What's New at UCET?

• Creating Accessible PowerPoints
• Midwest SoTL registration is filling fast!
• PTR Dossier Prep Groups

• 2023 SoTL Conference Quick Hits Proposals
• UCET Teaching with Technology Grants CFP Now Open
• Extended Deadline: Innovate Awards Collaborative Activities
• UCET MALT Grants

Coming Soon to UCET

Creating Accessible PowerPoints

March 2, 4-5pm, Zoom (https://iu.zoom.us/j/92194551377)

Join Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon in learning how to use the built-in tools in Microsoft PowerPoint to create accessible presentations.

Midwest SoTL registration is filling fast!

Don't miss your chance to attend the 2023 Midwest Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning on March 31! This year's theme is Refocusing Our Attention with keynote speaker James M. Lang, Ph.D. presenting on "Teaching Distracted Minds: Old Challenges, New Contexts." The available spots are filling up fast, so learn more and register for the conference today!

PTR Dossier Prep Groups

If you will be submitting a dossier for promotion to Senior Lecturer, Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Teaching Professor, or Full Professor in August 2023, you are invited to join a UCET-sponsored group that can help you put together a dossier that presents your case in the best light possible.

This spring, we will meet for the following workshops, at the following times:

Workshop #1 Crafting your CV

Friday, February 24, 3:00-4:00 Tenure/Lecturer/Clinical, NS 038
Friday, February 24, 4:00-5:00 Teaching Professor/Full Professor, NS 038

Workshop #2 Writing a Teaching Statement

Friday, March 10, 3:00-4:00 Tenure/Lecturer/Clinical, UCET Classroom
Friday, March 10, 4:00-5:00 Teaching Professor/Full Professor, UCET Classroom

Workshop #3 Writing a Research Statement and/or Service Statement

Friday, April 14, 3:00-4:00 Tenure/Lecturer/Clinical, UCET Classroom
Friday, April14, 4:00-5:00 Teaching Professor/Full Professor, UCET Classroom

If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact David Blouin, UCET Career Mentor, dblouin@iusb.edu

Other News

2023 SoTL Conference Quick Hits Proposals

This year’s Midwest SoTL Conference will take place on Friday, March 31, 2023.  Registration is now open!

We offer the opportunity for you to share innovative teaching ideas in a Quick Hits session. Each presenter will have just 5 minutes to share a powerful teaching tip during this fast-paced session. Short abstracts (under 150 words) are due before midnight on Monday, March 6, 2023.  Learn more and submit a Quick Hits proposal.

UCET Teaching with Technology Grants CFP Now Open

Applications are now being accepted for the spring 2023 UCET Teaching with Technology Grant. If you have an idea for innovative teaching with technology, if you’re developing/teaching online and need more powerful equipment to create media or if you have other fabulous ideas you'd like to explore, complete the application form located on the UCET Tech Grants page. The grants are likely to be more competitive this semester so be sure to clearly indicate how the technology will improve or innovate your teaching. Submission deadline is March 20, 2023, at 5pm. Applicants will be notified of decisions by the second week of April . Contact Amy Pawlosky amypawlo@iusb.edu with questions.

Extended Deadline: Innovate Awards Collaborative Activities

IU Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching is extending the deadline for Collaborative Activities applications for Innovate Awards through March 3. Do you or your colleague(s) have an effective collaborative classroom activity? What does this activity look like, and how does it promote peer-to-peer engagement in addition to student learning? Anyone with the responsibility of teaching an undergraduate or graduate class at an IU campus or FACET Fort Wayne, regardless of status or rank, is eligible to apply. Applicants are not restricted to FACET members.

UCET MALT Grants

Active Learning Techniques are teaching strategies that force students out of the passive listening mode. By engaging in activities such as reflecting, debating, creating, and evaluating, students come to a deeper understanding of the subject matter and skills. High Impact Practices (such as internships, service learning, etc.) are active, but so are more simple strategies such as group discussion, clickers, and class debates. Materials for Active Learning Techniques (MALT) Grants purchase materials needed to use Active Learning Techniques in your classroom.  Requests can be for up to $500, and there is a rolling deadline.   Only purchases from Indiana University approved vendors will be considered.  Before filling out the application, check with UCET (UCET@iusb.edu) for this information.  Learn more about MALT Grants.