Almost half of all ISU faculty engage in SoTL research, you should, too! Join the SoTL community of scholars at ISU. The SoTL Scholars program is a community of faculty and a series of events throughout the year that guide participants through the major components of SoTL research. We bring faculty of all rans, all ...Continue reading "Designing SoTL Research: Idea to Data"
Michael Bugeja’s presentation, “A Culture of Gratitude: Best Practices for Promotion and Tenure,” discusses the difference between gratification and gratitude in the advancement process, covering such basics as shared governance, annual reviews, awards, mentorship and P&T practices. He also shares best practices in creating a viable dossier, identifying themes that affirm your trajectory and impact ...Continue reading "A Culture of Gratitude: Best Practices for Promotion and Tenure"
Join Dr. Rachel VanCampenhout (VitalSource) and Heather Dean (ISU Bookstore) for a presentation on research surrounding the effective use of artificial intelligence (AI) within digital textbooks in teaching and learning. The BookShelf CoachMe tool has been implemented and tested in select courses at Iowa State University, and was initiated from VitalSource’s award-winning research on the ...Continue reading "Are Students Reading the Textbook?: Where Artificial Intelligence and Learning Science Meet"
As a new program this year, the Large Enrollment Learning Community is open to anyone who teaches a large enrollment course at Iowa State. In conjunction with the development of a Teaching Toolkit and through community, instructors will build connection across disciplines and share solutions for teaching large enrollment courses. Large Enrollment Learning Community ...Continue reading "Large Enrollment Learning Community"
Explore how the Parks Library Course Reserves tool in Canvas can assist you with course affordability, copyright, and 24/7 access to course materials.
Learn about ISU's updated Canvas course template and begin the transition to the new template in your own Canvas course. If you need help registering for events or if you require reasonable accommodation to participate in CELT’s events or training programs, please reach out to us at celt@iastate.edu.
Explore Studio's video creation, editing, and accessibility features including some recent updates to the platform. If you need help registering for events or if you require reasonable accommodation to participate in CELT’s events or training programs, please reach out to us at celt@iastate.edu.
Learn how fellow Iowa State instructors are utilizing an alternative to the Canvas discussion board and writing tool that frees up their time while increasing the engagement and critical thinking in their courses. Use AI in an effective and pedagogically sound way. Use AI to the student's advantage (improving academic writing skills), the instructor's advantage ...Continue reading "Using Instructional AI to Improve Critical Thinking, Engagement, and Metacognition"
In this presentation, Dr. James Ranalli will report on studies that investigated (1) how the level of Grammarly integration into writing courses influenced sustained adoption of Grammarly among students; and (2) how revisions by Grammarly and ChatGPT affected instructors' evaluations of student writing as well as their perceptions of mental effort involved in evaluating and ...Continue reading "Experimental Insights into Writing: Classroom Applications of Grammarly and ChatGPT"
The purpose of the ISU-OLC is to share campus best practices to improve online teaching and learning; see how others are using the University Learning Management System (LMS) to create innovative learning experiences, inform the campus about existing and new web-based instructional technologies, participate in new technology testing and evaluation; as well as, to leverage ...Continue reading "ISU Online Learning Community (November)"
As a new program this year, the New Instructor Learning Community is open to anyone with a teaching role, regardless of whether or not they are a new instructor or new to Iowa State. Using the newly developed Teaching Toolkit and through community, instructors will build connection across disciplines and demystify the mechanics of teaching ...Continue reading "New Instructor Learning Community"
Almost half of all ISU faculty engage in SoTL research, you should, too! Join the SoTL community of scholars at ISU. The SoTL Scholars program is a community of faculty and a series of events throughout the year that guide participants through the major components of SoTL research. We bring faculty of all rans, all ...Continue reading "IRB and SoTL: What You Need to Know"
Learn how to get your Canvas Course account ready for a new semester, whether you are building from scratch or re-setting a copied course. If you need help registering for events or if you require reasonable accommodation to participate in CELT’s events or training programs, please reach out to us at celt@iastate.edu.
In this workshop series, participants will learn about the Miller Faculty Fellowship Program, which provides recipients with opportunities to enhance their scholarly work in the university’s undergraduate academic programs. The funded projects have had a tremendous impact on ISU student learning, innovative teaching, and programming, as well as enhancing recipients’ careers. This final session in the ...Continue reading "Consultations: Proposal Writing (Miller Faculty Fellowship)"
We are hosting university-wide online synchronous offerings of the ISU Annual Student-Centered Learning Workshop (AY23-24) for faculty unable to attend their departmental one.
As a new program this year, the Large Enrollment Learning Community is open to anyone who teaches a large enrollment course at Iowa State. In conjunction with the development of a Teaching Toolkit and through community, instructors will build connection across disciplines and share solutions for teaching large enrollment courses. Large Enrollment Learning Community ...Continue reading "Large Enrollment Learning Community"