The Faculty Crossing presents an in person Teach Talk on April 7, from 4 to 5 p.m. with book artist, papermaker and printmaker, Karen Baldner. Karen is this year’s Herron Faculty Teaching Resident at the Faculty Crossing. She will talk about teaching strategies from her art practice that can be brought into classrooms of other disciplines.

Register to attend Karen's Teach Talk

Featured Webinar

Translating Growth Mindset into Your Instructional Activities

Learn about the differences between growth and fixed mindset theories of intelligence and the benefits of growth mindset for instructors and students. Explore activities you can incorporate into your classes to foster growth mindset!

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Featured Resource

Handling Student's Requests for Flexibility

Have you seen an increase in students asking for flexibility with attendance or due dates? This resource includes ways to respond to student requests, without being taken advantage of, and provides insights into why students are asking for flexibility.

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Announcements

Special Focus High-Impact Practice CEG Proposals due by March 30, 2022

Are you interested in integrating ePortfolio or undergraduate research into your program’s curriculum to improve student learning and to enhance student engagement? The Center for Teaching and Learning is partnering with the Institute for Engaged Learning to facilitate a special call for Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) Proposals that are focused on two high-impact educational practices: the integration of ePortfolio into the curriculum and/or Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs). Apply for a high-impact practice CEG to get funds, technical and instructional support, and dedicated time to implement your project. Proposal submissions are due by Wednesday, March 30, 11:59 p.m. Read the RFP and submit a proposal.

Register for the virtual 2022 Plater Institute which will be held on April 21

This year’s Plater Institute theme is Interculturality and Inclusivity: Pedagogies that Dig Deep. Dr. Kathryn Sorrells will provide a keynote address on "Engaging Pedagogies and Practices for Human Dignity, Inclusion, and Justice: An Intercultural Praxis Approach." The institute will also feature interactive and engaging concurrent sessions, a "Reflections on Pedagogies that Dig Deep Panel," and a student panel, all focused on diverse, but interrelated facets of the theme. Register for the Institute.

Submit Your Proposal for the Teach, Play, Learn Conference!

Proposals are now being accepted for the Teach, Play, Learn Conference that will be held at IU Kokomo on Friday, June 24, 2022. The Teach, Play, Learn conference is IU’s annual academic conference on game-based teaching and learning. Proposals are now being accepted for presentations on real-life usage, empirical studies, and theoretical discussions. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. on April 11, 2022. For more information and to submit your proposal, visit the Teach, Play, Learn website.

Equity-Minded Communications Boost Effectiveness of Early Alerts

Kelly, R. (2022, March 22). Equity-Minded Communications Boost Effectiveness of Early Alerts. Campus Technology.

Following up on the reminder sent out last week to complete the Student Engagement Roster, this article provides recommendations for crafting early warning messages to elicit more positive student response.

CTL Workshops and Webinars

Teaching with Technology Faculty Showcase: Liven Up Discussions of Texts Using Social Annotation

Thursday, April 14 | 12 noon - 12:45 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register »Organizer(s): Kimmaree Murday and Presenter(s): Kyle Jones, Amy Pawlosky

Have your online class discussions fallen into the "make a comment, then respond to two posts" trap? Do you long to see your students engage on a deeper level with the texts for your course? What if students could annotate a passage right where that passage lives? Hypothesis is a text annotation tool developed to make reading a more active experience. Students can comment on others' annotations to discuss specific passages of text within the text itself. You can use it on pdf documents, in Canvas, on the web, and on websites themselves.

Grad Students and Postdocs

Drafting Your Diversity Statements: A Webinar for Graduate Students and Postdocs

Tuesday, April 12 | 10 - 11:30 a.m. | Online - Zoom
Register »Organizer(s): Jessica Alexander and Presenter(s): Jessica Alexander, Yi Shi

Diversity statements are increasingly becoming a required component of job applications in order for employers to discern potential employees’ contributions to equity and inclusion. In this workshop, the purpose of and best practices for writing a diversity statement will be reviewed. Participants will also begin to craft the core components of their diversity statements by reflecting on how their teaching, research, service, and other activities have contributed to equity and inclusion.

Note: This workshop is offered as a part of the Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals program.

Faculty Crossing

Join one of our spring writing groups today!

Each semester, the Faculty Forum offers writing groups that provide encouragement, accountability, and a sense of community for faculty and staff. Participants will meet on Zoom for two hours each week. In the first 15 minutes of the meeting, participants will discuss a writing - related topic and share session writing goals.

The remaining time is spent quietly writing, and there are two options:
1. Tuesdays 10 a.m. - noon
2. Wednesdays 10 a.m. - noon (members of the Wednesday group can participate online or in person at The Faculty Crossing at IUPUI)

The Tuesday and Wednesday writing group sessions have already begun. However, you can join anytime throughout the semester. Membership is open to IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne faculty and staff of all ranks, appointments, and disciplines. For more information and registration or contact faccross@iupui.edu.