This workshop serves as an introduction to the online social annotation tool, Hypothesis. During the workshop, participants will learn how Hypothesis can foster collaboration with peers and promote student engagement with course reading materials. We will also discuss new Hypothesis features, such as the ability to annotate Canvas Pages. If you are looking for ways… Read more »
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Active Reading / Active Note-taking
Do you want to help students learn to study smarter, not harder? Active reading and active note-taking are proven methods to improve students’ understanding, retention, and application of the information they encounter in texts. Learn how to model these strategies for students and design assignments and activities that foster active reading and active note-taking. Tuesday,… Read more »
Last Chance to Sign Up for Fall UCET Book Groups
Always popular with faculty (and staff) are the UCET Book Groups, where a title is read and discussed among colleagues. Often, treats are also present. This semester, we are hosting book groups on Long Life Learning, Teaching with AI, and Teach Students How to Learn. Drop a line to UCET@iu.edu to express an interest. Free… Read more »
Canvas Modules for Course Structure & Organization
Organize and structure your course using Modules. Learn how to combine lectures, videos, text instructions, assignments, and quizzes into a cohesive structure. Add sequencing and release dates to your instructional units using Modules. Monday, September 9, 2024 12 – 12:45 p.m. EDT NS 245 & Zoom Register at UCET Events (or drop by).
Consider Applying for IU Teaching Honors and Awards
Please consider submitting a nomination if you know a member of the Indiana University community who deserves the pinnacle of recognition that the university can offer for excellence in research, creative activity, teaching, or service. All nominations for the 2024-2025 academic year are due on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 5:00 pm EDT and must… Read more »
UCET Book Group – Long Life Learning
This semester, UCET is hosting a book group on Long Life Learning by Michelle Weiss. The book makes the case that learners of the future are going to repeatedly seek out educational opportunities throughout the course of their working lives ― which will no longer have a beginning, middle, and end. Long Life Learning focuses on the… Read more »
UCET Book Group – Teach Students How to Learn
UCET will be running a Fall Semester discussion group on the book Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Even Exist Yet by Michelle Weiss. All faculty and staff are invited to join. Sign up by dropping a line to UCET@iu.edu by September 6. Free copies are reserved for the first few who respond.
UCET Book Group – Teaching with AI
Any faculty (or staff) with a desire to join the UCET Book Group on Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (by Jose Bowen and Eddie Watson) can drop a line to UCET@iu.edu. We have free copies to distribute to the first among you who sign up by September… Read more »
Avoiding Interruptions From Microsoft Teams While Instructing
Two quick tips to help you avoid issues from MS Teams during your classroom presentations: Before heading to teach your class, click on your avatar, or initials, toward the upper right corner of the desktop or web Microsoft (MS) Teams client. Clicking on your status (Available, Busy, etc.) will invoke a drop-down list of status,… Read more »
UCET to YOU
Through UCET to You, the University Center for Excellence in Teaching provides customized faculty development to any faculty group. For example, we have talked about peer review of teaching to Nursing, network mentoring to Business, and rubrics to Composition instructors. Maybe you want to know more about AI or accessibility. We are here to help…. Read more »