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Ten faculty members from four schools at IU Indianapolis and Fort Wayne have been awarded 2025 Curriculum Enhancement Grants. Chosen through rigorous peer review, these awards will support a total of 1,016 students annually as the faculty explore, document, and disseminate innovative, research-based teaching and learning practices to improve student learning outcomes and experiences.
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Featured Program
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Fuel Your Teaching: Summer SoTL Journal Club
Explore how the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) can enhance your teaching and research by joining the virtual Summer SoTL Journal Club, led by Dr. Carol Hostetter. Engage in interdisciplinary discussions and receive free eBooks, eligibility for conference discounts, and a chance to present at the 2025 Assessment Institute. Open to all experience levels!
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Featured Resource
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Helping Students in Distress: A Guide for IU Indianapolis Faculty and Staff
Has a student missed several weeks of class without any communication? This could be a sign of distress. As a campus committed to the well-being and safety of its community, the Office of the Dean of Students has created this resource guide to help faculty and staff identify and support students in distress.
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Teaching Gen Z: Strategies for Today's Classroom Dynamics
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Carnagey, Z. & Rogers, K. (2025). Teaching Gen Z: Strategies for today's classroom dynamics. The Connected Professor: A Fresh Look at Teaching and Learning with Technology at IU.
Looking for ways to better connect with your Gen Z students? This insightful read unpacks the key expectations of Gen Z learners through the lens of three critical needs: engagement, support, and community - all connected by transparency. Instructors will discover three practical strategies for more meaningful connections with today’s learners!
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Secure Your Spot! Accessibility in Canvas Tools Webinar
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Do you use Canvas to provide information, resources, assignments, discussions, or quizzes in to your students? Are they all accessible? 20% of college students have some type of disability so accessibility is crucial for student success. Join us to learn about practical steps and best practices to make your Canvas content more accessible. Register today!
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CTL Workshops and Webinars
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Wednesday, April 16 | 1 - 2:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Kevin Mickey and Presenters: The POLIS Center and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and and Engineering
This webinar showcases a range of powerful desktop and online mapping and spatial analysis tools, data, and other resources designed to enhance higher education teaching, service, and research activities. These resources are versatile and applicable across numerous disciplines, including health, public safety, public policy, economics, history, archaeology, geography, planning, informatics, and more.
A key feature of the webinar is SAVI, an online platform offering free interactive mapping and analysis tools, downloadable databases, reports, and data literacy workshops. SAVI provides access to thousands of data variables detailing the socio-economic characteristics of Indiana communities over multiple decades. Data themes include demographic trends, social determinants of health, social services, crime, education, and more. The webinar will also present examples of how SAVI resources have been utilized to support university research and teaching.
Additionally, the webinar introduces ArcGIS Online, a tool for creating customized, interactive maps and dashboards that can enrich course content and support research. Participants will also learn about the extensive array of Indiana demographic and environmental geospatial data resources and training available to faculty and students.
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Thursday, April 17 | 1 - 2 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Kevin Rogers and Presenters: Meghan Porter and Kevin Rogers
Gen Z (b. 1997-2012) reports often feeling lonely or left out in record numbers, ~40% in 2022. Simultaneously, instructors may face silent, seemingly disengaged faces when they try to lead discussion or do group activities. What gives?
In this webinar you’ll see how Dr. Meghan Porter, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and winner of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Technology, addressed this issue in her large, undergraduate chemistry courses. By creating a reinforcing structure of in-class and out-of-class communication and activities, Dr. Porter balances giving students guidance and space to form academic communities, support systems, and sometimes friends, even in sections of 200+ students. Glean strategies to orchestrate IU’s learning technologies to create and maintain community in your classes.
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Monday, April 21 | 12:45 - 1:45 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Learning Technologies Faculty Fellows Programs and Presenters: Justin Hodgson and Anne Leftwich
This workshop session will offer IU participants a set of cases for academic uses of AI/Generative AI and situate strategies for using these platforms in your everyday academic practices. More at the Digital Gardener Initiative.
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Wednesday, April 23 | 2 - 3 p.m. | Online-Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Charity Bishop
The Service Learning CoP is open to any IU Indianapolis, Columbus, or Fort Wayne faculty interested in expanding their knowledge, network, or collaborative opportunities surrounding service learning.
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Friday, April 25 | 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | The Ashby Room (UL 2110B), 2nd floor of the University Library
Register » Organizers: The Center for Teaching and Learning and Presenters: Terence Govender and Thomas Longshore
Dive deeper into the transformative ideas presented at the Plater-Moore Conference. During this engaging discussion, participants will identify key themes from the conference, with opportunities to ask questions and share concerns about generative AI. Join us for a 90-minute discussion to explore AI in teaching and learning. This conversational setting is an opportunity to explore how you can use AI to enhance student engagement and success. Whether you’ve attended José Antonio Bowen’s workshop or are new to the conversation on generative AI in the classroom, this discussion will provide insights for educators at all levels. Register now! Space is limited to the first 30 registrants and lunch will be provided.
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Monday, April 28 | 12:45 - 1:45 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Learning Technologies Faculty Fellows Programs and Presenter: Justin Hodgson
This webinar session will feature panelists engaging in reflective and projective practices. Helping us situate the current “state of things” with AI/Generative AI and higher education while also identifying potential trends and emergent considerations for the coming academic year. More at the Digital Gardener Initiative.
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Friday, May 2 | 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Debbie Oesch-Minor & Rachel Swinford and Presenter: ePortfolio Grant Recipients
Join us for an engaging webinar where recent ePortfolio Grant recipients share their real-world experiences of implementing ePortfolios into their courses. Faculty will discuss both the successes and challenges they encountered while integrating this high impact practice, offering valuable insights into the process. Learn practical strategies for overcoming obstacles, enhancing student engagement, and leveraging ePortfolios for deeper learning. This webinar provides an opportunity to hear diverse perspectives, ask questions, and gain inspiration for your own ePortfolio initiatives.
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Faculty Fellow in Community Engaged Research
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The IU Indianapolis Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is currently accepting applications for a Faculty Fellow in Community Engaged Research. This internal opportunity is open to any tenure- or non-tenure track Faculty member with an advanced degree and a demonstrated portfolio of community-engaged research and scholarship. View the job posting.
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Navigating Virtual Exchange: A Professional Development Series – Finding and Working with Virtual Exchange Partners
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Learn from panel members experienced with virtual exchange. They'll share how they found their virtual exchange partners and provide insight into working with virtual exchange partners. Friday, April 25, noon – 1 p.m. Register for event.
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CCB Education Research Seminar
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The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology’s seminar speaker will be Dr. Ginger Shultz, Arthur F. Thurnau Associate Professor of Chemistry, Associate Chair for Education Development & Practice at the University of Michigan. The topic will be: “Transformative Teaching in Science.”
Join us at LD 010 at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23.
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Call for Proposals: 2025 ISETL Conference
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The International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL) in partnership with LEAP Indiana invites educators, advisors, researchers, and practitioners to submit proposals for the 2025 conference. This year’s theme, “Tracks to Transformation: High-Impact Practices, Belonging, and the Journey of Learning,” encourages presentations exploring evidence-based strategies that foster student engagement, equitable learning environments, and a sense of belonging. Deadline for proposal submission is June 1. Learn more and submit a proposal.
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