CTL Happenings - Message #588

Isaacs, E. (2024, March 19). It’s time to start teaching your students how to be a student. Chronicle of Higher Education.

As we near the end of another busy semester, students may need a gentle reminder on how to manage their time and prioritize their activities. Read this article for tips on how to introduce and reinforce behaviors of successful college students as a part of your routine teaching in the classroom. This article can be accessed for free when on the IU Network or by signing up for a free Chronicle account.

Speed Dating with Learning Technologies provides a fun way to learn about technology resources in a short period of time. Participants will have 8 minutes to “speed date” a specific tool or service before meeting their next "date." Matchmakers (presenters) include staff from across UITS Learning Technologies and other key partners. This virtual event will take place on April 12, 2024, 12 noon – 1:30 EDT.

See the Speed Dating topics and register for the event.

Special guest David D. Robertson - Executive Director of Hope Is Foundation, Mental Health Practitioner UChicago Medicine, former Researcher for the Center for Prolonged Grief, and SAFElab fellow Columbia University’s Harlem Loss Project will keynote the symposium, followed by several smaller sessions led by higher education faculty, counselors, and community leaders from across the state.

Friday, April 19th, 1 - 3 p.m. (EDT) Learn more and register.

The goal of the Microsoft Student Ambassadors is to drive adoption of Microsoft products by students at IU using a peer education approach. Microsoft Student Ambassadors are available for webinars for all campuses and in-person events for IU Indianapolis and IU Bloomington. Topics include leveraging Microsoft 365 tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams and making the switch from Google to Microsoft products. Email to learn more or book the Ambassadors.

Friday, March 29 | 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Debbie Oesch-Minor & Rachel Swinford  and Presenter: Brandi Gilbert

Explore the practical journey of the Life-Health Sciences Internship (LHSI) program as it shifted from conventional poster presentations to the contemporary realm of ePortfolios. This presentation will provide an overview of the motivations, challenges, and outcomes associated with adopting a digital platform. Gain insights into logistical changes, technological considerations, and the capabilities that accompany the transition from traditional posters to digital ePortfolios. Explore how ePortfolios can enhance students’ presentations during the showcase, creating a more engaging platform to share their accomplishments.  

Tuesday, April 2 | 12 noon - 1:15 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Megan DeMoss and Presenter: Megan DeMoss and Madeleine Gonin

Join our upcoming webinar where we delve into the powerful combination of spaced learning and Canvas New Quizzes. We will provide evidence from research that examined students’ retention after cramming versus after testing their knowledge at spaced intervals. You will learn how to create effective low-stakes assessments that promote long-term retention and enhance students’ engagement in their ongoing learning.

Wednesday, April 10 | 1 - 1:45 p.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)

LEAP INDIANA presents faculty forums for colleagues around the state to collaborate and discuss current events impacting higher education. The focus will be on Artificial Intelligence (AI) as it pertains to teaching.

• Feedback: April 11, 1 p.m. EDT

Please join us for the 2024 Midwest Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference on April 12, 2024, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Indiana University South Bend. The keynote speaker is Peter Felten, professor of history, executive director of the Center for Engaged Learning, and assistant provost for teaching and learning at Elon University. Registration is open until Monday, April 1. Lunch and refreshments included.

This talk on April 17 will explain the proactive behaviors students adopt in their first year that have the most significant relationship with participation in high-impact activities with two student outcomes: social capital and engineering identity formation. Learn more and register.

The Teach, Play, Learn Conference, IU’s academic conference on game-based teaching and learning, is accepting proposals for presentations on real-life usage, empirical studies, and/or theoretical discussions of game-based teaching and learning.

For more information and to submit a proposal.