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The inaugural Plater-Moore Conference on Teaching and Learning is seeking proposals for interactive presentations, case studies, workshops, panel discussions, and short presentations related to college teaching and learning, scholarly practice, stories of persistence, success, and innovation, and evidence-based practices that exemplify the pursuit of teaching excellence. Proposals are due October 22, 2023. The conference will be held on Friday, April 5, 2024 at the IUPUI Campus Center.
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Featured Webinar
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Fostering Respect and Responsibility in Your Student-Centered Classroom
Looking for ways to re-engage distracted learners? Do you have a student who dominates discussions? Discover effective strategies for managing disruptive behaviors while promoting a positive and inclusive classroom environment. Gain insights into the underlying causes of disruptive behaviors and leave with a toolkit of practical techniques to create a harmonious and engaging classroom for the instructor and all learners.
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Featured Workshop
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Teaching Tales Series
Reflect on your teaching practice in a three-part series of informal storytelling and conversations with colleagues on the topic of your favorite lectures, most successful classes, or most compelling teaching moments. Teaching Tales aims to enhance the impact of your teaching excellence and contextualize your stories in their wider significance as they relate to moments of better insight, inspiration, or change in your teaching practice. Refreshments will be served.
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Recovering student engagement at mid-course time
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Conway, A. (2022, November 2). Recovering student engagement at mid-course time. Faculty Focus.
Asking your students what’s working well and what could be improved through a structured mid-semester feedback process has many returns – students feel heard which can help with motivation and engagement and you can improve their learning experience and strengthen your own scholarly teaching practice. Read this article for mid-semester check-in strategies and low stakes learning activities that can help you and students stay connected and engaged.
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CTL Workshops and Webinars
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Wednesday, September 27 | 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenters: Jared Chapman, Founder and CEO, and Delphinium
Delphinium is a highly customizable, Canvas-integrated platform to increase student motivation by celebrating achievements (in-course badges), visualizing progress (actual progress bars), personalizing communication (think “message students who” on steroids), and, if you want, enabling full-on gamification. Use many features or try just one or two. Delphinium is in pilot at Indiana University.
This is also offered on September 28 at 3:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, October 10 | 11 - 11:45 a.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Jeani Young and Presenter: Jeani Young
Are you looking for an easier way to manage your student handbook, reports, or other publicly shared documentation in an accessible format? Have you ever been frustrated with your textbook or lab manual options and thought “I could do better than this!”? Would you like your students to co-author a book on your course topics or create sharable review materials?
Pressbooks is a customizable, collaborative online publishing tool that anyone at IU can use to author and share
- Textbooks,
- Lab manuals,
- Reports,
- Student handbooks, and
- Student work
Pressbooks is built on WordPress, a popular blogging tool, that allows you to not only write text, but embed images, videos, complex tables, mathematical notation, documents, and glossary terms. It was developed to be accessible for readers, avoiding many of the pitfalls of PDFs and Word documents. You can also control the visibility of everything in your book and the roles of any collaborators.
Join us for a demo of Pressbook features and learn about some of the ways your colleagues are using it here at IU!
This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Instructional Technology (IT)
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Friday, October 20 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online-Zoom
Register » Organizer: Valli Sanghami Shankar Kumar and Presenters: Marilee Brooks-Gillies, Kevin Jones, and Valli Sanghami Shankar Kumar
This Student Responsibility and Academic Integrity session will focus on various topics including plagiarism, using generative AI, instructors’ and students’ perceptions of academic integrity, and addressing academic misconduct. The session will be led by Ms. S. Valli Sanghami, doctoral candidate from the ECE department and CIRTL Graduate Assistant and will feature experts Dr. Marilee Brooks-Gillies, Associate Professor of English at IUPUI and Dr. Kevin Jones, Associate Professor of Management, IUPUC Division of Business.
Graduate teaching assistants and all graduate students interested in teaching and learning are welcome to join the Grad CHAT series to share their expertise and learn more from peers and experts. Grad CHAT- Graduate Student Conversations Happening about Teaching- is a spin-off series to the TA Orientation for TA’s and graduate students. Each 60-minute Zoom session will be led by an experienced graduate student instructor, who will introduce the session’s topic and pave way for a 15-minute power presentation from an expert. This presentation will be followed by an open and informal discussion to exchange ideas and share success stories.
Graduate students who participate in the Grad CHAT series can use their attendance to fulfill the CIRTL Associate-level outcomes. For more information about the CIRTL at IUPUI program, visit our website.
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Monday, October 23 | 1 - 2 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizers: Adam Maksl, Professor of Journalism & Media, IU Southeast & Manager of eLearning Innovation, eLearning Design & Services, UITS and Presenters: Lea Bishop, Professor of Law and Dean's Fellow, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law, IUPUI, Shaun Grannis, Vice President, Data and Analytics, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. & Regenstrief Chair in Medical Informatics, IU School of Medicine, Jeanette Heidewald, Teaching Professor of Business Communication, Kelley School of Business, IU Bloomington, Kyungbin Kwon, Associate Professor, Instructional Systems Technology, School of Education, IU Bloomington, Jason Palamara, Assistant Professor of Music and Arts Technology, Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, and IUPUI
As generative AI increasingly becomes a cornerstone in diverse professional sectors, the need for digital literacy and industry-specific digital norms is more critical than ever. Join us for a multidisciplinary dialogue as we explore how higher education can play a pivotal role in preparing students for this new landscape—equipping them with the technical savvy and normative understanding to excel in their future careers.
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Call for Proposals for Open Educational Resources (OER) Development Grants Opens September 11
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The University Library invites all instructors of record to apply for OER Development Grants. The grants promote the development and use of open educational resources, including textbooks and other digital learning materials that use Creative Commons licensing and/or public domain content. Open educational resources reduce costs to students and provide instructors opportunities to create more inclusive and diverse learning materials.
Applications can be made for one of three levels of support: $5,000 for the creation of a new OER, $3,000 for the adaptation of an existing OER product, or $1,000 for adopting an existing OER product in a course. Applications accepted through September 29.
Learn more about open educational resources, and apply for an OER Development Grant.
Questions? Contact Bill Orme, OER Liaison at orme@iu.edu
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