CTL Happenings - Message #480

The CTL will not be offering the Online Course Design and Development Bootcamp or the Flipped Class Design and Development Bootcamp this spring due to scheduling issues. In their place, we will be offering a series of Digital Course Design webinars and workshops designed for instructors teaching online, hybrid, and flipped classes. 

Spring semester 2020 schedule:

• Strategies for Engaging Online Presentations (Webinar, 1/28, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.)
• Multimedia Activities for Online Learning (In-person, 2-part workshop, 2/14 and 2/21, 10:00 a.m. – Noon)
• Purposeful Online Discussions (Webinar, 3/26, Noon - 1:00 p.m.)
• Setting up Canvas for an Online Course (Webinar, 4/22, Noon - 12:30 p.m.)

Apply to the Early Career Teaching Academy if you are an early career full-time faculty member at IUPUI, IUPU Columbus, or IU Fort Wayne! The Academy will help you to lay a foundation for an effective teaching career, one that is anchored in a teaching philosophy and evidence-based teaching practices.

For more information or to apply for the academy

Would you like to teach in an active learning classroom this fall?  Applications are being accepted through January 17, 2020, for teaching in Hine Hall 118 (IP 118), Lecture Hall 104 (LE 104), and University Hall 1000 (AD 1000) during the fall 2020 semester. Use the Mosaic Active Learning Classroom Request Form to apply to teach in one of these rooms.

Please join us for our inaugural Celebration of Teaching and Engaged Learning.  This event will recognize faculty and staff who have participated in sustained professional development during the 2018-2019 academic year that resulted in a change to a course or experience that increased student engagement, learning, and success. Their efforts have had an important and meaningful impact in elevating the importance of effective teaching and student engagement at IUPUI. Chancellor Paydar and Executive Vice Chancellor Johnson will offer welcoming remarks at 3 p.m. followed by distribution of recognition pins to honorees and a light reception with drinks and appetizers.

The 2020 Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) Request for Proposals is now open. The CEG provides faculty with technical and instructional support, time and funds to implement projects designed to improve student learning and success at IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne. Sample proposals and recordings from the Applying for a CEG Webinar Series are available here.  The deadline for submitting proposals is January 24, 2020.

Teaching for Student Success: An Evidence-Based Approach is a new module series developed in response to President McRobbie’s call for supporting excellence in teaching and learning at IU. 

Created expressly for IU faculty, by members of the IU faculty, this professional development series provides a framework for education grounded in empirical research, combined with opportunities to document evidence-based practices
Module topics include:

1. Course Design
2. Assessment
3. Science of learning
4. Active and interactive learning
5. High-impact practices
6. Creating positive first impressions 

To learn more about the module series click here.

New to Canvas or need a refresher for those things you only do twice a year? See our Getting Started with the Semester Canvas Checklist! It provides easy to follow instructions for common beginning-of-the-semester tasks to get your Canvas course site ready for your students. It includes importing from a previous course, adding your syllabus, setting up your grading policies, assignments, and gradebook, and more. 

Have you had a student involved in academic misconduct in your class and are unsure how to address the situation?  In this webinar, participants will learn about the different types of academic misconduct and how to handle them. We will also discuss strategies to avoid academic misconduct by being proactive when designing course policies and assessments and leveraging Canvas tools to promote academic integrity in your course.

Do you (or would you like to) create recorded slide presentations for your students? Come and learn some basic slide design and media principles to make them more engaging and useful to your students!

Webinar topics include:

• Layout, color, and fonts for effective slides
• Chunking content, playlists, and chapters
• Mobile-friendly presentations
• Accessible presentations
• Presentation analytics in Canvas

Have you heard about Kaltura but aren't sure why or how you might use it in your course? IU Bloomington's Kim Arnold and Meghan Porter will share how they use Kaltura paired with Doceri to create annotated lectures and review videos that are highly used and valued by their students. Kim and Meghan will also discuss how their use of these technologies has afforded greater interactivity during class and created a more equitable course. Following the discussion of their courses, Nate Pairitz of Collaboration Technologies will demonstrate how to use Kaltura to create media for your courses.

IUPUI’s student body has become increasingly diverse over the past several years. Given this increase in the diversity of our students, it is critical that we consider our students’ backgrounds and experiences and how that can impact their academic experiences. In this webinar, you will discuss the diversity of IUPUI’s students, reflect on the diversity of students in your courses, and identify resources you can use to inform your teaching.

Have you ever had the experience of reading your end-of-semester student evaluations and found yourself surprised by the comments? You don’t have to wait until the end of the semester to find out how students feel the course is going! Gathering mid-semester feedback helps students feel like they are being heard and gives you useful information that allows you to make improvements and address concerns in the current class. In this webinar, we will discuss a variety of ways to gather mid-semester feedback including surveys, focus groups, and classroom assessment techniques, and respond to what your students say.

Our fall 2019 Community Trends report: Food Access Across Groups, Neighborhoods, and Time is now available.  Last fall, our research found an estimated 200,000 Indianapolis residents live in low-income neighborhoods with low food access. This new report looks at food access from different perspectives: time, population, transportation modes like walking and transit, and food systems. This will allow us to see how different places and populations in Indianapolis have been affected by store closures in recent years, , how not having a car might affect a household’s access to fresh produce, and where secondary food outlets (like convenience stores)and emergency resources (like food pantries) increase food access for those in need.

Upcoming SAVI Data Literacy Skills Training: SAVI data literacy training empowers you to find, use, and understand data. Classes are as follows:

• Frame the Problem | January 9, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. - Register
• Find Existing Data  |  January 9, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Register
• Create and Use Client Data  |  January 23, 9:00 -11:00 a.m. – Register

Weimer, M. (2019, September 6) First day of class activities that create a climate for learning. Faculty Focus.

Creating a welcoming, engaging, and learning-focused first day of class can set you and your students up for a successful semester. This article shares novel activities that emphasize the importance of learning and the responsibilities student share for shaping the classroom environment.