CTL Happenings - Message #514

The CTL awarded 11 Curriculum Enhancement Grants to 22 faculty members as principal or co-principal investigators for projects that will impact 3,433 students annually. Six of the projects include a diversity, equity, and inclusion focus. See 2021 CEG Awardees for project details.

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.

Teaching a Summer Course? Check out A Canvas Semester Checklist from the CTL This resource provides an overview and instructions for common tasks that need to be completed at the beginning of a semester to get your Canvas course ready for your students. View the checklist.

Teach, Play, Learn (TPL) is IU's annual conference on game-based teaching and learning. This year's presentations will focus on real-life usage, empirical studies, and theoretical discussions. We're particularly interested in interactive workshops involving best practices for teaching with games or playful elements in the classroom. For discussion topics and other details, visit the TPL website.

Want ideas to improve your online or hybrid course? Join us for this one-day workshop to learn about the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric, about the QM process of continuous improvement, and to join the QM community! Attendees may use the workshop as step to becoming a certified Quality Matters peer reviewer. The workshop is offered at IUPUI as a one-day synchronous Zoom workshop from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a one hour break for lunch. To receive the QM certificate of completion for this workshop, participants must be present for and participate in the entire workshop.

Students are introduced to you and your course through the syllabus. A syllabus that emphasizes and transparently articulates inclusive and equitable student learning experiences can set a positive and welcoming tone for the semester. In this webinar, you will learn about the learning-centered syllabus rubric and the equity-minded syllabus review guide, two syllabus design tools that you can use to self-assess and improve your syllabi. The facilitators will also present sample syllabus language and formats that exemplify these best practices in syllabus design.

Each semester, the Faculty Forum offers writing groups that provide encouragement, accountability, and a sense of community for faculty and staff. There are three ways to participate: Hybrid Writing Group, Online Writing Group and At-Your-Pace. Click here for more information and registration or contact us at: faccross@iupui.edu.

IU School of Medicine believes that honoring outstanding teaching, research and service is an important part of our culture. The following faculty awards are now accepting nominations: Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Awards, Inspirational Educator Award, Outstanding Community Engagement Award, Scholar Educator Award, Volunteer Faculty Teaching Awards. Learn more.

Are you looking for innovative ways to engage your students online? We invite you to learn about the Reacting to the Past  role-playing pedagogy that puts students at center stage. For more information and to register for this Friday, June 4, 2021 event.

Mini-grants ranging from $250 and $750 are available through the Center for Service and Learning to support dissemination and practitioner-scholar participation in external learning opportunities and networks that advance professional growth and which can further evidence base and scholarly profile of IUPUI in public and community-engaged scholarship in and across the domains of teaching, research and service. The application deadline is May 15, 2021. Click for application and deadline information.

The State of Aging in Central Indiana

The Polis Center at IUPUI, in collaboration with other Central Indiana organizations have put together the finding on The State of Aging in Central Indiana.  See the full report, published April 15, 2021, Read more.

Religion and Urban Culture RUC 2.0

The Polis Center is working on the Religion and Urban Culture RUC 2.0 (RUC 2.0) project, which examines how local congregations are responding to the social and cultural changes since RUC 1.0 (1996-2002). The project includes a monthly publication. Read the first issue.

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

• Create and Use Focus Group Data | May 13, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Register
• Avoid Data Pitfalls | May 27, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Register
• Find Meaning in Data | June 10, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. |  Register

Bayraaktar, B. Tip: Microlectures, Why 5-minute targeted lectures might be the most effective way to deliver content.Tips for Teaching Professors.

Microlectures can be helpful learning tools. Read this blog post to learn why they can be helpful and for resources on how to create them. Don’t miss the link to a presentation on microlectures titled Pocket Guide to Creating Microlectures which, among other things, presents the components of an effective microlecture and tips for making sure students are watching your videos.