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Note: This is an online workhop. Participants will receive a web link via email for accessing the virtual workshop environment no later than 24 hours prior to the start of the workshop.

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Assignments Beta is a new Oncourse tool that was previously only available for a small group of pilot testers. This tool is now in an open pilot and is available for anyone to use. Join us in this online workshop if you would like to get a quick look at the Assignments Beta tool to see if it might be a good fit for you. At the conclusion of the workshop attendees will have the opportunity to consult privately with a consultant from the CTL.

NOTE: This workshop is held online using Adobe Connect. You will need working speakers to hear the presenter. It is strongly recommended that you have a high-speed Internet connection to participate in this session. Registered participants will receive an email with instructions for viewing and a link to the Adobe Connect meeting room a day or two before the event.

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How can faculty create an inclusive curriculum and a classroom environment supporting the success of all students? The Multicultural Teaching and Learning Institute (MTLI) addresses this issue.

Dr. Mathew Ouellett, Director of the Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts Amherst, will kick off the event with his keynote address. Dr. Ouellett is the editor of the volume Teaching Inclusively: Resources for Course, Department and Institutional Change in Higher Education (2005) and the past president of both the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) and the New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC). The theme for this year's MTLI is When Gender Matters: Creating an Environment of Inclusivity for Women and Men, with the sessions exploring how we can best support African American males, women, and LGBT students.

For more information on this year's MTLI, including an agenda and session descriptions, please visit the MTLI website http://ctl.iupui.edu/mtli/2010/

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Going Beyond Identifying Your PULs:  Developing Learning Activities and Assessment

Facilitators: Debra Runshe, Jennifer Beasley, Mona Kheiry, Sarah Lang, and Terri Tarr; Center for Teaching and Learning

This hands-on workshop will provide a brief introduction to the PULs and give participants the opportunity to develop, refine, and get feedback on PUL activities and assessment for their course.  Participants are expected to bring draft assignments to work on during the session.

For information and ideas to help you develop your PUL activities, see these tip sheets focused on teaching and assessing PULs developed by the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Tip Sheet: PUL 1 Core Communication and Quantitative Skills
http://ctl.iupui.edu/common/uploads/library/CTL/CTL578495.pdf

Tip Sheet: PUL 2 Critical Thinking
http://ctl.iupui.edu/common/uploads/library/CTL/CTL274191.pdf

Tip Sheet: PUL 3 Integration and Application of Knowledge
http://ctl.iupui.edu/common/uploads/library/CTL/CTL621538.pdf

Tip Sheet: PUL 4 Intellectual Depth, Breadth, and Adaptiveness
http://ctl.iupui.edu/common/uploads/library/CTL/CTL282199.pdf

Tip Sheet: PUL 5 Understanding Society and Culture
http://ctl.iupui.edu/common/uploads/library/CTL/CTL366284.pdf

Tip Sheet: PUL 6 Values and Ethics
http://ctl.iupui.edu/common/uploads/library/CTL/CTL968885.pdf

This workshop will be repeated on Thursday, February 18, 9:30 - 11:30 am, UL 1116.

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Are you having trouble setting up your gradebook? Are students complaining that they are not able to see their grades online? Today’s students are beginning to expect to have up-to-date access to information regarding their grades. In this workshop we will go over the basics of the gradebook. At the conclusion of the workshop, attendees will have an opportunity to receive individual support.

NOTE: This workshop is held online using Adobe Connect. You will need working speakers to hear the presenter. It is strongly recommended that you have a high-speed Internet connection to participate in this session. Registered participants will receive an email with instructions for viewing and a link to the Adobe Connect meeting room a day or two before the event.

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This workshop focuses on how creating a virtual meeting space can provide social presence, collaboration, and team building using the web-based conferencing service Adobe Connect. Participants will join a live online classroom and experience synchronous communication via video, audio, and chat. Participants will also see the power of sharing resources, such as presentations, documents, software applications, and other multimedia within the Adobe Connect environment.

