Events
October
Crafting Engaging Courses: Practical Solutions with MS365 - Thurs, Oct 10; 12- 1 PM, Zoom
Register for the Engaging Courses Workshop
Transform your course design experience with the untapped capabilities of Microsoft 365. From gamification and interactive presentations to creative asset design and accessible content delivery, this session shares practical takeaways that will elevate your online developments with tools you already have at your fingertips! Participants will be presented with several real-world course development challenges. In this session we will explore rapid authoring solutions, tips for crafting engaging PowerPoint presentations, innovative approaches to content delivery using Sway, gamification development with Forms, and efficient tips for developing accessible media.
Can’t make the live session? Register to ensure you receive a copy of the recording and resources!
Collaborative VoiceThread Strategies -Tues, Oct 15; 12-1 PM, Zoom
Register for the Collabortive VoiceThread Workshop
Join us for an interactive workshop aimed to help instructors harness the full potential of VoiceThread as a dynamic collaboration tool. VoiceThread offers a versatile platform where students can not only engage in meaningful discussions but also actively contribute to presentations, fostering a culture of collaboration and creativity. In this session, we will delve into strategic approaches for leveraging VoiceThread to facilitate both group work and individual contributions to presentations, enhancing student engagement. Faculty participants will leave with sample VoiceThread presentations and templates that they can readily integrate into their instruction. Prior experience with VoiceThread is required for this session.
Can’t make the live session? Register to ensure you receive a copy of the recording and resources!
AI Drop-Ins - Thursday, 10/17, 10 a.m. to noon, Friday, 10/18, 1 to 3 p.m., CK 405
Unlocking Creativity: Designing Virtual Escape Rooms - Friday, Oct 18; 12-1 PM Zoom
Register for the Escape Room Workshop
Escape rooms offer an ideal setting for conducting formative assessments or facilitating professional development opportunities. This session is designed to introduce you to the world of virtual escape rooms and provide you with the skills to craft your own experience using Microsoft Forms, a widely available tool in many educational institutions through a Microsoft 365 subscription. Escape rooms have long been a popular way to engage participants in a challenging and interactive adventure. The concept of virtual escape rooms offers an exciting opportunity to create, share, and enjoy a gamification experience remotely. You'll explore multimedia integration, and quiz-based structures to simulate the experience of a physical escape room, all within the digital realm. We will also explore the utilization of AI tools to enhance the development of your escape room experience.
Can’t make the live session? Register to ensure you receive a copy of the recording and resources!
Honors College Faculty Fellows and Teaching in TU Honors - Monday Oct. 28, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Cook Library Room 404B
Faculty are invited to learn about and work on proposals at any stage for the new Honors College Faculty Fellows program and teaching Honors College courses! Courses sought include upper-level, interdisciplinary, seminar-based courses and High Impact Practice (HIPs) courses. Includes short introduction of the parameters of these courses and the Honors Faculty Fellows program from the Honors College Dean and Honors Faculty Director and an opportunity for immediate feedback on draft proposals. Access to preparation materials provided in advance to participants who sign up by 10/20.
Schedule:
11-11:20: Introduction and Overview - Honors College Curriculum and Goals
11:20-11:30 - Q&A
11:30-12:15 - workshopping of course proposals and Fellows applications
12:15-12:45 – lunch* and networking
12:45-1pm - Review and Closing
*Lunch provided by FACET. Honors College Faculty Fellows and Teaching in TU Honors
Please register to attend the Honors Faculty Programs event.
Practical Tech Tips for Faculty Efficiency in Blackboard - Wed, Oct 30; 12- 1:00 PM, Zoom
Register to attend Tech Tips for Faculty
We’ll cover practical tips and tools to enhance your efficiency, including how to enable and use the clipboard history, valuable keyboard shortcuts, leverage the snipping tool feature and emoji keyboard, and more! Whether you're looking to simplify your workflow or integrate new features, this workshop will provide valuable insights and actionable strategies to improve your Blackboard usage and save time.
