September 2 from 11am to 12:15pm on ZoomDoes teaching online feel like sending your syllabus into the void? Do you want your fully online students to feel like part of an inclusive, inviting learning community? Join Stacie Merken and Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon on Zoom to add to your toolkit of techniques that create connection in… Read more »
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UCET: Community-Building in Online Courses Workshop, Sept. 2
September 2 from 11am to 12:15pm on ZoomDoes teaching online feel like sending your syllabus into the void? Do you want your fully online students to feel like part of an inclusive, inviting learning community? Join Stacie Merken and Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon on Zoom to add to your toolkit of techniques that create connection in… Read more »
UCET: Radical Hope Book Group
“It has never been more difficult to teach in higher education than in our current moment,” begins Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto. In response to the many challenges, the author, Kevin Gannon, provides a structure for educators to reflect on and recommit to a pedagogy of care that better supports student agency and success. Led by… Read more »
Assistant Director of University Center for Excellence in Teaching (UCET)
UCET seeks a half-time Assistant Director. Duties to be negotiated based on candidate’s strengths and interests and UCET needs, but may include responsibility for some institutes, book groups, workshops, and consultations as well as some administrative tasks. This person should be a full-time senior faculty member (Senior Lecturer, Teaching Professor, Associate or Full Professor, including… Read more »
UCET: Ungrading: A Conversation with Colleagues Who Have Drunk the Kool-Aid
Monday, Sept 26th from 2-3 pm in NS 245 Have you read the book Ungrading by Susan Blum? Have you interacted with another faculty member who has and won’t stop talking about it? Are you wondering what this might look like in one of your courses? You are invited to join Kyle Schwieterman (Math) and… Read more »
UCET/FACET Funds to Support Teaching and Learning Conferences
Attending or presenting at a teaching-related conference (virtual or in person)? Apply for a UCET/FACET Faculty Development Award to help pay your expenses. Next Applications are due September 30. Find details here.
FALCON Conference, Sept. 30-Oct. 1
FALCON 2022 (FACET’s Facet Associate Faculty and Lecturer Conference) will take place September 30-October 1, 2022 in Indianapolis. Are you interested in great teaching workshops, inspiring keynote speakers, and the opportunity to network with colleagues from other universities? There is funding available, while it lasts, for associate faculty or lecturers who sign up through UCET (ucet@iusb.edu) to attend… Read more »
UCET: Ungrading: A conversation with colleagues who have drunk the Kool-Aid
Monday, Sept 26th from 2-3 pm in NS 245 Have you read the book Ungrading by Susan Blum? Have you interacted with another faculty member who has and won’t stop talking about it? Are you wondering what this might look like in one of your courses? You are invited to join, Kyle Schwieterman (Math) and… Read more »
FALCON Conference, Sept. 30-Oct. 1
FALCON 2022 (FACET’s Facet Associate Faculty and Lecturer Conference) will take place September 30-October 1, 2022 in Indianapolis. Are you interested in great teaching workshops, inspiring keynote speakers, and the opportunity to network with colleagues from other universities? There is funding available, while it lasts, for associate faculty or lecturers who sign up through UCET (ucet@iusb.edu) to attend… Read more »
UCET: Community-Building in Online Courses Workshop
Sept. 2 from 11am to 12:15pm on Zoom Does teaching online feel like sending your syllabus into the void? Do you want your fully online students to feel like part of an inclusive, inviting learning community? Join Stacie Merken and Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon on Zoom to add to your toolkit of techniques that create connection… Read more »