NOTE: This workshop is held online using Adobe Connect. You will need working speakers to hear the presenter. It is strongly recommended that you have a high-speed Internet connection to participate in this session. Registered participants will receive an email with instructions for viewing and a link to the Adobe Connect meeting room a day or two before the event.

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Going Beyond Identifying Your PULs: Developing Learning Activities and Assessment

Facilitators: Debra Runshe, Jennifer Beasley, Mona Kheiry, Sarah Lang, and Terri Tarr; Center for Teaching and Learning

This hands-on workshop will provide a brief introduction to the PULs and give participants the opportunity to develop, refine, and get feedback on PUL activities and assessment for their course. Participants are expected to bring draft assignments to work on during the session.

For information and ideas to help you develop your PUL activities, see these tip sheets focused on teaching and assessing PULs developed by the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Tip Sheet: PUL 1 Core Communication and Quantitative Skills
Tip Sheet: PUL 2 Critical Thinking
Tip Sheet: PUL 3 Integration and Application of Knowledge
Tip Sheet: PUL 4 Intellectual Depth, Breadth, and Adaptiveness
Tip Sheet: PUL 5 Understanding Society and Culture
Tip Sheet: PUL 6 Values and Ethics

This workshop is a repeat of the workshop offered on Friday, February 12, 9:30 - 11:30 am, UL 1116.

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This event will feature Gabriel M. Filippelli, School of Science.

 

Students benefit from engaging in meaningful research experiences in their undergraduate careers. This workshop will provide some examples of introducing real research into the classroom setting, and will explore the benefits and challenges of replacing lecture-based content with research-based content.

This session is part of the Let's Talk Teaching Webinar series which will focus on a variety of teaching topics. The sessions will be facilitated by faculty with an emphasis on sharing examples, discussing ideas, and exploring questions.

The series will be offered online via Adobe Connect each month from noon to 1 pm. The sessions will be recorded and also available online after the session. Registered participants will receive an email with instructions for viewing and a link a day or two before the event.

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To thrive in the fast-changing, highly-competitive niche of online education, institutions eagerly explore new learning tools. Synchronous learning–live and interactive chat–is one approach that has been shown to engage students and enhance learning. There are a number of different applications designed to provide a synchronous learning environment. Adobe Connect and Wimba Classroom are two well-known examples. From any perspective, synchronous learning has notable benefits:
• Forward-thinking administrators recognize online courses as fertile ground for developing a competitive advantage. Those schools offering quality, leading-edge technology and added-value for students–such as synchronous learning–will shine in a growing marketplace.
• Educators grapple with familiar challenges, made even more complex by a modern learning environment. Teachers need online methods that create a connection, keep students engaged in learning, and provide valuable new ways to assess student progress.
• Students bring expectations with them to class. Their ideals for how online interaction will take place are often based on the fresh, new communications technology that they employ in their personal lives.

Despite evident benefits, some educators are still reluctant to incorporate synchronous methods. Faculty members may shy away from online chat and similar options because they fear they will be too much work; too challenging from a technical standpoint; and add minimal value to the course.

In this 90-minute presentation, Mike Scheuermann, Ph.D., will provide a thorough handbook for incorporating synchronous elements into online course design–and how real-time chat can take online learning effectiveness to the next level.

Mike E. Scheuermann holds a Ph.D. in Education from Drexel University. His areas of interest include online learning and nontraditional students. In this seminar, he shares his expertise about synchronous course elements, based on years of experience, and input from students as well as other faculty members.

 

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Academy of Teaching Scholars: Tailoring Your Teaching for a Large Group Setting

 

Presenter: Tarri Tarr

 

Teaching a large class or speaking to a large group presents different challenges than teaching a smaller group. This session will address ways of engaging learners in a large group setting by using technology, efficiently managing the classroom, and incorporating interactive activites. Whether you are giving a one-time lecture or teaching a high-enrolling course you will learn strategies and tips that could be applied in your context.

 

Instructions for accessing this online course will be sent to all registrants prior to the program.

