CTL Happenings - Message #482

Join us this Friday, February 7, 2020, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the University Tower for the 2020 William M. Plater Institute on the Future of Learning to learn about student mental health and well-being. Dr. Bernice Pescosolido, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington, will deliver a keynote address on College, Mental Health Issues, and Creating a Culture of Learning.

The institute also will feature concurrent sessions and panels by campus experts and students on a broad range of topics focused on classroom practices and campus experiences that support student mental health and well-being and showcase resources from various campus units that work directly with students and faculty on supporting students’ mental well-being. More information and to register.

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

The conference will be held on Friday, June 26, 2020, at IU South Bend’s Education and Arts building.  Proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on March 2, 2020.   For more information and to submit your proposal go to https://tpl.iu.edu/ .

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:

• 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.)

Join us for a new faculty IT water cooler event featuring a 20 minute keynote presentation and three to four 10 minute lightning round presentations.

The goal is to expose you to tech tools and resources you might not know about, and give you opportunities to network with colleagues (beverages and Light snacks provided!).

Each campus teaching and learning center will be hosting a location for this event.  The IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning will be hosting this event in University Library, UL2115E on Wednesday, February 26, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Go to “Coffee with the Connected Professor” to register.

Want to improve your online or hybrid course? Join us at one of the workshops below to learn how to evaluate your course using the Quality Matters (QM) rubric—get some quick ideas to improve your course and also learn the QM process of continuous improvement! To register for an event or for more information, click on one of the dates listed below. 

April 3, Friday 
May 14, Thursday 
August 14, Friday 
December 18, Friday

The workshop listed above are held at UL 1130 (University Library), 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

A new feature in Canvas called Direct Share is now enabled in all courses.  This feature allows you to share individual content items – meaning assignments, discussions, quizzes, and pages with specific users or courses.  To find out more, visit this Direct Share link.

As IUPUI continues the process of reviewing general education courses, course coordinators or faculty responsible for preparing course dossiers for review may have questions about the information and materials that need to go into the dossiers. This workshop will provide an overview of the course review process, course dossier requirements, and the rubric that will be used to review the course dossiers. It will also introduce a new option for preparing a simplified course dossier based on using a Mile Marker assignment. Examples from existing course dossiers 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.

Faculty who seek to refine and promote their teaching efforts may document their work through the development of a teaching portfolio, a site where faculty engage in reflective practice to measure the effectiveness of, and to refine, their teaching practices.

This webinar introduces faculty to the teaching portfolio and to the several interrelated tasks that yield the teaching portfolio's elements: developing a teaching philosophy, identifying specific teaching practices to explore, document, and to improve, situating an identified teaching practices in an appropriate context, and collecting and evaluating evidence of teaching and learning.

Are you using digital course materials in your class? Are they IU eTexts materials? Why does it matter?  Digital course materials ordered through the IU eTexts program offer significant benefits to students and instructors. Join us for this 45 minute webinar to learn the basics of the IU eTexts program including how to see if your preferred titles are available, how and when you can place an order for an upcoming term, and how to ensure your IU eText is available to your students right in Canvas on or before the first day of class. 

Civic learning is a form of integrative learning that supports students, as citizens and professionals, for lives of informed and active participation in society.  Arguably, civic learning is a pervasive element of much of the teaching we do in universities, however, it often lies dormant inside many of our most common learning goals such as critical thinking, communication and quantitative reasoning skills. 

Making our courses “civic-rich” can help students explore and examine their experiences in light of larger public purposes, adding relevance to concepts that can feel very abstract.  In addition, civic learning can be cultivated using a variety of high impact practices. In this webinar, participants will be introduced to civic learning frameworks and strategies to make it visible in their disciplinary and general education courses.

How well do you understand Fair Use?  It may surprise you to learn that most faculty and graduate students are not properly applying the Fair Use Exemption when it comes to making decisions about how scholarship and various multimedia resources can be applied in their classes. If you would like to have a firmer understanding about Fair Use, this is the Webinar for you! We will discuss the common misconceptions that arise when individuals try to apply Fair Use, discuss the role of a framework analysis and how it can be implemented in making determinations of Fair Use Exemptions.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify pre-existing misconceptions on what the Fair Use exception is, what it is not, and how it can be used.
• Apply a Fair Use Analysis to several scenarios, developing a broader understanding of the nuance that undergirds the determination of a Fair Use Exception.
• Measure the framework of Fair Use Exception and judge if it best fits into your own unique instructional situations.

The CTL and the Graduate Office has two open positions for graduate assistants, Teaching-as-Research focus and Diversity and Learning Community focus, to develop the CIRTL program at IUPUI. Click here to learn more about position, requirements, and application process.

