CTL Happenings - Message #484

Register for the 2020 E.C. Moore Symposium on Excellence in Teaching on Friday, March 6, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the University Tower. This year’s symposium will feature a keynote address by Jane Fernandes, President of Guilford College, and a plenary address by Lingma Lu Acheson, senior lecturer in the School of Science at IUPUI. This year’s symposium will also include a track for IUSM Education Day.

In addition to concurrent presentations and a poster session, this year’s symposium will also feature TED-like talks and other opportunities to interact with colleagues. To read more and to register, visit: ecmoore.iupui.edu. 

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 16, 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:

• 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.)

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.

Plan early. Adapt now. Communicate often. When circumstances require moving a class online temporarily, those steps will help faculty adjust. UITS offers resources to help make that shift quickly, whether you’re moving a class online due to prolonged campus or building closures, absenteeism due to the flu, or personal family emergencies. 

The Keep Teaching website offers multiple options for keeping your classes running and provides tools to facilitate the process.

Slide show presentations prepared in PowerPoint are ubiquitous but don't always support learning. In this session, participants will discover evidence-based slide show presentation techniques that encourage learning and promote engagement.

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.

Are you unsure how to interpret the data available to you in Canvas or other learning tools? Do you want to use the data to implement interventions in your course but you’re finding taking that next step challenging? Join this webinar to hear how the Review, Amend, Apply framework can help you use data to implement personalized, evidence-based interventions in your courses. You’ll also have an opportunity to provide feedback on the framework and its implementation after the webinar.

This webinar will give you an in-depth look into the CourseNetworking (CN) ePortfolio. The IUPUI CyberLab Team, who continually develop the tool, will share existing use cases, steps to create ePortfolio assignments, and answers to frequently asked questions (such as the differences between CN ePortfolio vs. LinkedIn). 

Join colleagues for Digital Coffee Hours on the Fourth Monday Series sponsored by LEAP Indiana and hosted by colleagues from around the state who will share a brief presentation on a particular topic and then facilitate a discussion about that topic.  Participate in person in the Faculty Crossing, UL 1125-M, or via Zoom at http://tinyurl.com/LEAPMondays. 

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.

Students who have a growth mindset view intelligence as malleable while those with a fixed mindset view intelligence as finite. Students can grow with persistence and effort, but having a growth mindset underlies these behaviors. This, in turn, is dependent on the instructor’s mindset as well. In this webinar, participants will be introduced to the differences between growth and fixed mindset theories of intelligence and discuss activities they can incorporate into their classes to foster growth mindset. They will also reflect upon their current teaching practices that align with growth mindset and identify new activities.

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.

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.

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

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

• Find Meaning in the Data | March 5, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Register
• Tell Stories with Data | March 19, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Register
• Frame the Problem | March 31, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. - Register
• Find Existing Data | March 31, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.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, Creating Online Visuals That Are Accessible: How To Design Content for All Learners in Mathematics,  is Friday, March 27, 2020 from 12 – 1:00 p.m., EST.  The series features Christopher Lang, Professor of Mathematics, Coordinator of the Upper-Level Mathematics Program, IU Southeast.

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.

Book Discussion Series Dates: 
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
Lunch and table conversations follow in the Student Commons (11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)

Sponsored by:the Center for Teaching and Learning, FACET, IUPUC, and the Gateway Community of Practice. For more information, contact Lori Montalbano, IUPUC.

Developing innovative and effective pedagogy is easier than you think when you put yourself in your students' shoes. You can Improve how you teach by meeting your students where they are. Learner Experience Design can help you gain empathy, develop deeper connections, and create better educational experiences.

In this workshop series, you will learn how to include your students as a part of the course design process. Using this human-centered approach, you will increase engagement and effectiveness. Participants will take part in three one-hour sessions with some light work in between each. The workshop sessions will kick off on March 9, 2:00-3:30 p.m.  Interested? Email Christian Rogers at rogerscb@iupui.edu. 

This workshop is supported by the AAC&U Bringing Theory to Practice program and the IUPUI Institute for Engaged Learning.

Save the Date: Tuesday May 19, 2020, there will be a day-long (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) training workshop at IU Bloomington (open to faculty and graduate students) on using Reacting to the Past role-playing games in the classroom. Cost is $40/faculty and $20/graduate students (includes breakfast, lunch, and parking).

Registration will open soon. Sponsored by the PACE Institute for Role-Immersive Teaching and Learning and IU Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning. For more information, contact Carl Weinberg at crweinbe@indiana.edu. Visit here for more information and tentative schedule. 

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.

Conrad, R. (2018, March 18). It’s working for me. Is it working for you?Tomorrow’s Professor, 1768.

Faculty and students are getting ready for spring break! Now would be a good time to check-in with our students about their learning experiences thus far in the semester. This article shares a few practical strategies for and the advantages of gathering mid-semester feedback from your students. You can also check out the CTL resources that assist with getting student feedback.