 

Register online at https://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/registration/indexDirect.asp?id=153

 

This event is cosponsored by the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

 

This program is part of the Academy of Teaching Scholars. For more information, please click here. Questions? maquarle@iupui.edu

 

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Using video in courses is a powerful way to support learning. This workshop will explore web-based video tools that help make creating, editing, and using video in instruction easy. The merits of instructor and learner generated video content will be discussed, as well as how video can be used to enhance collaboration and engagement in the classroom.

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See how a PowerPoint presentation can be turned into an interactive Flash video to be delivered dynamically over the web. Beyond simply an instructor narrated PowerPoint, this web-optimized presentation tool allows learners to replay portions, select individual slides, search for specific text or take self assessment quizzes. This introductory session will give you all the tools needed to start creating your own engaging online presentations using Adobe Presenter.

NOTE: This workshop is held online using Adobe Connect. You will need working speakers to hear the presenter. It is strongly recommended that you have a high-speed Internet connection to participate in this session. Registered participants will receive an email with instructions for viewing and a link to the Adobe Connect meeting room a day or two before the event.

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On Friday February 26^th, Gateway faculty will gather for their mid-winter break.  Registration will begin at 8:30 am in the Campus Center, Room 305 over coffee and treats.  We’ll start at 9:00 am and finish by noon.  The morning will have two seminars. 

 

9:00 – 10:30 am  Tune-Up Your Gateway Course

 

Lisa Contino with other Gateway faculty

 

Is there something about your course that isn't working as well as you would like?  It could be an assignment that is not meeting your course objectives.  Perhaps an in-class exercise is not engaging all students.  It might be time to adjust your syllabus to reflect changes in your course philosophy.  Maybe you are ready to convert some of the more passive elements of your course to active learning strategies.

  

Submit your problem issue for a tune-up to Lisa Contino at lcontino@iupui.edu before February 26.  Five problems will be selected for the live scrutiny and creative power of a team of your peers.  Using the fishbowl technique, (also known as inside-outside circles), we will all participate in the experience and apply the outcomes to our own courses.

 

10:45 – 11:00 am Break

 

11:00 am –12:00 Noon  “We Teach…Must We Also Entertain?”

 

Mike Polites

 

Participants will learn how to more effectively engage students in lectures through the use of humor, vocal techniques, key questions, small group breakouts, quick activities, games, and much more! A perfect tie-in to the collaborative learning, it is up to us as instructors to find new and inventive ways of engaging our students turning them from listeners to learners. The presenter is a Lecturer and also a professional standup comedian who will not only leave you laughing, but learning as well!

 

This event is cosponsored by the Gateway to Graduation Program and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

 

 

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With Keynote Speaker Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University

 

This year the E.C. Moore Symposium brings the IUPUI campus community together to examine teaching excellence and instructional strategies employed in various disciplines to encourage student learning. What teaching strategies are IUPUI faculty employing? How can these learning opportunities be translated to other fields of study?

 

The 2010 program will include 50-minute breakout sessions and poster presentations and will explore these and similar questions:

·         What successful teaching strategies are you employing to encourage student engagement in the classroom?

·         How can a specific teaching pedagogy from your discipline be translated to other disciplines?

·         What strategies are found to increase student learning and success?

·         How have student perspectives, partnerships, input, or feedback been used to make courses more effective?

·         How is instructional technology being successfully integrated in courses to enhance students’ learning experiences?

·         How can we assess the impact of teaching on student learning?

·         What are the future directions in university-level teaching?

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The Center for Teaching and Learning has invited 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, Carl Wieman, Ph.D. to the IUPUI campus as part of its CTL Winter Lecture Series. This lecture series honors nationally recognized scholars who have made a contribution to their discipline as well as teaching and learning within their discipline.

Guided by experimental tests of theory and practice, science has advanced rapidly in the past 500 years. Guided primarily by tradition and dogma, science education meanwhile has remained largely medieval. Research on how people learn is now revealing how many teachers badly misinterpret what students are thinking and learning from traditional science classes and exams. However, research is also providing insights on how to do much better. The combination of this research with modern information technology is setting the stage for a new approach that can provide the relevant and effective science education for all students that is needed for the 21st century. Wieman will discuss the failures of traditional educational practices, even as used by “very good” teachers, and the successes of some new practices and technology that characterize this more effective approach, and how these results are highly consistent with findings from cognitive science. 

