CTL Happenings - Message #538

If you are working on a group project and wondering how to keep organized while collaborating efficiently with other group members, Microsoft Teams at IU can help you with this.  In this session, learn about the basics of collaborating in Microsoft Teams at IU, as well as how to use the Tasks app inside Microsoft Teams at IU to help with project management. To register and for more information.

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 digital whiteboarding, Top Hat, IU eTexts, 3D printing, virtual reality, and many more. To register and for more information.

Crook, A. & Crook, T. (2020, August 26). 6 tips for teaching online and in person simultaneously. Inside Higher Ed.

As more students join the classroom, many are still joining class meetings online. Balancing and harmonizing a classroom with in-person and online students can be challenging and overwhelming. This article provides six strategies and two different approaches to fostering an engaging learning environment for all the students.

This workshop introduces faculty and staff to the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric and to the QM Process. Quality Matters is a nationally recognized quality assurance organization for online course design, and the QM Process is a faculty-led peer review process that uses the research-based standards (criteria) of the QM Rubric to certify online courses. Eventually, many online courses within the IU system will undergo the QM Process with the goal of achieving national QM recognition. Faculty may also use the QM Rubric as a guide to design online courses. And, for faculty who are interested, this course serves as a pre-requisite for QM's Peer Reviewer Course, which is a required course for faculty who seek certification as a QM Peer Reviewer, allowing them to participate in QM course reviews for courses created here at IU and at other universities.

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.

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.

April 19: Attend the state marker dedication ceremony for Amelia Keller, MD, one of IU School of Medicine's first woman faculty

April 20: SEIRI Seed Grant Info Session  

April 24: The Adjunct Faculty Scholars Conference is for all campuses and is a day of professional development and networking

April 28: SAVI training: Find Existing Data

June 15: LEAP Indiana Teaching Awards Nominations Due 

June 24: Teach, Play, Learn Conference