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Did you participate in Car Free Indy Day on September 22? EVC Kathy Johnson and VC for Community Engagement Amy Warner did! Read about their participation. Collectively, they rode 28 miles, saved $5 in gas, and freed up two extra parking spaces on campus.
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The Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for Teaching and Learning are seeking the first cohort of Forum Fellows. Arising from the Task Force on the Center for Teaching and Learning, The Forum will be a new collaborative unit at IUPUI meant to support learning, instruction, leadership, professional development, and innovation. The first cohort of Forum Fellows will help to lay the foundation for The Forum as a center of excellence at IUPUI. Responsibilities will vary depending upon the interests of the fellows chosen, but they will focus broadly on innovation and workable solutions to emerging questions in teaching and learning.
Interested? Information to apply can be found here. Applications are due to ude[dot]iupui[at]aao by October 15.
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In the 2017 spring semester, EVC Kathy Johnson named a Faculty Learning Community to reexamine, reshape, and restate the goals of the capstone experience at IUPUI. That group, and a subset that attended the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ High Impact Practices Institute, produced a report outlining five core principles and elements of the capstone experience at IUPUI. These principles are meant to apply universally to baccalaureate programs at IUPUI and to adapt to varying disciplinary expectations. Many stakeholders are involved in the current implementation of capstone experiences and we invite the larger IUPUI community to engage in the conversation about the capstone as we move toward implementing our vision. Please discuss the attached report in your schools and share your feedback with Margie Ferguson at ude[dot]iupui[at]osugrefm.
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Olivia Goodman, Undergraduate Student, School of Liberal Arts
Office of Academic Affairs Staff Assistant
While in class there are no two words more dreaded by students than ‘Group Project’. Professor Ronald M. Sandwina explained to me that “When (he) asks students what they dislike the most, two issues are noted – accountability and fairness.” As a student I could not relate more. I, like many others, have been in the situation where the entire project falls to me or me and one other group member, and that makes accomplishing it a nightmare. Luckily, Professor Sandwina has thought up a new method that will hold all accountable and “lower the anxiety and angst of doing group work.”
For dealing with the task of assigning group projects, he starts by clearly laying out the requirements for the project and then has the students get acquainted with one another by doing an activity where they come up with a list of desirable and undesirable behaviors of a group member. Professor Sandwina also makes the students read through the assignment and another handout that tells them about what is expected of a responsible group member.
After all that work he has determined that each student knows what is expected of him or her and he lets them get into groups. However, there is one more key step to this process before any work on the assignment actually takes place. He makes each group come up with their own contract specifying the roles that every member must adhere to and everyone has to sign it. Thus when an issue does arise the professor and the students can refer back to the contract. Keeping that in mind, if a student does fail to meet the requirements the group can move to dismiss the member and he or she will have to do the project alone. This happens by having a meeting with the professor who tries to mediate the situation, but if a resolution is not achieved the student will get booted from the group. Professor Sandwina has helped monitor the groups’ participation through feedback mid-way through the project. He also makes one quarter of the groups’ grade dependent on peer evaluation, so everyone must do their part.
This system for group projects creates a way for each student to have more accountability outside of a professor just assigning a project and receiving it on the due date. It is a way not only for each student to get a fair grade on our assignment, but for the teacher to ensure that everyone in the group gets the grade they deserve and that everyone actually learns something. Being a student, I can say that the idea of everyone being required to participate would make this a far less daunting assignment in the future.
Dr. Ron Sandwina and IUPUI Students
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IUPUI experienced a tragic loss of one of our students in a pedestrian accident earlier this month. This prompted some questions from faculty regarding procedures that are followed in the event of a student’s death, and the IUPUI Faculty Council Executive Committee recommended that we include information about these procedures in our newsletter. The protocol was established by the Division of Student Affairs in 2014 and was recently updated. Please don’t hesitate to contact ude[dot]iupui[at]AAO if you have questions about this protocol.
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Digital Measures Activity Insight vendor will be releasing a new customizable CV capability in the DMAI application for the faculty soon. The new customizable CV capability empowers faculty to use their activity data to create customized CVs for their various purposes. Formatting and editing capabilities ensure each custom CV meets the faculty member’s exact needs. Digital Measures will be releasing this new feature in their production instance on October 16, 2017.
Faculty activity data on publications, awards, service and more will be at their disposal in a tool with drag-and-drop formatting and text editing capabilities to help generate custom CVs to meet their exact needs.
