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UVU Teaching & Learning Symposium
Combining Thrive, Ed Tech Summit, and SoTL efforts into a new event. Save the date!
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This is a monthly event that introduces applicants to the HEA fellowship.
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Have you started working on your HEA Fellowship application? Do you have questions that you would like to discuss? Please join us in this HEA Fellowship Writing Clinics. In this session, you will get help and support in the process of writing your application. We will also discuss the PSF, talk about the application process, and clarify any questions you may have.
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How to Change the Red Dials to Green: Making MS Word Files Accessible | Installment
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Tue | Jan 24 or Wed | Feb 1 | 12-12:30pm
Bert McClain will introduce why we strive for accessibility compliance here at UVU. He will then teach you how to create an accessible MS Word file that will have a green dial when uploaded to your Canvas course.
How to Change the Red Dials to Green: Making MS Power Point Files Accessible | Installment
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Tue | Feb 21 or Wed | Mar 1 | 12-12:30pm
Bert McClain is back to teach you how to create an accessible MS Power Point file that will have a green dial when uploaded to your Canvas course.
How to Change the Red Dials to Green: Making your Canvas Course Accessible | Installment
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Wed | Mar 29 or Tue | Apr 4 | 12-12:30pm
Bert McClain will teach you how to change all the pesky red or orange dials to green so all your students will benefit from a fully accessible Canvas course.
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Creating a Consistent Canvas Experience with Common Navigation: Setting up Modules,
Overview Pages & Activity Item Styles | Installment 1
Wed | Jan 18 or Thur | Jan 19 | 12-12:30pm
You will learn how to set up your Canvas course navigation using modules. Each module will contain an overview page as well as Canvas activities such as quizzes, assignments and readings that adhere to the common navigation template.
Creating a Consistent Canvas Experience with Common Navigation: Formatting Content
Pages using Design Tools | Installment 2
Thur | Feb 16 or Fri | Feb 17 | 12-12:30pm
A practical session for formatting existing items in your Canvas course with common navigation banners, headers, and iconology using the built-in Design Tools.
Lunch and Learn Series: Creating a Consistent Canvas Experience with Common Navigation:
Configuring the Syllabus, Instructor Information & Course Schedule | Installment 3
Wed | Mar 22 or Thur | Mar 23 | 12-12:30pm
This session focuses on how to customize the Syllabus, Instructor Information, and Course Schedule pages with the common navigation template.
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Motivating the Unmotivated Student
Wed | Feb 8 | 12:30-1pm
Motivation affects student learning. Our students come to class with varying levels of motivation. In this Lunch and Learn, we will unpack why students’ levels of motivation differ so greatly, and is there anything we can do to motivate unmotivated students?
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at UVU
Wed | Mar 1 | 12-1pm
Dr. Rasha Qudisat, the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, is leading a discussion around DEI work at UVU. Please join us and engage in this important discussion
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Creating Self-Regulated Learners
Wed | Apr 19 | 12:30-1pm
Oh, that all of our students were personally motivated, loved to learn, and independently responsible for their own academic experience. The truth is that not all students are and that all of us struggle in some ways. Let’s consider what any teacher could do to help students become self-regulated learners.
UVU offers various certifications, including high impact practice (HIPs) teaching certifications, which are research proven methods to improve student learning outcomes through the Office of Teaching and Learning. Upon completing a high impact practice certification, participants are invited to join in a community of practice to further refine their HIPs facilitation by exchanging ideas and best practices with colleagues.
Highlighted/New Event | High Impact Practice | Stipend Paid
After reviewing the history of racism, explore ways the instructor can support anti-racism in the classroom. Includes scaffolded work time.
Workshops
Key Assignments
Connecting CRT, Indigenous, Asian, Latin-X & Black History
Course Runs | Feb 1-May 1
Workshop Dates
Developed by Dr. Krista Ruggles, UVU School of Education, the purpose of this certification pathway is to support faculty in their design of authentic assessments that reflect course learning objectives and meet the needs of ALL students. Faculty will first be introduced to the backward design model, strategies for differentiating, and authentic assessment during the fall semester. In the spring, faculty will explore the Universal Design for Learning principles, revisit authentic assessment, and academic integrity. They will then use what they have learned to update an existing course’s CLOs and design an authentic assessment using the backward design process.