Interested in discussing the challenges and opportunities with creating an inclusive, equitable learning environment? Then join us this spring semester for the Culturally Responsive Learning Community where we will reflect on how evidence-based teaching can promote equity in the classroom! For more information, including meeting dates, and to register by February 17, visit http://go.iu.edu/2hZG.

CIRTL is the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning. Come chat with graduate students and post-docs from our IUPUI CIRTL community about how you can use CIRTL to enhace your resume, engage with diverse groups, and network with others through teaching development. We will have free food, music, games, and prizes! RSVP at http://go.iu.edu/2h9x.

Are you a graduate student or a postdoc looking for new teaching strategies or getting ready to apply for faculty positions? The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering a series of webinars and workshops for graduate students and postdocs on various topics of teaching and learning and the academic job search. Click here to learn more about the topics and register.

Grad students and postdocs: Making the most of guest lecturing experiences (Webinar)
Monday, March 2
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Register here

Teaching portfolio guide for graduate students and postdocs (Workshop)
Tuesday, March 24 in UL 1126
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Register here

Grad students and postdocs: Preparing and delivering a teaching demonstration (Workshop)
Thursday, March 26 in UL 0110
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Register here

Drafting your diversity statements: workshop for graduate students and postdocs
Tuesday, April 7 in UL 1126
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Register here

Do you know of an instructor at IUPUI that created or uses an open educational resource (OER) in the classroom? If so, please nominate them or yourself for the annual IUPUI.

Open Education Award are any educational materials that are in the public domain or licensed for adaptation and reuse. OERs may include textbooks, chapters, online modules, assignments, audiovisual works, etc.

Nominees will be featured on posters showcasing their work. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize, and the University Library will hold a celebration event honoring their work on March 5, 2020 at 4:00 p.m..  Nominations are due on February 7, 2020 by the end of the day.

SAVI data literacy training empowers you to find, use, and understand data. Classes are as follows:

• Create and Use Survey Data   |  February 6, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Register
• Frame the Problem  |  February 13, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. - Register
• Find Existing Data  |  February 13, 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. - Register
• Avoid Data Pitfalls | February 20, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Register

Curious about teaching online? Looking for tips to make your online classes more engaging? Join us for “Continuing the Conversation”, a webinar series that continues conversations begun during the IU Online Conference. The series features faculty across IU campuses and disciplines who share their experiences as online instructors.

The next in the webinar series is Friday, February 14, 2020 from 12 – 1:00 p.m., EST and features and features Stephanie Cox, Manager, Application Virtualization, UITS, and Ellyn Pruitt, Virtual Application Engineer, UITS. The webinar topic is “Student Interaction with Learning Materials: How IUanyWare can facilitate the online student experience.”

Click here to learn more and to register for this webinar or others in the series.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck explores research which shows that students who believe their intelligence can grow (growth mindset) with effort do better in school and in life. Students with a growth mindset understand that they have control over their own success, are more motivated to work hard, and are more resilient in the face of obstacles. In contrast, students who believe intelligence is set at birth have a fixed mindset and tend to do worse academically because they give up when challenged. The good news is that mindsets can be changed, and when they are, students show a significant increase in their academic achievement.

Kick-off Event:
Guest Speaker – Kevin Bross of Mindset Works
Friday, Feb. 7, 10:00 am to 11:30 am in the Lecture Hall
Lunch and table conversations follow in the Student Commons (11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)

Other Book Discussion Series: 
Book Discussion 1: Tuesday, February 18 at 3:00 to 4:30 pm in the Summerville Meeting Room, IUPUC 
Book Discussion 2: Friday, February 28 at 11:30 to 1:00 pm in the Summerville Meeting Room, IUPUC 
Book Discussion 3: Thursday, March 26 at 3:00 to 4:30 pm in the Summerville Meeting Room, IUPUC
Book Discussion 4: Tuesday, April 7 at 3:00 to 4:30 pm in the Summerville Meeting Room, IUPUC

Sponsored by:the Center for Teaching and Learning, FACET, IUPUC, and the Gateway Community of Practice.

Dr. Michael Loui, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present two projects: Structured Pairing in an Electronics Laboratory, and A Model of Research Mentoring.  The event will be held Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the Lilly Auditorium, University Library.  For more information and to register.

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.

Miller, M.D. (2019, August 23). How to make smart choices about tech for your course. The Chronicle of Higher Education.

What types of things should you take into consideration when selecting technology tools that you want to use for your course?  This article walks you through specific questions to consider when incorporating technology into your class.  IU provides access to a long list of instructional technology resources available to you and your students.  Check out the Technology Tool Finder for more information.