Teaching with Technology Faculty Showcase
IU Bloomington's Kim Arnold and Meghan Porter will share how they pair Kaltura and Doceri to create annotated lectures and review videos that are highly used and valued by their students.
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The centers provide consultations on IU pedagogical and instructional technologies. They're also the best-connected when it comes to knowing what's going on across campus.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
12-1pm EST
Online via Zoom
Kim and Meghan will also discuss how Kaltura and Doceri have created more interactive and equitable courses. Following discussion, Nate Pairitz of Collaboration Technologies will demonstrate how to use Kaltura to create media.
Teaching@IU webinars
Join us to learn more about using affordable content (open educational resources, eTexts, digital courseware) to increase student success.
Monday, February 3, noon-12:45pm: Using Open Educational Resources to Further Student Success
Register at https://go.iu.edu/2dt3
This short webinar will introduce Open Educational Resources (OER), high-quality free and openly licensed course materials that you can adapt to your class. The session will focus on how instructors can find and evaluate OER.
Wednesday, February 19, noon-12:45pm: Is the digital course material I am using an IU eText?
Register at https://go.iu.edu/2dtf
Are you using digital course materials in your class? Are they IU eTexts materials? Why does it matter? Digital course materials ordered through the IU eTexts program offer significant benefits to students and instructors. Join us to learn how to see if your preferred titles are available, how and when you can place an order for an upcoming term, and how to ensure your IU eText is available to your students right in Canvas on or before the first day of class.
Wednesday, March 4, noon-12:45pm: Sharing your notes and more with students through the IU eTexts interface
Register at https://go.iu.edu/2dth
The Engage e-reader platform offers many features that you can use to engage with students right in the text to focus their reading and spur deeper learning. In this webinar, you will learn how to use the basic features in Engage, get ideas for how you might use these features in your classroom, and see how you can use Engage analytics to inform your teaching.
All sessions are hosted in Zoom, but please be sure to register using the links above.
Scholars Book Fairs
School book fairs were much-anticipated, carnival-like events in many of our childhoods. We knew they were meant to be educational, but they were so fun we didn't care. Scholars Book Fairs at IU are playful and exploratory looks at affordable content.
- IU East: February 4, 12:30-2:30pm
- IU South Bend: February 5, 11am-2pm
- IU Northwest: February 6, 12-2pm
- IUPUC: February 12, 10am-12pm
- IU Kokomo: February 21, 11am-1pm
- IU Southeast: February 28, 10am-1pm
- IUPUI: March 3, 1-3pm
- IU Bloomington: March 6, 11am-2pm
Plater Institute on the Future of Learning
The institute brings together members of the campus community and beyond to collectively explore significant issues in higher education that will influence the future of learning. The theme for 2020 is student mental health and well-being.
Friday, February 7, 2020
9am-3:30pm
University Tower, IUPUI
For more details, visit the Plater Institute website.
BTAA Women in IT virtual conference
Disruption is a constant presence in our lives and can stem from our professional and personal worlds. Join a group of women leaders in educational technology as they discuss the ways that disruption has created opportunities in their lives and careers.
Leadership in a Culture of Constant Change
Friday, February 7, 2020
1-4pm EST / 12-3pm CST / 11am-2pm MST /10am-1pm PST
Join online via Zoom or RSVP for a campus watch party.
Join us for the second annual Big Ten Academic Alliance Women in IT (BTAA WIT) virtual conference. Last year's conference engaged more than 600 attendees with 331 unique log-ins and 275 face-to-face attendees at 28 locations.
If you're interested in setting up or attending a watch party on your campus, contact Michele Kelmer (mkelmer@iu.edu) or Marcia Dority-Baker (MDorityBaker@nebraska.edu) for assistance.
Presentations
Disruption as an opportunity
Speakers: Stacy Morrone (Indiana University), Jennifer Sparrow (Penn State), Liv Gjestvang (Ohio State), Sherri Braxton (UMBC), Maggie Jessie (Iowa)
Disruption is a constant presence in our lives, and can stem from forces in our professional and personal worlds. Join a group of women leaders in educational technology as they discuss the ways that disruption has created opportunities for reflection, learning, growth, and humor in their lives and careers.
Leadership superpowers
Big Ten CIOs Michele Norin (Rutgers) and Lois Brooks (Wisconsin) will discuss their leadership superpowers, specifically how they discovered, developed and rely on them.
IU Online Continuing the Conversation Series
Curious about what your colleagues are doing in their online classes? Join us for a webinar series featuring faculty across campuses and disciplines sharing their experiences as online instructors.
- February 14 - Student Interaction with Learning Materials - Stephanie Cox (Manager, Application Virtualization, UITS) and Ellyn Pruitt (Virtual Application Engineer, UITS)
- February 28 - Student Interaction with Instructor - Francoise Bachelder (Adjunct Professor, IU Northwest)
- March 27 - Creating Accessible Online Visuals - Christopher Lang (Professor of Mathematics; Coordinator, Upper-Level Mathematics Program, IU Southeast)
- April 17 - Student-Student Interaction - Lynn Jettpace (Senior Lecturer, Department of English; Associate Director, University Writing Center, IUPUI)
Learn more and register at the IU Online faculty website.
Coffee with the Connected Professor
Join us for a new faculty IT water cooler event featuring a 20-minute keynote presentation and three to four 10-minute lightning round presentations. Beverages and light snacks provided!
Wednesday, February 26
10:30-11:30am EST
- IU East: Hayes Hall 150A
- IU South Bend: Northside 245
- IU Northwest: Anderson Library Conference Center, rm 110
- IUPUC: LC 1618 (northeast corner of library)
- IU Kokomo: KA 130
- IU Southeast: Library, room 221
- IUPUI: University Library UL 2115E
- IU Bloomington: Wells Library 174
- Online via Zoom
Please RSVP: https://go.iu.edu/2h9a
E.C. Moore Symposium on Excellence in Teaching
Join Indiana's higher education community to examine teaching excellence and innovative pedagogies that encourage student learning. The symposium includes concurrent sessions, TED-like talks, and an interactive poster session.
Friday, March 6, 2020
8:30am-3:30pm
University Tower, IUPUI
For more details, visit the EC Moore website.
CEW&T Summit
The Summit provides an opportunity to celebrate women & technology and for the IU community to share, learn, engage with, and experience technology across various skill levels and disciplines.
Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7, 2020
Indiana Memorial Union, IU Bloomington
The Summit is an annual conference hosted by the IU Center of Excellence for Women & Technology on the IU Bloomington campus.
For more details and to register, visit the Summit website.