We invite you to submit a proposal for the 2024 Midwest SoTL Conference, which will be held in person on the campus of IU South Bend on April 12, 2024. Our conference theme is Teaching Everyone Everywhere and our keynote speaker will be Peter Felten, who has published seven books about undergraduate education, including Connections are Everything: A… Read more »
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AI Use by Faculty and Students (TUE – update)
UCET is sponsoring another in our popular series: Teaching in Times of Change. This week, hear from your colleague about how Artificial Intelligence is being used (or avoided) in assignments. If you missed Monday’s exciting discussion panel, log in to the UCET Workshops Zoom link: https://iu.zoom.us/j/92194551377 on Tuesday, Jan. 23 from 4-5pm. Stay safe out… Read more »
AI Use by Faculty and Students (Mon)
UCET is sponsoring another in our popular series: Teaching in Times of Change. This week, hear from your colleague about how Artificial Intelligence is being used (or avoided) in assignments. Monday, Jan. 22 9-10am in NS 245. Register here.
Relationship Rich Education (UCET Book Group)
A book group on Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College by Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert will be led by Jeff Luppes. Reading and discussion schedule will be chosen by the participants. The cool part of this one? Peter Felten will be coming to campus on April 12 to deliver the… Read more »
Bandwidth Recovery (UCET Book Group)
Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization by Cia Verschelden. Led by Mallory Roberts, this book group will discuss the impact of scarcity – of money, health, respect, safety, affirmation, choices, belonging – on student success and provide strategies to help them gain back some of the bandwidth lost to… Read more »
The Great Mistake (UCET Book Group)
Please join Bill Feighery (Chemistry) and Jake Mattox (English) for three meetings this semester to discuss parts of The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them by Christopher Newfield. While not specifically focused on teaching approaches, this book explains the attacks on higher education over the past three decades… Read more »
Trustees Teaching Award
Applications are requested for the Trustees’ Teaching Award (TTA) from tenured and tenure-track faculty, full-time lecturers, and clinical faculty (whose primary duty is teaching) who have taught at Indiana University South Bend for a minimum of two years. The deadline for submitting complete applications to the appropriate College or School is March 1. Full details… Read more »
UCET Spring Book Groups
One of the most popular offerings from UCET are the book groups. This Spring semester, there will be three in which you can participate. More details about each in next week’s Daily Titan and the UCET Newsletter. But for now, think about whether you want to discuss Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost… Read more »
UCET Events this Spring
Although the friendly neighborhood folks at UCET are happy to come to your department/school/office/classroom for our growing UCET to YOU program (topics by request), we have a slate of workshops, book groups, learning communities, and other chances for professional development already scheduled for this Spring 2024 semester. Find the At-a-Glance calendar on our page. And… Read more »
Addressing AI
UCET has gathered resources that can help you address the challenges and opportunities presented by generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Bing on our new Artificial Intelligence (AI) page. At this point in the semester, we strongly suggest you include some language in your syllabus. It can be “all in,” “with permission,”… Read more »