Monday, 18 Jan 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Birthday Celebration
An Ames community tradition, this year livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. Wayne Clinton, longtime Ames resident, retired teacher and coach, will serve as the keynote speaker. The Ames Human Relations Commission will present its annual Humanitarian Award.
Thursday, 21 Jan 2021
Webinar, Enhancing accessibility of online courses: Course development practices and tools (QM Success Stories)
Uncover best practices for designing accessible courses in our next free QM Success Story. During the webinar,
Friday, 22 Jan 2021
Webinar, Creating and sustaining equitable learning environments through shared values clarification
Teaching is fundamentally a relational process in which our personal and pedagogical values translate into behaviors that drive relationships with and amongst students. Values clarification engages us in deep critical reflection to identify what we value in a learning environment, the personal significance of these values, and their impact on our pedagogical choices and ways of being with our students.
Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021
Latina Studies Matter: Programming in Times of Crisis
U.S. Latino/a Studies Faculty Lecture Series, Spring 2021[b/]
Friday, 29 Jan 2021
Web talk, Mitigating pre-college socioeconomic barriers to STEM education
Inclusive education has always been about attending to more than content delivery, and incorporates how pedagogies address socio-psychological contingencies students may need to process. Brought on by persistent general social inequity, these contingencies continue to present themselves as barriers in STEM classrooms.