Can’t make the live session? Register to ensure you receive a copy of the recording and resources!
Imagining America CoP - Wed, Oct 30; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, CK404B
Register for the Imagining America CoP
Supporting faculty and staff from across all colleges and divisions interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and creatively re-imagining their teaching, practice, and scholarship in partnership with Imagining America (IA), a consortium that brings together scholars, artists, designers, humanists, and organizers to imagine, study, and enact a more just and liberatory ‘America’ and world.
November
CUREs Community of Practice Fall Cohort Meeting - Friday, November 1, 2024, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., CK 404B
Register for the CURE CoP Meeting
Please join the CURE (Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences) Community of Practice (CoP) for our fall semester meeting. The first cohort of FACET CURE developers from CLA and CBE will discuss their newly designed courses, and the CoP will discuss how CUREs have helped TU faculty obtain external funding for their research. We welcome anyone interested in learning more about CUREs as well as those already familiar with this high impact pedagogical approach.
Lunch will be provided.
Using AI Pedagogy and Tools to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Classroom - November 7 12:00-1:00 CK404B and Via Zoom
Register to attend the AI DEI in the Classroom Workshop
Generative AI affords faculty new pedagogies as well as new ways to employ traditional ones to address diversity efforts in teaching and learning. AI initiatives enjoy an increasingly significant role in teaching and learning. The digital tools associated with AI can support teaching and learning ways that increase efficiency, engagement, and student success. This session is designed to demonstrate how a unique diversity framework guides faculty in the integration of AI tools to support representation, inclusion, social justice and cultural identity initiatives in the classroom. Accompanying AI tools provide exciting opportunities for faculty and students to participate in a learning environment whereby everyone is included and represented. Further, faculty can employ digital tools that support students’ social justice efforts related to the discipline and course content. Learn how to easily create images that reflect the diversity of your students, quickly develop scripts representative of diverse points of view that can be used in videos, case studies, and role plays. Emphasis will be placed on how to use the tools to achieve diversity, equity and inclusion goals for teaching and learning. All are welcome from AI novices to experts.
AI Drop-Ins - Thursday, 11/17, 10 a.m. to noon, Friday, 11/18, 1 to 3 p.m., CK 405
Past Events
TEaching | |
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Special Considerations for International Student Success | Panopto (01:16:14 video) |
Integrating AI Components into Course Syllabi and Assignments | Panopto (01:23:03 video) |
Introduction to Podcasting | Panopto (01:06:32 video) |
ChatGPT: Where are We Now? | Panopto (01:23:20 video) |
FACET Faculty Workshop on Transparent and Inclusive Pedagogy | Panopto (00:56:27 video) |
The Myth of Grades as a System of Measurement and Standards Based Grading Powerpoint |
Youtube (00:48:00 video) |
Is Two Better than One? Writing Two-Tiered Multiple Choice Items | Youtube (00:29:58 video) |
Engaging Learners During Online Instruction | Youtube (00:24:49 video) |
Open Educational Resources (OER) Development Workshop: Using the M.O.S.T. Commons | Panopto (00:59:56 video) |
Emerging technology | |
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Virtual Reality Environments Using 3D Models in Unity | Youtube (1:09:00 video) |
Virtual Reality Filmmaking for Your Scholarship | Youtube (00:37:00 video) |
Photogrammetry: At-home 3D Model Creation |
Youtube (00:48:26 video) |
Gamification and Interactive Storytelling Using Twine | Panopto (01:01:15 video) |
Gamification 2: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure YouTube Stories | Panopto (00:56:21 video) |
Creative Coding On and Through the Web | Panopto (01:28:42 video) |
Research & Scholarship | |
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Launching a Research Program at TU | Panopto (00:55:00 video) |
Mentoring Award-Winning Students | Panopto (01:00:06 video) |
Applying for a Fulbright Award | Panopto (00:56:41 video) |
Planning for and Writing a Winning NSF CAREER Proposal | Panopto (00:54:49) video |