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Are you thinking about teaching a totally online or hybrid course but aren’t sure how to get started? This half-day workshop will introduce you to the basics of online course development. Participants will see examples of online courses, explore approaches to online course design, consider possible online learning activities, give thought to online presentation options, investigate methods for assessing student learning online, and more.

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Are you ready to add new elements to your online course? If so, this workshop will allow you to explore a variety of topics related to online teaching. You will be able to choose from concurrent sessions covering topics such as instructional podcasting, Web conferencing tools, creating social presence, communication methods, and others. The workshop will end with a question and answer session with a faculty panel.

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The creation and distribution of video is becoming more mainstream as new tools are created and developed that simplify the art of video production.

In this workshop, you will learn best practices when working with video, shooting and production tips, and the emergence of Flip Video in higher education.  Get hands-on experience shooting and editing footage, plus learn the pedagogy when incorporating video into your classroom.

This workshop will be fast paced and very hands on. Come with an idea of a short ( 3-5 minute) video that you will develop during this workshop.

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Academy of Teaching Scholars: Constructing Multiple-Choice Test Items

 

Presenter: Terri Tarr

 

Multiple-choice tests are commonly used to assess learning, but it can be challenging to write good multiple-choice test questions that measure the desired learning objectives. In this session, participants will learn about strengths and limitations of multiple choice tests, consider when to use multiple choice tests, discover how to use Bloom's taxonomy to write multiple choice questions at different cognitive levels, and discuss recommendations for constructing multiple-choice items.

 

Instructions for accessing this online course will be sent to all registrants prior to the program.

 

Register online at https://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/registration/indexDirect.asp?id=155

 

This event is cosponsored by the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

 

 

This program is part of the Academy of Teaching Scholars and meets requirements for the Assessment competency. For more information, please click

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Developing Effective Classroom Assessments that Demand Higher-Order Thinking

 

Facilitator: Howard Mzumara, Director of Testing Center

 

This workshop will focus on the principles of test construction and will provide guidelines and techniques for writing valid test items that demand critical thinking. Test formats covered will include multiple-choice, true/false, and matching.

 

 

This event is cosponsored by the Testing Center and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

 

For more information, contact Howard Mzumara at 278-2214 or email hmzumara@iupui.edu

 

 

 

 

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This session will feature Megan Palmer, Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development and Visiting Assistant Professor, IUPUI School of Education.

Is it worth keeping up with technology? Good teaching is good teaching and technology is merely a tool. But, what possibilities exist within tools like wikis, blogs, and web conferencing to enhance student learning? For example, as communication methods and channels evolve, can these tools provide opportunities for students to explore how to express their learning in multiple genres? During this session Megan will share her approaches to using emerging IT in graduate level courses and engage in discussion with participants about using instructional technology to enhance face-to-face, hybrid and fully online courses. Finally, students’ self-reports of the impact of IT on their learning will be discussed.

This session is part of the Let's Talk Teaching Webinar series which will focus on a variety of teaching topics. The sessions will be facilitated by faculty with an emphasis on sharing examples, discussing ideas, and exploring questions.

The series will be offered online via Adobe Connect each month from noon to 1 pm. The sessions will be recorded and also available online after the session. Registered participants will receive an email with instructions for viewing and a link a day or two before the event.

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Susan Kahn, Director of IUPUI ePortfolio and Director, Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Lynn Ward, Principal Systems Analyst, Academic and Faculty Services, University Information Technology Services

Debra Runshe, Instructional Design Consultant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Susan Scott, Coordinator, ePortfolio Initiative


Thoughtfully used, electronic portfolios can engage students more deeply in learning, encourage them to develop lifelong learning skills, support faculty collaboration around curricula and learning outcomes, and facilitate authentic assessment. In this session, you’ll learn about the context and rationale for IUPUI’s ePortfolio initiative and participate in a hands-on demonstration of the ePort environment within Oncourse. You’ll also learn about resources available to support your use of ePort to improve teaching, learning, and assessment. For more information, contact Susan Scott, ePortfolio Coordinator, at sbscott@iupui.edu.

