SoTL Event: Myths and Truths about HyFlex Learning
What it is, what it is not, and how it can help you build needed flexibility into your courses
HyFlex Learning is being discussed more than ever as a potential solution to the challenges universities are facing today in delivering high-quality learning to students in multiple ways, yet it is hard to land on a common description of what it actually is in practice.
The panelists will help define the HyFlex approach, discuss how faculty can use it to build flexibility into their courses in a way that promotes student success and address some common myths that get in the way of being able to leverage the benefits of the approach.
Learn more and register at citl.indiana.edu
CODED BIAS Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Join CEW&T and the IU Cinema for a virtual screening of CODED BIAS with a panel discussion.
CODED BIAS is a groundbreaking documentary feature on bias in artificial intelligence, and the women data scientists and mathematicians fighting to expose its threat to civil liberties and democracy.
Learn more and register at events.iu.edu
Zoom Alchemy: Active Learning in the Virtual Classroom
Feel like you're in a Zoom slump? Experience active learning in Zoom first-hand.
Class sessions on Zoom can be engaging and even invigorating, but it doesn't just happen on its own—it needs you. Experience active learning in Zoom first-hand and leave with engagement activities you can immediately implement in your class in this mash-up of Zoom features and IU's technology smorgasbord.
Learn more and register here for December 8 or here for January 13 (open to all campuses).
Virtual Speed Dating with Learning Technologies
Explore potential tools and services, gaining important insights in a short time
You will have around 9 minutes to "speed date" (i.e., learn about) a specific tool or service before meeting your next "date." Each Zoom breakout room will introduce a resource of interest to a broad audience, including some unfamiliar ones. Matchmakers (presenters) include staff from across UITS Learning Technologies.
Check out the full list of topics and RSVP at https://go.iu.edu/3q3d
Virtual Statewide IT Conference 2021
Pre-conference activities, keynote talks, breakout sessions, virtual networking opportunities, and maybe even some games
Don't miss out on the Virtual Statewide IT Conference 2021, which will take place January 20–22. Register now to receive updates on all conference events, including speakers, networking opportunities, and our Virtual Expo.
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