Workshops
*Available TBD
Course Runs | TBD
Workshop Dates TBD
You have likely earned degrees in disciplines other than education, yet you are a professional educator. The Evidence-Based Teaching Practices for Higher Education certification program is designed to bridge the gap and ensure all UVU faculty have a solid foundation in a dozen seminal works about teaching in higher education. This is a hybrid learning experience that spans 7 weeks with three face-to-face (F2F) active learning demonstrations within that time period. In addition, each week you will have online activities to complete in Canvas.
Workshops
Respect Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning + Use Active Learning Techniques
Encourage Connections Between Instructors and Students + Develop Reciprocity and Cooperation Between Students
Communicate High Expectations and Give Prompt Feedback
Key Assignments
Unit Redesign
Course Runs | TBA
Workshop (F2F) Dates
If you struggle to get students to participate in class, this course is for you. We will use research on what the best college teachers do as a springboard for finding methods to increase participation in our own classes. We will be mindful of inclusive teaching, and we will explore how to handle difficult and controversial conversations. At the end of this class, you will have strategies you can use, and you will have practiced in front of peers. Say goodbye to crickets!
Workshops
Course Runs | TBA
Workshop Dates (Required Attendance)
Develop inclusive pedagogical skills and/or teach a G/I/I course through lenses of cultural identity and relevance, equity, global/intercultural, gender, race, and religion/worldview.
Workshops
Cultural Identity in the Classroom
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Equity Pedagogy
Two Elective Workshop
Gender Pedagogy
Global and Intercultural Pedagogy
Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Classroom
Religious, Spiritual, and Worldview Diversity
Key Assignments
G/I/I Syllabus
G/I/I Key Assignment
Course Runs | TBA
Workshop Dates (Virtual)
The Livestream Teaching Academy (LTA) Certification is the official preparation program for instructors wishing to teach livestream courses at UVU. This program is designed to give educators an opportunity to develop skills, reflect on past practice, and meaningfully plan for future practice. This path is designed to advance the newer livestream pedagogy including ways to develop instructor presence, peer-to-peer interaction, and meaningful and valuable livestream sessions.
Workshops
Each workshop will take about 1-2 hours to complete, so expect to spend about 10-12 hours total to complete all 6 workshops.
Key Assignments
MS Teams Recording
Livestream Lesson Plan
Course Runs | Tue, Jan 17-Tue, Feb 28
Workshop Dates | None
Registration Closes | Wed, Feb 8
The Online Teaching Academy (OTA) Certification is the official preparation program for instructors wishing to teach online courses at UVU. UVU Faculty Senate has mandated that all online faculty (both full-time and adjunct) earn certification by Fall 2021. This program is designed to give educators an opportunity to develop skills, reflect on past practice, and meaningfully plan for future practice. This path is designed to advance online and hybrid pedagogy including ways to develop instructor presence, peer-to-peer interaction, and meaningful and secure online assessments.
Workshops
Key Assignments
Lesson Redesign
Culminating Assignment
Course Runs | Tue, Jan 17-Tue, Feb 28
Workshop Dates | None
Registration Closes | Wed, Feb 8
Project Based Learning: This certification program supports instructors in learning about PBL and incorporating it into their courses. It also facilitates the redesign of general education courses that can be accepted into the Excelerate program offered by UVU's Innovation Academy. The Innovation Academy is seeking faculty who are interested in teaching a GE course as a project-based experience over 7 weeks in summer 2023 for a small class of either first- or second-year students (~20 students). 12.5 hrs.
For folks who take this certification and agree to teach an Excelerate course in summer 2023, they are eligible for a $500 stipend through the Innovation Academy upon submission of final project proposal and syllabus as well as an additional thank you gift of $200 to be paid after the Excelerate course is completed.
Workshops
Overview of PBL, PBL Framework, and Benefits of PBL
Key Assignments
Course Runs | TBA
Workshop Dates (Virtual)
Design and teach service learning courses through the lenses of Roles, Relevance, Reciprocity, Reflection, Risk Management, and Reporting.