This event is cosponsored by the ePortfolio Initiative and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

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iPods and podcasts have invaded our university. Let’s learn how we can leverage this technology for good. Come to this workshop and explore the potential of podcasting for your courses. This will be a hands-on workshop and will help you learn the ins and outs of podcasting, the podcasting resources at IUPUI, and the effective ways of using podcasting to promote student engagement. You will publish a podcast using the Oncourse Podcasting tool.

NOTE: This workshop is held online using Adobe Connect. You will need working speakers to hear the presenter. It is strongly recommended that you have a high-speed Internet connection to participate in this session. Registered participants will receive an email with instructions for viewing and a link to the Adobe Connect meeting room a day or two before the event. 

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iPods and podcasts have invaded our university. Let’s learn how we can leverage this technology for good. Come to this workshop and explore the potential of podcasting for your courses. This will be a hands-on workshop and will help you learn the ins and outs of podcasting, the podcasting resources at IUPUI, and the effective ways of using podcasting to promote student engagement. You will publish a podcast using the Oncourse Podcasting tool.

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The internet offers many opportunities to publish and access e-texts. This workshop will discuss the pros and cons of e-publishing from both student and instructor perspectives, and will explore opportunities that instructors have to publish their own work electronically. Further, web-based services will be investigated that allow instructors and students to incorporate texts in courses. Lastly, workshop participants will discover how Oncourse can facilitate access to e-text resources and services.

Participants will be sent an email containing a link to the online meeting room prior to the event.

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Learning activities can be delivered over the web to enhance, supplement and facilitate learning.  In this hands-on session, you will explore online sites to find existing learning objects. You will also learn about creating custom learning objects using tools such as StudyMate and Raptivity.

 

Note: This workshop is offerred online. Online participants will be given a web link via email no later than 24 hours prior to the start of the workshop.

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Learning activities can be delivered over the web to enhance, supplement and facilitate learning.  In this hybrid hands-on/online session, you will explore online sites to find existing learning objects. You will also learn about creating custom learning objects using tools such as StudyMate and Raptivity.

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Facilitator: Howard Mzumara, Director of Testing Center

This session will focus on interpretation and use of conventional item and test analysis reports to improve true/false, multiple-choice, and survey-type tests.  The presentation will include illustrative examples and provide participants with an opportunity to engage in an interactive discussion on how to use test/item analysis reports to improve classroom assessments.

 

This workshop is cosponsored by the Testing Center and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

 

For more information, contact Howard Mzumara at 278-2214 or email hmzumara@iupui.edu.

 

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Explore many of the newer online collaboration tools in this online workshop. These tools can facilitate communication between you and your students, or provide an online environment for student group work. If you're looking for tools that your students can use to work collaboratively online, this workshop is for you!

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Academy of Teaching Scholars: Engage Your Audience with Active Learning and Increase Retention of Information

 

Presenter: Mona Kheiry

 

Research has shown that knowledge retention can be significantly increased by incorporating active-learning strategies into your teaching. Join us and experience techniques that will actively engage your audience in the learning process. This interactive session will provide a myriad of tips and strategies to create a learning environment that actively engages your learners.

 

Register online at https://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/registration/indexDirect.asp?id=156

This event is cosponsored by the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Center for Teaching and Learning. 

This program is part of the Academy of Teaching Scholars and meets requirements for the Instructional Strategies competencies. For more information, please click here. Questions? maquarle@iupui.edu

 

 

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Are you looking for research tools for your own personal research? Would you like to provide tools your students can use for research in your class? In this online workshop, you will be introduced to different web-based research tools and discover the benefits of each one.

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This year's event will focus on assessment and 2012 accreditation. More details coming soon.

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