IUPUI Office of Professional Development offering workshops open to all campuses

Sharing Best Practices: Linking Courses For Integrated Learning

• Wednesday (April 18), 3:30-5 p.m., University Library, Room 1126, IUPUI

How can the curriculum be organized to increase student learning across classes? How are such strategies as block scheduling, paired courses and learning communities useful in helping students to integrate their learning and form networks? How can technology assist in helping students to make associations across courses? What forms of academic support can be used to support student learning? Presenters and participants in an open forum will explore these and other questions related to integrating courses.

Using Just-in-Time-Teaching to Enhance Classroom Teaching and Learning

• Wednesday (April 18), Noon-2 p.m., University Library, Room 1116, IUPUI

Facilitators: Andy Gavrin, Bob Blake, Kathleen Marrs and Jeff Watt

The Just-in-Time-Teaching system is built around Web-based preparatory assignments that are due a few hours before class. The students complete these assignments individually, at their own pace, and submit them electronically. In turn, faculty adjust and organize the classroom lessons in response to the student submissions “Just-in-Time.” This establishes a feedback loop between the classroom and the Web.

Faculty Writing Support Group

• Wednesday (April 18), 4-5:30 p.m., University Library, Room 1140, IUPUI

The group meets monthly to provide support, encouragement and open dialogue for faculty who are preparing conference presentations, writing articles, editing or authoring books, writing grant proposals, or engaging in any other kind of writing project. For more information, contact Sharon Hamilton, 317-278-1846.

Tour of AVL

• Thursday (April 19), 1-3 p.m., University Library, Room 1125M, IUPUI

IU’s Advanced Visualization Lab provides new opportunities to achieve excellence in research, instruction and development. The tour will explore virtual reality technologies at IUPUI as a part of the Immersadesk.

• Friday, April 20, Noon-1:30 p.m., University Library, Room 1125M, IUPUI

Learn how faculty and students can benefit from a diverse use of technology in the classroom. Demonstrations on how to use Oncourse to deliver information, access PowerPoint lectures and perform on-line testing will be featured. This session will also cover the use of commercially available anatomy and motion analysis software to prepare lectures and for student interactive use.

• Wednesday, April 25, Noon-1:30 p.m., University Library, Room 1125M

Developed to educate the general public and students on the topic of multidimensional reservoir management, the Carman Lake Project is a unique educational tool combining text, sound, animation and science in an eye-pleasing interface. Made with Macromedia’s Director, the Carman Lake Project’s unique “game” type design will create a fun yet educational experience. Many users have referred to the Carman Lake Project as a “SimCity” for lake management. Jon Eynon, the project’s creator, will demonstrate the site and share his experiences with the design.

Partnering for Promotion

The Partnering for Promotion Program is cosponsored by the IUPUI Office for Women, the Women’s Studies Program and the Office of Minority Faculty Development. The goal is to increase significantly the number of female and minority faculty at full rank. Tenure-track, clinical track, scientist track and librarians who are thinking of going up for full rank are invited to attend a series of panel discussions coupled with hands-on workshops.

Session VI: Mock Review Session

• Friday, April 27, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., University Library, Room 1126, IUPUI

Presentation of a mock dossier review session.

Lunch will be provided. Registration deadline is April 24.

To register for sessions, call 317-278-6221 or E-mail your name, title, department, campus address, phone number and the title/date of the workshop to: profdev@iupui.edu.