CTL Happenings - Message #525

Speed Dating with Learning Technologies exposes you to a range of technology tools and services within a short period of time. Each “speed date” takes about nine minutes. Featured technologies include active learning in Zoom, digital whiteboarding, Top Hat, IU eTexts, 3D printing, virtual reality, and many more. Join us on Friday, October 15, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., via Zoom. Learn more about this event or to register.

Starting on October 19, Microsoft's training group will lead four weeks of virtual sessions for the whole IU community. Focused on everyday uses, the sessions will cover how to use facets of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner, To Do, and Tasks. To learn more and register

The IUPUI CTL is hosting several “watch parties” for the upcoming IU Online Conference that will be held on Thursday and Friday, October 28-29, 2021. We have chosen several of the sessions that we will be hosting in the CTL to view together and then have a time for discussion and questions surrounding the topic. Consultants from the Center for Teaching and Learning and eLearning Design Services will be available for the discussion time. You can register for the individual watch parties from the list below. If you haven’t registered for the IU Online Conference and want to be able to access the other sessions during the conference, you can register for the conference here.
IU Online Watch Party Sessions:
Incorporating Community-Engaged Pedagogy in Online Classes: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices
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Crash Course in Design: How to Apply the Top 5 Tips in Your Online Course
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21st Century Guidelines for Distance Education and Other Regulatory Updates
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Lights, Camera, Teach! Tips for DIY Course Videos
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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 theme this year is about our experiences teaching and learning with technology in a pandemic and how learning from these experiences can help both instructors and students going forward.

Our keynote features Dr. Thomas Tobin of the University of Wisconsin - Madison who will be sharing three low-effort, high-impact teaching strategies to improve our post-pandemic classes. Dr. Tobin will also be available for an open Q&A session after the keynote. Join us Friday, November 5, 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Learn more at the ATLT website.

The IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning seeks proposals from instructors teaching at higher education institutions across Indiana for the 2022 E.C. Moore Symposium on Excellence in Teaching. A key component of the symposium is the communication and sharing of new ideas in teaching and learning. We invite proposals for three types of sessions — interactive, micro-presentations, and TED-like talks — addressing your latest endeavors in teaching. The 2022 E.C. Moore Symposium will be held on Friday, March 4 on Zoom.

Weimer, M. (2016, June 15). Benefits of talking with students about mid-course evaluations. Faculty Focus.

Are you planning to gather mid-semester feedback from your students, but wondering how to communicate its purpose and its benefits to you and them? Read this article for strategies on why and how to have productive conversations with students before and after gathering mid-semester feedback.

Students find review sessions and recitations most productive when the session leader is responsive to their needs and questions. Determining areas or topics where students need the most support can be difficult. In this webinar, we will discuss strategies for (1) eliciting student questions, (2) collaborative problem-solving, (3) small group discussions, and (4) continuing conversations in informal channels. Join us to see demonstrations from IUPUI instructors, experience a brainstorming activity, and co-create an artifact.

Teaching and learning during the pandemic poses unprecedented challenges, including the possibility for disruptions—whether you are teaching in-person, synchronously on Zoom, or completely asynchronously online. This webinar will present various scenarios of disruptions and recommendations to prevent and manage them in different teaching modes.

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.

If you are interested in applying for a 2022 Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG), you should attend this informative and interactive webinar series! You will engage with presenters to discuss the proposal requirements, review examples from past successful proposals, and examine the components of a strong CEG proposal. See the dates and times below:

   • Nov. 2, 2021 – 1 p.m.- Applying for a CEG: The RFP and Your Project Goals
   • Nov. 3, 2021 – 1 p.m. - Applying for a CEG: Literature Review and Research Methods
   • Nov.16, 2021 – 2:30 p.m.– Applying for a CEG: Plan and Project Logistics

Metacognitive skills involve assessing the demands of a task, evaluating one’s own knowledge and skills, planning an approach, monitoring one’s progress, and adjusting strategies as needed to complete the task. Participants will learn how to blend metacognitive skill instruction with content instruction by using strategies such as instructor modeling of reflection, student self-reflection, visual organizers, formative assessments, and more.

Each semester, the Faculty Forum offers writing groups that provide encouragement, accountability, and a sense of community for faculty and staff. This fall, there will be two weekly online groups. In the first 30 minutes, participants will discuss a writing-related topic and share specific writing goals.  The remaining 90 minutes will be spent quietly writing. There are two online options: Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Membership is open to IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne faculty and staff of all ranks, appointments, and schools/centers. Sign up for one day or both days.

Upcoming SAVI Data Literacy Skills Trainings:
   • Module 2A: Find Existing Data, Oct.14
   • Module 2C: Create and Use Survey Data, Oct. 21
   • Module 2D: Create and Use Focus Group Data, Oct. 28
Academy of Teaching Scholars: An Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Education Research, Oct.18
Seminar by SEIRI: Dr. Donald Wink, professor, Chemistry, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, Oct. 28
IU Southeast Adjunct Faculty Scholars Conference Call for Proposals due Nov.15, 2021.