Tuesday, 10 Sep 2024
Information sessions: Diversity Travel
Procurement services will host a team from Diversity Travel, since July the university's second contracted travel agency. Faculty, staff and graduate students who have questions or want to learn more are invited.
Wednesday, 11 Sep 2024
LIB 1600: Enhancing student research
Every ISU undergraduate student takes LIB 1600, but how much do you know about the course? Are you or your students struggling to define what a "credible" source is? Are you worried that ChatGPT is doing all the work? LIB 1600 was designed with you in mind. Take a virtual tour of the newly remodeled LIB 1600 course and learn how we've integrated research skills with AI literacy.
Workshop: What is Digital Humanities?
This workshop introduces participants to the common approaches, methodologies, and tools in the field of digital humanities as well as opportunities and resources for further development of DH skills. Attendees are encouraged to bring lany questions they have about DH to this informal conversation. Registration required.
Thursday, 12 Sep 2024
Workshop: Academic AI tools
"Research and Instruction academic AI tools petting zoo." This hands-on workshop allows participants to engage in guided activities led by the presenters to test out 3 AI tools you could use in your academic endeavors, and discuss the best practices for their use.
Monday, 16 Sep 2024
Cultivating Well-being in Academia: Essential Practices for Thriving Educators
The Power of Gratitude: Transforming Perspectives and Enhancing Well-being
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2024
Workshop: Working in Streamlyne: Introduction to the Basics
This workshop will cover the basics of using Streamlyne, the proposal management and submission system used at Iowa State University. This session is designed to cover entering information to submitting a basic proposal. More complex proposals will be covered in future sessions.
Systems Thinking in Higher Education: Introducing the Habits and Tools of a Systems Thinker
Systems thinking is a strategy that allows us to see the interconnectedness of events in our lives and is a powerful tool to generate solutions to complex problems. We often talk about the need for students "to be" systems thinkers, yet how can we foster this way of thinking?
Workshop: Bullet Journal as Research Planner
Participants will learn the basics of setting up their own research planner and learn and practice rapid log notation, which allows for organizing information and tasks in a concise and structured manner. No prior experience or fancy supplies required - all you need is a pen.
Wednesday, 18 Sep 2024
Workshop: Fundamentals of Deep Learning
This 3-part workshop will introduce deep learning techniques and applications. Deep learning is a powerful AI approach that uses layered artificial neural networks to deliver state-of-the-art accuracy in tasks such as object detection, speech recognition, and language translation. Using deep learning, computers can learn and recognize patterns from data that are considered too complex or subtle for expert-written software.
Thursday, 19 Sep 2024
Workshop: Data Management and Sharing Plans 101
Workshop participants will be provided with the information, tools, and resources necessary to write a successful data management plan. We'll cover what information to include, how publisher and funder sharing requirements relate, and what's meant by data archiving (it's more than storage). We'll introduce helpful tools to help write your proposal and provide guidance on how to responsibly use GenAI chat tools to assist in the writing process.
Workshop: Leveraging Open Access and OER in the Promotion Process
In this workshop, faculty participants will receive guidance on how to reap the benefits of open content for the promotion and tenure process, leveraging examples from actual Iowa State P&T case packets. These tips will be relevant for both tenure track and non-tenure track faculty at Iowa State.
Workshop: Managing Citations with Zotero
Zotero is a powerful and popular citation management tool, and this workshop will provide you with an overview of its capabilities, as well as get you started with using it for your own research projects. We'll look at how Zotero stacks up against other citation management systems, and then have a demonstration, followed by a hands-on practice period where you can begin to collect and organize references from various sources.
Tuesday, 24 Sep 2024
Workshop: Revised GoldSheets and Updated Streamlyne PDs
Join us for this session to learn how to work with both the Office of Sponsored Programs Administration (OSPA) Pre-Award and Awards teams on updating a GoldSheet or Streamlyne PD when a change needs to be recorded regarding investigators or lead units.
Workshop: ArcGIS Online Essentials: Intro to Map Viewer
Participants in this workshops will get an introduction to ArcGIS Map Viewer and the basic concepts, data sources, and tools for mapping and spatial analysis. Participants will get hands-on experience and create a map using ArcGIS Online.
Thursday, 26 Sep 2024
Workshop: Git basics for absolute beginners
Git is a version control system: it tracks and manages changes to your files over time and allows you to include explanations for each change. This workshop will introduce you to Git - how it works, its benefits, and how to get started -- by learning and practicing the basics. This workshop is for anyone that works with plain text data and code but requires no prior knowledge of Git. You will need a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer to participate.
Workshop: Faculty Champions for Affordable Course Materials
This panel presentation brings together instructors from across Iowa State who teach with affordable textbooks. Each will share their experiences teaching with course packets, open educational resources, reserve materials, and other low- and no-cost options.
Friday, 27 Sep 2024
Workshop: Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA C/C++
In this 2-part workshop, learn how to write code, configure code parallelization with CUDA, optimize memory migration between the CPU and GPU accelerator, and implement the workflow learned on a new task-accelerating a fully functional, but CPU-only, particle simulator for observable massive performance gains. At the end of the workshop, you'll have access to additional resources to create new GPU-accelerated applications on your own.