Monday, 11 Apr 2022
Workshop: Conducting a Lit Review
"Conducting a lit review: A Citation Here, a Citation There ... Pretty Soon You'll Have a Lit Review," the first of a two-part series that will help you conduct and write the literature review for your thesis or dissertation. Registration required.
Workshop: Tracking Down Your Research Impact
Learn the basics of cited reference and techniques for author name searching in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar and how to generate visualizations and reports from the results. Registration required.
Tuesday, 12 Apr 2022
Canvas Peer-to-Peer User Groups (April)
If you are interested in joining the Canvas Peer-to-Peer (P2P) User Groups, please email celt-help@iastate.edu before this session. The P2P group consists of advanced Canvas users who support multiple faculty and courses, including instructional designers and course coordinators.
Wednesday, 13 Apr 2022
Course Design: Access & Inclusion with UDL
In this session, learn how to how to continue implementing the value of flexibility as a component of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Friday, 15 Apr 2022
Active Learning for Busy Skeptics
Active learning has consistently been shown to be more effective than traditional instruction for promoting learning, motivation and student retention. Despite this overwhelming research support, instructors have a number of significant concerns about adopting active learning techniques in their own classes. Common concerns include worries about preparation time, content coverage and student resistance to new teaching methods.
ISU Online Learning Community (ISU-OLC) - April
The purpose of the ISU-OLC is to share campus best practices to improve online teaching and learning and connect with others across campus.
A Practical Introduction to Problem-Based Learning
Most instructors want to develop their students' ability to solve practical, realistic problems of the sort found in the real world. Despite that, instruction typically emphasizes textbook examples and homework that has little to do with the types of problems encountered outside of the classroom. This session offers a practical introduction to Problem-based learning or PBL.