Thursday, 01 Oct 2020
CyThx at ISU Recognition Project (Nov. 1-30)
To celebrate effective teaching, advising, and mentoring, the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) partners with ISU Learning Communities, Multicultural Student Affairs, Student Government, and Graduate and Professional Student Senate for the annual recognition project #CyThx at Iowa State University.
Webinar: Supporting student mental health and well-being
Join this interactive webinar as we discuss the increasing complexity of student mental health and well-being needs on college campuses. We will explore current data and student needs. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect upon challenges they've experienced in their setting. Finally, we will share both strategic and operational tactics that we all can use.
Friday, 02 Oct 2020
Webinar, Diversity and Women in Higher Education with Dr. Galida Davis
Dr. Galida Davis leads the development and implementation of professional learning programs at the American Council on Education (ACE). She serves as the primary liaison to the ACE Women's Network, a national network that supports women in higher education faculty and administration. Sponsored by Iowa Women in Higher Education (IOWAWHE).
Monday, 05 Oct 2020
Webinar, Let's talk Canvas Gradebook
This 50-minute online webinar will offer practical tips for using Canvas Gradebook for efficient grading. Upon completion, you will be able to calculate grades, use gradebook filtering and sorting functions and optimize the Speegrader for your teaching needs. The webinar will incorporate a 20-minute Q and A block, in order to address participants' questions specific to using Canvas Gradebook.
Tuesday, 06 Oct 2020
Workshop, Five Key Principles of Learning for College Teachers
College teachers are tasked with facilitating the learning of students with a variety of backgrounds, prior knowledge levels, and motivations. Yet we're rarely provided with specific education about learning and how it unfolds in different contexts.
Thursday, 08 Oct 2020
Webinar, Canvas Blueprints: the Do's and Don'ts
A blueprint in Canvas allows to manage and distribute identical content across multiple sections of the same course. Which courses can Canvas blueprint accommodate best? What are the does and don'ts to help you avoid the typical blueprint mistakes? Whether you are new to the concept of Canvas blueprint or exploring better ways to use this functionality, join us for this conversation.
Web talk, Language matters: Considering racial microaggressions in science.
Join us for an interactive session where we will explore ways in which racial microaggressions manifest themselves in science. We will discuss what microaggressions are and how they effect underrepresented individuals in an academic setting. We will present several examples of microaggressions and discuss general strategies for confronting them.
Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020
Webinar, Choose your instructional tool adventure (Study Tools)
CELT's Choose Your Instructional Tool Adventure focuses on various instructional strategies found on the CELT website and demonstrates practical ways to incorporate these tools in a Canvas course. Instructional support staff from across campus will facilitate each 30-minute byte. These 30-minutes builds on concepts covered in the Canvas Mini-Bytes training videos on the CELT instructional strategies pages.
Award-Winning Seminar Series: Implementing SOTL in your classroom (Jessica Ward)
In this workshop, Jessica Ward, Early Achievement in Teaching Award-winning Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, shares how she motivated and engaged her students in implementing innovative teaching techniques in a very content-dense field.
Thursday, 15 Oct 2020
CanvasCon Online
Join us for professional development, idea-sharing, and skill-building at CanvasCon Online. It's a FREE global conference for educators, edtech experts, Canvas lovers, and Canvas lurkers. And for the health and safety of all attendees, it's virtual. The event will be hosted live on October 15th beginning at 11 a.m. (Iowa State University time).
Friday, 16 Oct 2020
"You Already Are": Mindfulness in different disciplines
Are your students as passionate and happy about their choice of discipline as you are? How have you been cultivating personal motivation and investment? In what ways are you intentional about embedding happiness and wellbeing in the learning process?
Web talk, Slaying the Content Monster in Large Intro Courses
We intrepid instructors are wallowing in the time sink involved in creating digital content and using new technologies. It may seem impossible to 'cover' content and incorporate active learning into your class, let alone design meaningful assessments.
Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020
Webinar, Choose your instructional tool adventure (Collaboration)
CELT's Choose Your Instructional Tool Adventure focuses on various instructional strategies found on the CELT website and demonstrates practical ways to incorporate these tools in a Canvas course. Instructional support staff from across campus will facilitate each 30-minute byte. These 30-minutes builds on concepts covered in the Canvas Mini-Bytes training videos on the CELT instructional strategies pages.
Webinar, CELT Teaching Talks: Tips for Teaching Classes with 300+ Students
Come learn a few techniques on how to move away from a purely lecture-based course session to a more engaging and student-centered environment while managing large numbers of students in a single in-person classroom session. Kelly Reddy-Best, (Associate Professor, AESHM) will share practical examples that are transferable across disciplines and will be demonstrated and practiced in the session.
Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020
Webinar, But is it really "just" science? Engaging critical race theory to unpack racial oppression
Disseminated through the culture of science (i.e., norms, values, beliefs, and practices), is the underlying message that there is but one "universal truth" regarding what is or what counts as scientific knowledge, research, and general practice. This culture and subsequent message have implications for who is recognized as being a scientist, or a validated member of the scientific community, and the process by which one gains such recognition.
Thursday, 22 Oct 2020
Webcast, Examining and Mitigating Implicit Bias
Effective teaching is inclusive teaching. When faculty work to implement evidence-based teaching practices, they are also working to create more inclusive online learning environments that promote equity. Join us for a series of engaging virtual discussions about inclusive online teaching.
Friday, 23 Oct 2020
Webcast, Overcoming Microaggressions as a Faculty Member
As faculty in higher education, you have likely received some campus training on microaggressions. However, the way these incidents show up between and among faculty, administrators, and students is often very different from how they display in other areas of campus. If you are a woman or underrepresented faculty, have you reflected on how microaggressions might be disrupting your work?
Webinar, Team-Based Learning (TBL) Teaching and Learning Community
This topic-based teaching and learning community meets throughout the academic year. We work as teams to optimize application exercises, readiness assurance tests, peer evaluation, and other aspects of course design, and also invite speakers to facilitate discussions of TBL theory, research and classroom application.
Web Talk, Including students in understanding implicit bias
We all have unique qualities that make us, us. Upon self-reflection, those elements that shape our identity can shape how we perceive those round us, either consciously or subconsciously. Our subconscious perceptions of others and how we react to them are often referred to as implicit bias, which can be both positive and negative.
Monday, 26 Oct 2020
Webinar, Best practices for engaging students online
Explore how-to initiate effective and meaningful faculty-to-student interactions while helping students engage in the construction of their learning. Brainstorm how to maintain and inspire student engagement for all learning environments (in-person, hybrid/blended, online).