To customize a CV, log into the DMAI application on October 16, and select “Create a New Report” from the Run Reports utility. Select the Vita option to start with a sample format, or use the Blank Document option to build one’s own template from scratch.
You can find detailed instructions on how to use Activity Insight’s customizable CV tools here.
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Open Office Hours with the EVC
Friday, October 20, 2017
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. – University Hall 5022
What’s on your mind? Meet with EVC/CAO Kathy Johnson during open office hours. IUPUI faculty can drop in with no appointment to share your thoughts, ideas, and concerns. Kathy brings snacks!
See our website for more dates.
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The RISE Program and the various academic units (e.g., Center for Research and Learning, Study Abroad, Center for Service and Learning, Themed Learning Communities, Internship Council) responsible for high impact educational practices (HIPs) developed a taxonomy to serve as a framework to guide and enhance the already great work being done on our campus with engaged student learning. The newly-designed taxonomies offer instructors guidance on quality course design, implementation, assessment, and improvement. The taxonomies are viewed as an instrumental faculty/staff professional development tool. The RISE Program and the Center for Teaching and Learning have created a series of workshops for the 2017-18 academic year to introduce faculty/staff to the taxonomy guides and share more widely the value of HIPs. Presenters will include but not be limited to those who participated in the creation of the taxonomies, members of the RISE Community of Practice, and instructors who have successfully used them.
All taxonomies may be found here.
The first workshop is on October 5, at noon in the University Library, Lilly Auditorium (UL 0130): Engaged Learning, High Impact Teaching Practices, and the Implementation of IUPUI’s Taxonomies.
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The Center for Teaching and Learning’s new Faculty Teaching Showcase webinar series is a venue for faculty to share their teaching practices with one another. Designed to inspire and inform, each interactive webinar features a conversation with a faculty member about how they implemented a successful teaching technique. The webinars are 30 minutes long with an optional 15-minute follow-up discussion period. Faculty from wide variety of schools and departments and with all appointment types will be featured in this series.
Click here to view and register for upcoming Faculty Teaching Showcases
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Apply to the HERS Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration.
Applications are due October 20. Click here for more information.
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Curriculum Enhancement Grant Symposium
Thursday, October 12, 2017, 2 – 5 p.m.
University Library, Lilly Auditorium and Foyer
Held to honor and celebrate the successes of the 2016 Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) awardees, the Center for Teaching and Learning’s 2017 CEG Symposium will feature a keynote address titled The University as a Learning Community by Michael Morrone, Director of the Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), Senior Lecturer of Business Communication in the Kelley School of Business, and faculty in the Liberal Arts Management Program at IUB. A reception and poster presentations by 2016 CEG recipients will follow the keynote address.
The 2018 CEG Request for Proposals will be available at the symposium.
Click here for more information or to register.
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- IFC Meeting Date: October 3, 3—5 p.m., Campus Center 450A.
- What’s in a Name? Faculty Perspectives on Public, Community-Engaged and Translational Scholarship: October 5, 3—4:30 p.m., University Library 0110
- IUPUI’s Taxonomy Guides for High Impact Educational Practices
- Excellence in Research: October 5, 9—11 a.m., Campus Center 409
- Workshop for Women Faculty: Promotion to Full Rank: October 10, 9—11 a.m., Campus Center 305
- Leadership Academy: October 11, noon—1:30 p.m., Campus Center 307
- Reading at the Table – Personality and the challenges of democratic governance: October 18, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., University Club
- Dossier Preparation: October 24, 9—11 a.m., Campus Center 409
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- Call for Nominations: John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs – Deadline is October 17. Open to all tenure track faculty.
- Nominate a colleague or yourself: University Teaching Awards and Faculty Honors nomination deadline is October 16 for awards given in spring 2018.
- Academic Affairs Events Listing – Use this link to view and register for upcoming Academic Affairs workshops, training, and important events that pertain to YOU!
- Looking for a place to live in Indianapolis? Check out No Mean City, a guide to navigating neighborhoods, schools, and housing options in Marion County.
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While in class there are no two words more dreaded by students than ‘Group Project’. Professor Ronald M. Sandwina explained to me that “When (he) asks students what they dislike the most, two issues are noted – accountability and fairness.” As a student I could not relate more. I, like many others, have been in the situation where the entire project falls to me or me and one other group member, and that makes accomplishing it a nightmare. Luckily, Professor Sandwina has thought up a new method that will hold all accountable and “lower the anxiety and angst of doing group work.”
culty fellows have provided updates on their projects this month. Grab something pumpkin spice, relax for a minute, and read Carolyn Gentle-Genitty’s third installment on her online education project (