Communicate and share new ideas and your latest endeavors in teaching and learning along with other instructors across Indiana. The symposium planning committee invites proposals for three types of sessions — interactive, micro-presentations, and TED-like talks. The symposium will be held on Friday, March 4, 2022, on Zoom.

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Featured Webinar

Virtual Reality (VR) as a Design Tool

Jon Racek from the IUB Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design will cover the uses of Virtual Reality (VR) in the classroom as a design tool for conceptual design, as a prototyping tool, and as a presentation tool.

Featured Program

Emerging Scholars of College Instruction Program (ESCIP)

Are you a graduate student interested in an academic career and improving students' learning experiences? Apply for ESCIP by Nov. 30 to develop your teaching skills.

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Announcements

2022 Curriculum Enhancement Grant Request for Proposals and Webinar Series

The 2022 Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) Request for Proposals is now open. The CEG provides faculty with technical and instructional support, time, and funds to implement projects designed to improve student learning and success at IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne. This year we especially seek proposals focused on the High-Impact Practices (HIPs) of Course-Based Undergraduate Research and ePortfolios. The deadline for submitting proposals is January 31, 2022. Read RFP and submit a proposal.

4 Simple Ways to Help Your Most-Disconnected Students

Willett, M. (2021, October 19). 4 Simple ways to help your most-disconnected students. The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Students who feel disconnected from their college or university are more likely to leave. Individual faculty members, administrators, and staff members can make a difference to students’ feelings of connection by engaging in a few key practices. This article can be accessed for free when on the IU Network or by signing up for a free Chronicle account.

CTL Workshops and Webinars

Teaching with Technology Faculty Showcase: Encouraging Student Reflection through Adobe Spark

Wednesday, November 10 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Andi Strackeljahn and Presenter(s): Kathy Berlin

Are you tired of reading the same discussion posts or reflection responses? Are you interested in other ways students can create course artifacts?
IUPUI faculty, Kathy Berlin, will share how she has utilized Adobe Spark to deliver course content and also incorporate it into students’ assignments. By using Spark as a webpage, students access narrative, lecture, videos, and other course content in a seamless, familiar experience. Using Spark, students are able to construct visual and creative reflections that allow for a broader range of expression beyond text. Kathy will also share examples of course content created in Spark, her experiences learning how to use the technology, and experiences from her students. Following Kathy’s presentation, Adam Maksl of eLearning Design and Services will provide a brief demonstration of how you, or your students, can easily create content in Spark.

Preparing for the Review of a General Education Course

Monday, November 15 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Terri Tarr and Presenter(s): Debora Herold

As IUPUI continues the process of reviewing general education courses, course coordinators or faculty responsible for preparing course dossiers for review may have questions about the information and materials that need to go into the dossiers. This webinar will provide an overview of the course review process, course dossier requirements, and the rubric that will be used to review the course dossiers. It will also address the option for preparing a simplified course dossier based on using a Mile Marker assignment. Examples from existing course dossiers will be incorporated into the webinar. Questions and discussion will be encouraged.

Applying for a CEG: Evaluation Plan and Project Logistics

Tuesday, November 16 | 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Anusha S. Rao and Presenter(s): Jerry Daday, Tom Hahn, Anusha S Rao, Terri Tarr, Richard Turner

If you are interested in applying for a 2022 Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG), you should attend this informative and interactive webinar series! You will engage with presenters to discuss the proposal requirements, review examples from past successful proposals, and examine the components of a strong CEG proposal. This webinar will focus on developing an assessment and evaluation plan for your CEG project. In addition, you will learn about the expectations for the CEG budget, timeline, and dissemination plan.

CEG proposal submissions are due by Monday, January 31, 2022. For more information, visit the 2022 Curriculum Enhancement Grant webpage.

Teaching@IUPUI: Creating a Teaching Portfolio

Thursday, November 18 | 12:00 - 1:00 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.

Quality Matters at IU: Applying the Quality Matters Rubric to Online Courses

Friday, December 10 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Douglas Jerolimov and Presenter(s): Douglas Jerolimov, Jeani Young

This workshop introduces faculty and staff to the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric and to the QM Process. Quality Matters is a nationally recognized quality assurance organization for online course design, and the QM Process is a faculty-led peer review process that uses the research-based standards (criteria) of the QM Rubric to certify online courses. Eventually, many online courses within the IU system will undergo the QM Process with the goal of achieving national QM recognition. Faculty may also use the QM Rubric as a guide to design online courses. And, for faculty who are interested, this course serves as a pre-requisite for QM's Peer Reviewer Course, which is a required course for faculty who seek certification as a QM Peer Reviewer, allowing them to participate in QM course reviews for courses created here at IU and at other universities.

Faculty Crossing

Participate in the Fall Forum Fellow Writing Groups

Each semester, the Faculty Forum offers writing groups that provide encouragement, accountability, and a sense of community for faculty and staff. Join us for any of our two weekly online groups. In the first 30 minutes, participants will discuss a writing-related topic and share specific writing goals. The remaining 90 minutes will be spent quietly writing. There are two online options: Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Membership is open to IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne faculty and staff of all ranks, appointments, and schools/centers. Sign up for one day or both days.