Workshops
Roles, Relevance: Service Learning vs. Community Volunteerism
Reciprocity, Reflection: Community Partnerships
Risk Management, Reporting: Meaningful Reflection about Authentic Learning
Key Assignments
3 Reflections
Syllabus
(Submit SL syllabus to the SL committee. The syllabus needs to evidence learning outcomes)
Course Runs | TBA
Workshop Dates (Virtual)
Best practices for teaching the first year student including making early and often connections with students, learning to learn strategies, growth mindset, metacognition, and embedding FY content into your course.
Workshops
Connecting with Your First Year Students
Best Practices for Teaching the First Year Student
Teaching Students How to Learn Effectively
Growth Mindset
Metacognitive Teaching Strategies
Overview of Inclusive Teaching
Developing Your FY Assignment
Key Assignments
*Available TBD
Course Runs | TBD
Workshop Dates TBD
The Office of Teaching and Learning has created an online training module for faculty who teach large sections. This is a self-paced, asynchronous faculty development course that provides a path to an internationally recognised teaching recognition as it’s part of UVU’s Advance HE scheme.
Faculty who participate in this training will gain a deeper understanding of the use of instructional design methodology to develop student-centred courses and to deliver dynamic, interactive lectures; how to design and implement effective cooperative and collaborative learning projects, and identify appropriate grading methods.
The training also covers items such as utilizing pertinent educational literature relevant to formative and summative assessments and best practices for building rapport with students and for providing a learning context that fosters students’ engagement and retention.
Workshops
Fundamental principles and practices of team-based learning including creating effective iRAT, tRAT, 4S activities, improving facilitation skills, peer evaluation, and team development.
Workshops
Fundamental Principles and Practices of TBL
Creating an Effective TBL Module
Evaluating multiple choice questions (MCQs)
Improving Facilitation Skills for TBL
Peer Evaluation and Team Development
Key Assignments
Preparing for TBL Implementation
Developing an Effective TBL Module
*Available Summer 2023
Course Runs | TBD
Workshop Dates TBD
Improving faculty mentoring of students participating in undergraduate research. Discussions topics include aligning expectations, professional development, effective communication, assessing understanding, addressing equity and inclusion, fostering independence, and cultivating ethical behavior. The faculty will develop both a mentoring plan and philosophy.
Workshops
Aligning Expectations, and Articulating Your Mentoring Philosophy and Plan Learning Outcomes
Professional Development and Effective Communication
Addressing Equity and Inclusion and Assessing Understanding
Fostering Independence and Cultivating Ethical Behavior
Facilitation Strategies
Key Assignments
Mentoring Philosophy
Mentoring Plan
Course Runs | TBA
Workshop Dates (Virtual)
Advance pedagogical skills in support of disciplinary writing and WE graduation requirements. Develop high- and low-stakes writing assignments that provide revision feedback so students can practice the conventions of discipline-specific genres.
Workshops
Developing Effective Writing Assignments
Developing In-Class Processes and Strategies
Responding to and Grading Student Writing
Key Assignments
High-stakes Assignment
Scaffolding Map
Course Runs | TBA
Workshop Dates (Virtual)
UVU has joined with the Center for Postsecondary Research to conduct formal research on the student experience within HIPs classrooms and this research has been approved by UVU’s Institutional Review Board. Requirements of participation:
See the HIPs Quality Research Project Toolkit for more details and to opt into the study.
Click the buttons to below to read self-paced workshop descriptions and self-enroll.
This course will provide you with an opportunity to practice backwards design approach to helping your students achieve learning outcomes. You will develop a summative assessment with rubric to measure student achievement. You will develop two formative assessments to support student learning.
Learn and practice the fundamentals of the Canvas learning management systems, including building assignments, using the gradebook, and posting files for students.
The “Overview of Inclusive Teaching” is a self-paced, online course intended to assist faculty members to develop and enhance their teaching skills and establish a foundation for a lifetime of inclusive teaching. The purpose of this workshop is to provide faculty members with a brief overview of the concept of inclusive teaching and the idea of Universal Design. It also aims to give participants the opportunity to identify and to develop a plan to implement inclusive practices in their teaching, and to reflect on their own mindset and readiness for being agents and practitioners of equity-based, inclusive pedagogy. This course also aims to provide instructors with tools that are immediately applicable to their teaching contexts.
