CTL Happenings - Message #551

The 2023 Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) Request for Proposals is now open. The CEG provides faculty with technical and instructional support, time, and funds to implement projects designed to improve student learning and success at IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne. Completed proposals are due by January 31, 2023. Read RFP and submit a proposal.

Are you a graduate student interested in an academic career? Do you strive to improve the learning experiences of your students? Apply for the Emerging Scholars of College Instruction Program (ESCIP) to develop and document your teaching skills! Learn more, and apply by Tuesday, November 29.

Lang, J. M. (2022, June 17). Why Students Hate Group Projects (and How to Change That). The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Instructors are usually not met with excitement when they assign a group project. Students’ lack of enthusiasm can be due to past group projects. In this article James M. Lang shares his daughter’s frustrating experience with group members not communicating, contributing, or meeting deadlines. Lang encourages instructors to not abandon group projects, but to go beyond assigning them by providing explicit guidance and checking in with groups.

Wednesday, October 12 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Jessica Alexander and Presenter: Jessica Alexander and Anusha S Rao

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.

This webinar is part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online mini-workshop series focused on foundational teaching skills, Teaching Foundations. 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.

This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Assessment Methods and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (A)

Wednesday, October 19 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Douglas Jerolimov and Presenter: Douglas Jerolimov and Richard Turner

Documenting one's teaching effectiveness is much easier after an instructor recognizes and can explain the teaching/learning process for an assignment or course. In this session, participants will categorize the learning goal for an assignment or course, and then identify the steps of its teaching/learning process, a sequence of learning events. Participants will then build on this understanding of their learning goal and sequence of learning events to imagine documenting a change made to an assignment. Faculty members may continue to work with CTL consultants to create a plan to document their own course or assignment. This webinar is one of a series of 4 webinars designed to introduce faculty and graduate students to the process of creating, refining, and documenting one’s teaching practices and teacher development.

Thursday, October 20 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Douglas Jerolimov and Presenter: Douglas Jerolimov and Anusha S Rao

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.  

This webinar is part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online webinar series focused on foundational teaching skills, Teaching Foundations Webinar Series (previously known as (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. 

This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Instructional Strategies (IS)

Wednesday, October 26 | 10 - 11:30 a.m. | UL1126
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenter: Robert Janik

Are you wanting to assess a program or gather data using a survey and don’t know where to start? We can help!

This session will cover a number of topics including questionnaire design, best practices for survey collection, tips for increasing response rates and reporting results.

The presentation will also demonstrate how to find existing survey results from past studies conducted at IUPUI. Maybe the data you are looking for is already out there!

Thursday, October 27 | 4 - 5 p.m. | Both in-person--Ashby Room (University Library 2nd level) and zoom
Register » Organizer: Valli Sanghami Shankar Kumar and Presenters: Duaa H. Alwan, Valli Sanghami Shankar Kumar, and Alejandro Jaume-Losa

If you have a TA/grader or know graduate students who are interested in teaching and learning, please encourage them to sign up for the Grad CHAT discussion series! Grad CHAT: Graduate Student Conversations Happening about Teaching are 60-minute discussion sessions where graduate students will engage in conversations with peers and experts on teaching and learning topics such as Kaltura, Canvas, classroom management, and international student experiences.

The October Grad CHAT is a hybrid session (both zoom and in-person) and will be facilitated by three experienced graduate student instructors on  classroom management, including topics such as time management, teaching strategies, efficient grading techniques, navigating conflicts, and managing student concerns. The session will be held on Thursday, October 27, 4 - 5 p.m. Snacks and refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees. Interested students can register at https://go.iu.edu/4Anc

Thursday, November 17 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Anusha S. Rao and Presenters: Jessica Alexander, Douglas Jerolimov, and Anusha S Rao

Active learning strategies in the classroom have shown to improve student outcomes broadly, but may unintentionally cause disparities in student learning experiences and outcomes if not implemented in an inclusive and equitable manner. Implementing active learning strategies can present opportunities and challenges, while benefiting students and instructors in many ways.  In this webinar, we will introduce examples of research-based active learning strategies and discuss recommendations for inclusive and equitable implementations.

This webinar is part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s webinar series focused on foundational teaching skills, Teaching Foundations. 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.

This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Instructional Strategies (IS)

Tuesday, November 8 | 10 - 11:30 a.m. | UL0110
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenter: Norma Fewell and Steven Graunke

How many students have applied to your program?  Are you looking to find information about the students enrolled in your courses? Do you know where to look for information as students begin to register for fall? A lot of information is available about students at all levels who applied to IUPUI and how courses are filling.  
This session will show you currently available online tools from the Office of Institutional Analytics to display information on students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled. Data on course enrollment, both in real time and at crucial decision points will also be shared.

Attendees will be able to find a wide variety of information on current admissions and enrollment for benchmarking, trend analysis, and decision making, and will learn who to go to if you can’t find what you need.

Wednesday, November 9 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Debbie Oesch-Minor & Rachel Swinford  and Presenter: Melanie Lo & Elery Rojas and Wix.com

In this session designed specifically for faculty, Wix.com experts Elery Rojas and Melanie Lo, PhD will introduce you to the Wix Academic Partnerships team and how they partner with universities to integrate ePortfolios into university curriculums—with emphasis on resources that are FREE to faculty and students. You will come away from the session with a deeper understanding of the Wix platform and with web building resources that you can implement in your own courses as you teach ePortfolio creation.

The ePortfolio Community of Practice welcomes faculty and staff from any IU campus who engage in creating, implementing, assessing, and sustaining ePortfolios. Note: this session will be recorded and shared with the ePortfolio Community of Practice. 

Wednesday, November 9 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Anusha S. Rao and Presenter: Douglas Jerolimov and Anusha S Rao

Metacognition refers to how learners think about and monitor their own knowledge, a process which has been shown to improve students’ learning. 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.

Teaching Foundations (previously known as Teaching@IUPUI) is an ongoing series of online mini-workshops focused on foundational teaching skills. Designed for new faculty, adjunct faculty, graduate students, and those looking for a refresher on good teaching practices, the workshops consist of brief presentations 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.
 

This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Learning Theory (L)

We are accepting registrations for our writing groups! The fall writing groups meet on Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon, or Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon. Both meeting are simultaneously online and at the Faculty Crossing. You can join either Tuesday or Wednesday sessions, or both! Sign up today for a writing group.

October 13: SAVI Training - Frame the Problem

October 27: SAVI Talks - Equity Report Card for City of Indianapolis Part 1

November 3: SAVI Training - Understand data through maps

November 4: SAVI Training - Find Existing Sources (this workshop is also given on November 29)

November 16: SAVI Training - Frame the Problem

Global Voices Program: Add global perspectives and intercultural learning experiences to your course.