Condensed format of upcoming UCET events! Click links for more information or contact ucet@iusb.edu. No registration needed unless noted otherwise.
Creating Video Using Kaltura and Adobe Rush Workshop. Quick overview of the editing process in Kaltura. Use other software such as Adobe Rush, available through IUWare, to take your videos to the “next level.” Led by Joel Langston and Chanika Mitchell.
Tues, Feb. 23, 4:00-5:00pm and Wed, Feb. 24, 11:30-12:30pm
Zoom Link: https://iu.zoom.us/j/92194551377
The First Year Seminar Information Session. Or, Everything You Wanted to Know About Teaching a First Year Seminar but Were Afraid to Ask. This fall the FYS is required for incoming students, which means we need to offer MANY more sections. Come find out what teaching FYS is all about, hear from experienced instructors, and find out if teaching FYS is right for you.
Tues, Feb. 23, 11:30-12:30pm or Wed, Feb. 24, 4:00-5:00pm
Zoom Link:
https://iu.zoom.us/j/89547133104?pwd=NzhhcDc0UWFuejNoR1NCVUE5NnNzQT09
UCET Dossier Manager Workshop. Are you a Chair or Senior faculty member who will serve as Dossier Manager for a faculty member preparing their dossier for promotion or tenure? (Staff who help in this process are also welcome.) This role typically includes helping develop the list for solicited letters, soliciting and uploading letters, and ensuring that the eDossier is ready for submission. Join Interim Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Doug McMillen and UCET Career Mentor Elaine Roth for a discussion of best practice, based on information from recent experiences, the Senate PTR committee, and Academic Affairs.
Tues, Feb. 23, 4:00–5:00pm
Zoom link will be provided; please RSVP to elaroth@iusb.edu if you plan to attend.
CFP – 2021 SoTL Twitter Conference Proposals. This year’s Midwest SoTL Conference will include a Twitter Conference for the first time! The event will take place beginning at 1pm on Friday, April 9 and will be entirely virtual. It’s also completely free. We offer the opportunity for you to share innovative teaching ideas in a Twitter session. Each presenter will have just five (5) minutes to share a powerful teaching tip during this fast-paced session. A five (5) minute Q&A session follows, also on Twitter. Short abstracts (under 150 words) are due before midnight on Monday, March 1, 2021.
For more information on how a Twitter Conference works, go to this website
To submit a proposal, click here
If you are interested in the full conference, see this page: https://midwestsotl.iu.edu/
UCET Active Learning Institute: Creative Classrooms. Fri, Feb. 26. Institute members 9 – 10am. Open to all 10 – 11:45am. Contact UCET (ucet@iusb.edu) if interested in joining Institute.
Becoming a Creative Instructor with Julia Gressick (EDUC), Mike Scheessele (CSCI), and Shahir Rizk (CHEM).
It will run for five Fridays, both in person (using the IQ Wall in the Grille) and via Zoom (https://iu.zoom.us/j/89006968271). Details found in the 2021 flyer HERE.
UCET Dossier Prep Groups: Senior Lecturer, Teaching Professor, Tenure, Full Professor, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Clinical Associate Professor.If you will be submitting a dossier for promotion in Aug 2021, you are invited to join a sponsored group that can help you put together a dossier that presents your case in the best light possible. Contact Elaine Roth, UCET Career Mentor, elaroth@iusb.edu with any questions. The next session will be Fri, Feb. 26, 3:00-4:00: Zoom session for Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor candidates (focus on CV); 4:00-5:00: Zoom session for Teaching Professor and Full Professor candidates (focus on CV). The full schedule of meetings is HERE.
For more information on UCET programs, see our website at https://academics.iusb.edu/ucet/
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