Monday, 22 Feb 2021
Innovation Short Circuit: Global Innovation, From the Battlefield to Football Field
Feature speaker is Tilman Engel, ISU alum and former NFL executive.
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021
Webinar, Best Practices for Using OER in Canvas: Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore how to apply the Quality Matters rubric to evaluate the use of free digital materials, like OER, in the classroom.
Virtual workshop: Introduction to Data Management Plans
A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a short document that outlines how research data will be managed, safeguarded, documented, preserved, and shared. DMPs are not just a useful tool for project planning, they're also required by government and private funders.
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2021
Webinar, CELT Teaching Talks: Hosting a Virtual Graduate Student Symposium
Brian Hornbuckle (Professor, Agronomy) will describe how the Environmental Science Symposium, a collection of talks and a graduate student poster session, was held online in Spring 2020. In addition, he will describe the strategy used in this seminar course (required for all graduate students in environmental science) to meet the learning outcomes, particularly community building.
Webinar, Choose your instructional tool adventure (Web conferencing: sharing content)
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 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.
Thursday, 25 Feb 2021
NSF CAREER Workshop
Recent NSF CAREER grant awardees will be talking about their experiences in developing their proposals and provide tips on the process. Additionally, the Grants Hub will provide information on the differing requirements of the NSF CAREER program, broader impacts plans, and budget planning.
Documentary screening and discussion
"The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the Face of Science" is a 22-minute film that demonstrates the competencies and passions of female paleontologists and how this gendered stereotype can be easily diminished with the donning of a beard.
Friday, 26 Feb 2021
Innovation Short Circuit: The Biggest Indicator of Business Success
Feature speaker is Bill Gross, founder and CEO of Idealab; moderated by Robert Piconi, CEO of Energy Vault.
Web talk, Increasing a sense of belonging and science literacy through CUREs
Course Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) are a novel form of classroom-based courses that offer students hands-on experience doing original research and that offer faculty the opportunity to generate new information within their discipline.