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The E.C. Moore Symposium keynote speaker, Dr. Mays Imad, will offer a virtual follow-up workshop on A Deeper Dive into Trauma-Informed Teaching on Monday, March 7, 2 - 3:15 p.m. where you can engage deeply through a case-study analysis, individual reflections, and small-group discussions and leave with actionable strategies to use in your teaching contexts.
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Immersive Experiences with 360-Degree Images
Learn how to create a memorable, immersive experience with interactive 360-degree images. This workshop will lead you from taking photos with a 360-degree camera to editing and then sharing them with your students.
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Preparing Your Classes for Unmasking
This blog post from our colleagues at the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning at IUB provides some helpful tips and resources for faculty on how to navigate the changes that will take place once the mask mandate is lifted on March 4.
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E.C. Moore Symposium Online Program and Micro-presentations Previews Available. Register now!
Check out the symposium online program with session descriptions and video previews of micro-presentations! Join us on Zoom on March 4, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., to engage with fellow instructors in a variety of concurrent sessions and micro-presentations. This year's symposium will feature a keynote address by Dr. Mays Imad and a panel discussion on best practices in multi-cultural teaching. Register for the symposium.
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The Extended Reality Initiative (XRI) Faculty Fellows Grant provides faculty with technical and instructional support and funds to implement Augmented Reality (AR) or Virtual Reality (VR) assignments/projects/activities into their course(s) that are designed to improve student learning and success at IU. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on March 6. For more information and to apply.
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If you are looking for a fun introduction to IU’s affordable content options, register for the Scholars Book Fair being held at IUPUI on Friday, March 11, 2022 from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in Hine Hall rooms 102, 106 (Idea Garden), and 118. Register for the book fair.
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Proposals are now being accepted for the Teach, Play, Learn Conference that will be held at IU Kokomo on Friday, June 24, 2022. The Teach, Play, Learn conference is IU’s annual academic conference on game-based teaching and learning. Proposals are now being accepted for presentations on real-life usage, empirical studies, and theoretical discussions. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. on March 28, 2022. For more information and to submit your proposal, visit the Teach, Play, Learn website.
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This year’s Plater Institute theme is Interculturality and Inclusivity: Pedagogies that Dig Deep. The institute will feature a keynote address by Dr. Kathryn Sorrells on Engaging Pedagogies and Practices for Human Dignity, Inclusion, and Justice: An Intercultural Praxis Approach. Faculty and staff from various IU campuses will lead panel discussions and interactive concurrent sessions on diverse, but interrelated facets of the theme. Learn more and register.
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Else-Quest, N.; Sathy, V., & Hogan, K. A. (2022, January 18). How to give our students the grace we all need. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
As we return to increasing in-person interactions and class meetings, faculty, staff, and students are still coping with physical and mental health issues. Drawing on principles of positive education and trauma-informed pedagogy, this article discusses six ways that instructors can better support students without exhausting themselves in the effort.
This article can be accessed for free when on the IU Network or by signing up for a free Chronicle account. You can also learn more about trauma-informed pedagogy at the E.C. Moore Symposium keynote address on March 4!
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CTL Workshops and Webinars
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Tuesday, March 22 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Jessica Alexander and Presenter(s): Jessica Alexander, Douglas Jerolimov
Transparent assignment designs have been proven to motivate increased student effort and to promote student success. Clarification and elaboration of an assignments’ purpose, task, and grading criteria works to scaffold student learning activities. Doing so helps all students, but especially students from underserved populations and students who are unfamiliar with college success strategies. In this webinar, participants will be introduced to the transparent design framework, analyze sample transparent assignments, and will begin drafting or revising a transparent assignment.
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Wednesday, March 23 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Douglas Jerolimov and Presenter(s): Douglas Jerolimov, Richard Turner
This session introduces faculty and graduate students to the practice of documenting one’s teaching. Participants will examine different kinds of evidence and documents to capture, and to make the case for, teaching achievements. Participants will consider how to shape their evolution as teachers through the use of many kinds of documents that include—but do not rely on—student evaluations of teaching. This webinar is the 3rd webinar in a 3-webinar series designed to introduce faculty and graduate students to the process of creating, refining and documenting one’s teaching practices.
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Friday, March 25 | 10 a.m. - 12 noon | University Library - UL 1130
Register » Organizer(s): Randy Newbrough and Presenter(s): Todd Kirk, Jeannette Lehr, Yvonne Wittmann
Learn how to create a memorable, immersive experience for your students with interactive 360-degree images. This workshop will lead you from taking photos with a 360-degree camera to editing and then sharing them with your students. See how others have used these images to engage their students from lab safety to virtual fieldtrips. You will also have the opportunity to brainstorm ideas with your colleagues for adding this active learning technology to your course.
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Thursday, March 31 | 12 noon - 1 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register »
The lion's share of accessibility barriers in courses can be addressed with 7 Simple Steps. Learn to apply these steps to your course materials and how Ally can guide you through making your Canvas course sites more accessible for everyone.
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Grad Students and Postdocs
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Monday, March 7 | 11a.m. - 12 noon | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Jessica Alexander and Presenter(s): Lauren Easterling
For many graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, a guest lecturing experience may be an important means of gaining experience related to teaching in a university setting. This session will address fundamental knowledge required for being successful as a guest lecturer, present the experiences of a guest lecturer or guest paper discussion leader in a STEM discipline, and discuss how to succeed in these opportunities and leverage them for future career opportunities and development.
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Thursday, March 24 | 1 - 2:15 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Jessica Alexander and Presenter(s): Debora Herold
Candidates for academic positions are often asked to give a teaching demonstration as part of an on campus interview. This webinar will be facilitated by faculty members from IUPUI and University of Pikeville , some of whom have recently done a successful teaching demonstration and others who have been part of faculty search committees and evaluated teaching demonstrations. You will learn about a framework for planning a teaching demonstration and some example approaches to teaching a given topic. You will also discuss the importance of considering the institutional and pedagogical contexts and situational factors such as the pandemic when preparing a teaching demonstration. if you will be on the faculty job market in the near future, this is a great opportunity to ask questions and learn about tips and strategies to deliver a stellar teaching demonstrations!
Note: This workshop is offered as a part of the Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals program.
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Each semester, the Faculty Forum offers writing groups that provide encouragement, accountability, and a sense of community for faculty and staff. Participants will meet on Zoom for two hours each week. In the first 15 minutes of the meeting, participants will discuss a writing - related topic and share session writing goals.
The remaining time is spent quietly writing, and there are two options:
1. Tuesdays 10 a.m. - noon
2. Wednesdays 10 a.m. - noon (members of the Wednesday group can participate online or in person at The Faculty Crossing at IUPUI)
The Tuesday and Wednesday writing group sessions have already begun. However, you can join anytime throughout the semester. Membership is open to IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne faculty and staff of all ranks, appointments, and disciplines. For more information and registration or contact faccross@iupui.edu.
The Faculty Crossing presents an online Teach Talk, March 3, 2022
Join book artist, papermaker and printmaker, Karen Baldner for our online Teach Talk. Karen is this year’s Herron Faculty Teaching Resident at The Faculty Crossing. She will speak from 4 - 5 p.m. about teaching strategies from her art practice that can be brought into classrooms of other disciplines. For more information and to register.
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Add global perspectives and intercultural learning experiences to your course with the Global Voices.
March 8: Register for the ePortfolio Student Panel
March 17: SAVI training: Frame the Problem
March 10 deadline: Next Generation 2.0 - applications now open
April 24: The Adjunct Faculty Scholars Conference is for all campuses and is a day of professional development and networking
April 28: SAVI training: Find Existing Data
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