Will You be the Next UCET Faculty Development Fellow?

UCET Faculty Development Fellows collaborate with UCET to bring faculty development to their colleagues. Past Fellows include Gary Kern (designing hybrid courses for B&E) and Betsy Lucal (best practices in using peer mentors). Fellows receive a course release, summer stipend, or funding for expenses. Full-time faculty of all ranks are welcome to apply. The deadline is March 1 for the Spring 2021 fellowship. For more information, go to the UCET website.

UCET Dossier Managers Meeting
Tuesday, February 23
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Zoom link will be provided; please RSVP to elaroth@iusb.edu if you plan to attend

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.

Coming Soon at UCET

Condensed format of upcoming UCET events! Click links for more information or contact ucet@iusb.edu. No registration needed unless noted otherwise.

UCET Active Learning Institute: Creative Classrooms on Feb. 12
Fri, Feb. 12, 10-11:45am. Sparking a Creative Course with Jay VanderVeen (ANTH/UCET) and a TEDx-like event with short videos from IU colleagues and beyond.

This is the first of five Friday sessions, both in person (using the IQ Wall in the Grille) and via Zoom (https://iu.zoom.us/j/89006968271). Contingent faculty can use this as part of the Learn and Earn program. Please contact ucet@iusb.edu for more information. Details found in the 2021 flyer HERE.

UCET Workshops Spring 2021. UCET is offering several workshops to improve your teaching and technology skills. Workshops will be offered through Zoom (connection information below). All workshops are one hour long. Associate Faculty are eligible for Learn and Earn for each workshop attended. Click here for the spring schedule of workshops. All the workshops will be on Zoom: https://iu.zoom.us/j/92194551377

Advanced Zoom Features
We’ll cover Zoom basics & settings then explain advanced features such as, but not limited to, breakout room options; playing computer system audio, such as from a video or music, in a Zoom meeting; and take questions from participants. Led by Amy Pawlosky and Joel Langston.

Tues, Feb. 16, 4:00 pm and Wed, Feb. 17, 11:30 am

UCET Spring Course Design Institute-Essentials. UCET is running this Institute to guide you through the basics of designing a high quality online course. Academic Affairs is providing a stipend of $800 for eligible full-time faculty and $500 for eligible associate faculty who complete the Institute by Mar. 12th and attend at least one designated UCET workshop. For full details on requirements, eligibility, and deadlines, see the flyer. Signup deadline is FRIDAY, Feb 12.

UCET Dossier Managers Workshop. Tues, Feb. 23, 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Zoom link will be provided; please RSVP to elaroth@iusb.edu if you plan to attend.

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.

Quality Matters @ IU Workshop. Would you like to improve your course design, take the first step towards becoming a QM Peer Reviewer or have your online course QM Certified? This workshop will get you started. The workshop split into two sessions and you must attend both in order to receive the QM certificate of completion. Mark your calendar for the sessions on the following dates: Fri, Mar. 19 and Fri, Mar. 26 from 1-4pm. For more information, see this flyer. Registration is required – please do so by 4pm on Mon, Mar. 15, 2021 at ucet@iusb.edu

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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UCET Dossier Managers Meeting
Tuesday, February 23
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Zoom link will be provided; please RSVP to elaroth@iusb.edu if you plan to attend

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.