**ONLINE** Exploring Kaltura Features
Friday, September 20, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Learn about NIU's video platform, Kaltura! This workshop will provide a broad overview of the features and functions of Kaltura and strategies for incorporating these to meet your multimedia needs. Topics covered in this introductory workshop will include uploading videos, recording webcam video, screen recording, basic editing features, and more. This workshop will also prepare you for the next series of Kaltura workshops covering more advanced features. Advance registration is required.
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**ONLINE** Creating a Sense of Belonging in Your Online Course
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Help your students succeed by learning techniques and strategies to build a sense of community and belonging in your online course. In this workshop, we will discuss ways to foster communication, build interaction, and to promote inclusivity. Join us as we explore avenues to help students engage and feel connected with their online courses. Advance registration is required.
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**NEW - ONLINE** Assessment Methods for Informed Decision-Making
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
This workshop introduces participants to the variety of assessment method types and characteristics, focusing on their use for informed decision-making about student learning improvement. Intended learning outcomes include the following: (a) explain what elements make an assessment method appropriate, useful, and actionable; (b) discuss approaches that facilitate data-informed decision making while minimizing bias. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Helping First Generation Students Succeed
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Did you know that more than half of our first-year students are first generation students? First generation students have diverse, intersecting identities. We can create a more inclusive environment which draws upon the assets of our students while meeting their needs as well. In this engaging discussion, you will hear about some strategies to support these new Huskies through inclusive teaching practices. Advance registration is required.
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**ONLINE** NAVIGATE: Fostering Student-to-Student Connections Beyond the Classroom: Study Buddies in Navigate Student
Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM
Interested in opportunities to foster student connections beyond the classroom? Find out how Study Buddies, in Navigate Student, can empower students to collaborate effectively and create study groups.
1. Facilitate Peer Connections: Encourage students to connect with their peers from the same class sections. Study Buddies allows them to find like-minded students who are interested in forming study groups outside of regular class hours.
2. Support Academic Success: By incorporating Study Buddies into your classes, practice, or services, you can help students discover and connect with potential study partners. They can arrange meetings, share resources, and collaborate on challenging coursework.
3. Promote Active Learning: Study Buddies fosters a sense of community and encourages active learning. When students collaborate, they gain deeper insights, reinforce their understanding, and build lasting academic relationships.
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**NEW - ONLINE** Welcome to AI
Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Generative AI is everywhere, but it can be intimidating to get started. There are so many options available, even choosing which AI platform to use can be daunting. In this workshop, we will go over the basics of using generative AI, including what it is, how it works, and what tools are available. You will also work hands-on with a few generative AI tools to learn the basics of AI prompting while creating text and images. Advance registration required.
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**NEW - ONLINE** Navigating Tensions: Effective Strategies for Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom
Friday, September 27, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
This workshop is designed to provide educators with practical tools and strategies for managing emotionally charged and tense situations in the classroom. Together, we will explore effective ways to prepare your students for challenging conversations and learn how to intervene and de-escalate heated moments, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment. We will also discuss ways to promote empathy and understanding in the classroom, encouraging students to listen to diverse viewpoints shaped by different cultural, social, and personal backgrounds. Advanced registration is required.
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**NEW - ONLINE** Analysis of Data, Decision-Making, and Gauging Impact
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
This workshop provides an opportunity to see how the whole assessment process comes together to provide data for reflection among colleagues and students, leading to informed decision-making. Intended learning outcomes include the following: (a) triangulate data for a single learning outcome across methods; (b) ask questions and develop hypotheses based on the data; (c) discuss interventions to consider based on findings and hypotheses; (d) create a plan to collect more data to gauge impact on student learning; (e) explain how the assessment plan impacts the ability of a program to do the above meaningfully. Advance registration required.
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***ONLINE *** NAVIGATE Function to Practice: Configure Calendar for students self-schedule appointments
Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM
| Location: http://go.niu.edu/navigatelearn
Working Session
Learn to use student self-service calendar appointments for office hours and student meetings with Navigate calendar availabilities.
Tired of endless emails to set up appointments with students? This session will demonstrate how you can use Navigate Staff’s calendar scheduling feature to automate appointments or drop-in times for office hours.
- Calendar Sync with Outlook: Learn how to seamlessly integrate your Outlook calendar with Navigate Staff.
- Create Navigate Availabilities: Set up availability slots based on your office hours.
- Personal Availability Links (PALs): Generate PALs to include in your email signatures, Blackboard sites, and syllabi. Students can click and self-manage their appointments, reducing back-and-forth emails.
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**NEW - ONLINE** Book Study - Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation
Thursday, October 17, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Dissertations, theses, and other culminating projects can be excellent authentic sources of information about student learning outcomes. In order to provide actionable data for analysis, we must collect information about student performance on each individual learning outcome. This book provides guidance for doing so along with discipline-specific examples. Intended learning outcomes include the following: (a) set learning outcomes for the dissertation/thesis/culminating project, (b) convert learning outcomes into a rubric, (c) create a plan to implement the rubric to collect and analyze data using the rubric. Advance registration required.
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**IN-PERSON** Enriching the Design of General Education - October Brown-Bag
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
The Enriching the Design of General Education (EDGE) pilot initiative supports excellence in general education teaching by fostering a thriving and supportive community of practice among faculty and emphasizing the unique philosophy and practices that define general education courses. This in-person brown-bag event will be informal - feel free to bring your lunch! Cookies and coffee/tea will be available. The topic for this meeting has yet to be determined.
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**ONLINE** Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium
Friday, November 8, 2024 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Join colleagues from across the state of Illinois for the inaugural Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium! This free, one-day virtual conference brings together thought leaders and practitioners with expertise in online teaching and learning to discuss the latest trends in online learning--from pedagogy to technology. All who learn, teach, develop, support, or administer online education are welcome! Learn More and Register Now!
**ONLINE** Enriching the Design of General Education - November Brown-Bag
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
The Enriching the Design of General Education (EDGE) pilot initiative supports excellence in general education teaching by fostering a thriving and supportive community of practice among faculty and emphasizing the unique philosophy and practices that define general education courses. The topic for this virtual brown-bag event has yet to be determined.
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