborative techniques, learn about best practices to overcome these challenges, and discuss examples for implementing and assessing collaborative learning techniques for the online and face-to-face learning contexts.

Many of us have gotten the memo that something has to change in our diet to keep us on the wellness track. For example, as an alternative to heavy layers of pancakes covered in syrup, you might have discovered the flexible world of healthy smoothies as a way to jump start your day.

Education is no different! What if you could “slim down” your class prep to remove the old model of ordering high-priced books that students struggle to afford (and carry!) with a simpler “recipe” that boosts student engagement, reduces barriers to student success, AND enhances your pedagogy?

Join IU eTexts Consultant, Noma Maier, for lunch (yes, lunch is included!) and learn about how IU eTexts can be one of those “healthy ingredients” in your course. You’ll discover how your course materials--those essential learning elements--can be “blended” seamlessly into your Canvas course, just like a yummy ingredient in a healthy smoothie. 

Ensuring your students have sufficient prerequisite knowledge and skills is essential for maximizing their learning in your course. In this webinar, participants will learn strategies to guide students’ pre-class learning, to make explicit the relevance of pre-class work, and to assess students’ preparation and prior knowledge.

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.

Good assessment practices include checking students’ learning on a regular basis during the learning experience. They provide faculty with feedback on what, how much, and how well their students are learning. Instructors can use this feedback to modify their teaching to improve student learning. It helps students reflect on their learning and identify gaps in their knowledge. In this webinar, participants will learn the difference between formative and summative assessment as well as how to implement formative assessment techniques in different teaching contexts and disciplines. Questions and discussion will be encouraged.

¤ James Pellegrino, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, Educational R, D & I - Why Evaluation Matters and How to Make it Effective  | Oct. 15, 12:30 -1:30 p.m. - Register 

¤ Geraldine Richmond, Ph.D., Univ. Oregon, The Art of Effective Negotiation | Nov. 22, 10 a.m. -12:00 p.m. - Register

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 every other week.

• Create and Use Survey Data | Oct. 3, 9 -11:00 a.m. - Register
• Create and Use Focus Group Data | Oct. 17, 9 -11:00 a.m. - Register
• Module 2A: Finding Existing Data | Oct. 24, 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. - Register
• Module 2E: Avoiding Data Pitfalls | Oct. 31, 9 -11:30 a.m. - Register

Get fall semester off to a great start by registering for the IU Online Conference to be held October 30.  Registration deadline is September 27. 

This year's conference will feature panel discussion by chief online officers from large public institutions who will discuss various aspects of online education at their respective universities, as well as their perspectives on the future of online education.

These innovative leaders include: 
• Adam Fein, Vice President for Digital Strategy and Innovation, University of North Texas 
• Robert Griffiths, Associate Vice President, Office of Distance Education and eLearning, The Ohio State University 
• Mary Niemiec, Associate Vice President for Distance Education, Director of University of Nebraska Online, University of Nebraska 

For more information and registration.

Brighouse, H. (2019, May 7). Giving a voice to students’ opposing views: creating conditions for respect and inclusivity in class discussions [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y2zgdf23.

Do you deal with tricky, controversial topics in your course content? This article provides two effective and easy to implement strategies to create an inclusive learning environment and foster respect for various perspectives.