Monday, 01 Feb 2016
Meeting: Service-Learning Faculty Learning Community
Are you interested in developing, or enhancing, a service-learning component within your course? You are invited to join this dynamic, interdisciplinary group as we walk-through the process of integrating service-learning into the curriculum. These interactive sessions will include topical discussions, readings, and sharing of best practices.
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2016
CANCELED - Seminar: Work with Us! Classroom Instructors & Librarian Collaborations
This session will focus on ways that instructors can collaborate with librarians online. Learn how you can embed a variety of Library resources into your Blackboard course pages, including MyLibrary Blackboard modules, online Library course & research Guides, content from Library streaming video collections, and more!
Wednesday, 03 Feb 2016
Webinar: Using Calibrated Peer-Reviewed Writing in the STEM Classroom
Writing is one of the cornerstones of the sciences, but is rarely emphasized in the STEM classroom due to its burdensome nature for the instructor. Students who are not given the opportunity to learn how to write will struggle with success in their academic and professional careers over the long term.
Wednesday, 10 Feb 2016
Live Webinar: Working with First-Year STEM Students
First-year students have to navigate so many different things - academic and personal - when they start college. For some, being in a large lecture hall could be totally foreign, and for others, they may need help getting up to speed on basic undergraduate STEM topics. How can instructors adapt their courses to help first-year students succeed in the sciences?
Seminar: What is a Flipped Classroom?
In this session, we will introduce what is flipped classroom. And share the current status of flipped classroom implementation in higher education and Iowa State University. A faculty panel with members from different disciplines will share their lesson learned with participants. This interactive discussion will help examine how flipped classroom may guide our students' learning processes and enhance your instruction.
Friday, 12 Feb 2016
Seminar: Tips for Transforming Blackboard into an Active Learning Space
During this meeting, Jeanna Nation, Human Development and Family Studies; and Autumn Cartagena, Liberal Arts and Sciences will share their experiences of utilizing game-based learning and team-based learning approaches to redesign their Blackboard courses to enhance teaching and learning. Tips and lesson learned will be shared and discussed.
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2016
Seminar: Plotting the Course for Game Based Learning at Iowa State
In this session, Game Based Learning (GBL) resources will be shared by the facilitators. A review of items discussed during past GBL sessions will be provided. A follow-up discussion will be conducted to gather participants' feedbacks about what elements will be needed when developing a GBL course.
Wednesday, 17 Feb 2016
Celebration: Appreciation of Advising
Faculty and staff who serve as academic advisers are invited to a recognition breakfast, hosted by the University Academic Advising Committee. A light breakfast will be served, with a brief program at 8:05 a.m. Attendees are welcome to come and go as schedules allow; RSVP online.
Live Webinar: Flipped Classrooms - What Are They, and Why Should You Use Them?
Flipped classrooms turn the traditional teaching model on its head by introducing students to new concepts outside of class (rather than through lectures) and using class time to deepen that knowledge through exercises and other activities. This kind of format can fuel collaborative learning and strengthen understanding of complex topics.
Monday, 22 Feb 2016
Online Course: Accessibility - Designing and Teaching Courses for All Learners
Gain a better understanding of accessibility as a civil rights issue and develop the knowledge and skills you need to design learning experiences that promote inclusive learning environments.
Teaching & Learning Circle: Communication in the Classroom
Learning occurs when students understand class content and perceive they are understood by classmates and instructor. Understanding is achieved as a result of interpersonal communication that occurs in the classroom, between students and instructors. The purpose of this learning circle is to examine and practice interpersonal communication competencies that will contribute to understanding in the classroom.