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February
February 12, 2021
(3:00PM - 3:35PM)
CV to Resume Conversion Webinar Tomorrow
Within the U.S. expectations for CVs and résumés can differ, which means if you have an academic CV you might also want to have a résumé to apply for jobs in industry and organizations. Join this webinar to gain tips for adapting content from your CV to a résumé, and learn about format options to best feature your skills, knowledge, and experience.
February 19, 2021
(9:00AM - 10:00AM)
Advanced Features in Kaltura
This workshop is for anyone familiar with Kaltura and wants to use some of the advanced features such as:
• Quizzing
• Media Gallery
• Analytics
February 23, 2021
(11:00AM - 12:30PM)
Advanced Features in Kaltura
In this session, you will learn to ensure your Grade Center is set up to accurately record and calculate student grades within HuskyCT. We will cover specific settings and features including total points calculations, weighted percentage calculations, categorizing graded items, including/excluding graded items, incorporating tests/exams, assignments, discussions, as well as many other types of assessments and grades in your course. We will also cover how to send a grade column to Student Admin for midterm and final grade submission.
February 24, 2021
(2:00PM - 3:15PM)
Effective Use of Small Group Instruction
Participants will walk away with specific strategies for using small group instruction in classes of any size
We will discuss topics such as:
• Why small groups
• What types of learning goals are suited to small group work?
• Techniques for set up, implementation…
• Five specific considerations…
February 24, 2021
(12:15PM)
Fulbright Scholar Panel
All grad students and faculty are invited to this event to hear about Fulbright projects completed by grad students and faculty. The event is Feb. 24 from 12:15pm-1:30pm. Please use the below zoom link to attend.
Meeting Link - Meeting ID: 312 983 6433; Passcode: 1MpbKz
February 25, 2021
(5:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
Panel: Expand Your Career Options - Consulting
E-meet a panel of UConn alums who have pursued their careers in consulting. Panelists will help current graduate students better understand the field of consulting and share their experience, advice and tips about career preparation and development.
March
March 4, 2021
(12:30 PM)
LET'S TALK LEADERSHIP
Open Enrollment Workshop
Workshop on "The Art of Risk-Taking". Sign Up Via UConntact.
March 4, 2021
(3:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
SAGE Poster Design and Presentation Workshop
Help boost your chances of winning the annual poster competition! On Thursday, March 4, from 3-4, join us as Dr. Kenneth Noll gives his tips to improve your poster design and presentation.
March 8, 2021
SAGE Poster Competition Abstracts Due
The SAGE poster competition is coming up on April 1st!
Submit your abstract by March 8th to secure your spot. https://s.uconn.edu/poster2021
We are also looking for volunteers to moderate the poster competition from 10-12 on April 1. If you are interested in helping out, please send an email to SAGE, as your help would be much appreciated.
March 9, 2021
(7:00 PM)
LET'S TALK LEADERSHIP
Open Enrollment Workshop
Workshop on "Diversity & Leadership". Sign Up Via UConntact.
March 11, 2021
(11:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Developing and Building Online Assessments in HuskyCT
Many instructors administer online assessments through HuskyCT, and this overview session covers the variety of settings that ensure a smooth experience for both you and your students. We will focus on the basics of test creation and a review of the options that determine the test-taking experience for your students.
March 11, 2021
(4:00 PM - 5:30 PM)
Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series on Nature and the Environment - Dr. Robert Bullard
Dr. Robert Bullard has often been described as the father of environmental justice. A Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning Environmental Policy, and former Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University, he is also an award-winning author of eighteen books that address sustainable development, environmental racism, urban land use, industrial facility siting, community reinvestment, housing, transportation, climate justice, disasters, emergency response, and community resilience, smart growth, and regional equity.
March 11, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Managing Anxiety, Yours and Theirs
Participants will come away with specific strategies for managing their own and their students’ anxieties
We will discuss topics such as:
• Causes of anxiety: Lack of confidence, Lack of knowledge, lack of preparation, lack of experience, the unknown…
Solutions:
• Prioritize tasks (It’s not ALL vital or ALL immediate)
• work with a partner or friend, seek help from a colleague, a friend, a professional,
• establish and follow routines,
• move (exercise), get enough rest,
• consider how to change the environment to make it more effective for you, breathe,
• think positive thoughts and believe in yourself, consider accommodations, laugh- esp. when you want to cry (crying is okay, too)
• Managing Student Anxiety:
• Give choices
• Be Flexible
• Listen
• Share all relevant information regarding grades, assignments, policies…
• Make a connection with your students
March 11, 2021
(7:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Engineering Diversity and Outreach Center
Gender Pay Gap and Inequities in Engineering
We welcome ANYONE who would like to join our events!
From students to postdocs to faculty members to staff to community members!
We'd love to have you! Come as you are, with an open mind.
March 12, 2021
(9:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
Graduate Visitation Day
UConn School of Engineering Welcomes You!
9 AM - 10 AM Grad School Info Session
Welcoming remarks from the deans, grad student panel
10:15 AM - 1 PM Department Info Sessions
Have an opportunity to connect with department leaders from your
department of interest
March 12, 2021
(1:25 PM - 3:20 PM)
GRAD 6000: Productive Office Hours 101
Presenters: Xiaochen Liu, Martina Rosenberg
Registration Link and WebEx Link
March 15, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
We will discuss:
• Similarities and differences between a presentation and a class
• Interrupting the presentation in a positive manner
• Effective use of PowerPoint
• Speak the audience's language
• Humor- use it!
• Make it relevant...
March 16, 2021
(11:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Preparing your HuskyCT Grade Center for Grade Calculation and Submission
In this session, you will learn to ensure your Grade Center is set up to accurately record and calculate student grades within HuskyCT. We will cover specific settings and features including total points calculations, weighted percentage calculations, categorizing graded items, including/excluding graded items, incorporating tests/exams, assignments, discussions, as well as many other types of assessments and grades in your course. We will also cover how to send a grade column to Student Admin for midterm and final grade submission.
March 17, 2021
(10:00 AM - 11:30 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Spring 2021 University Advising Professional Development Series: Advising Students of Color Series, Part One
After this session you will be able to:
Define implicit bias and microaggression and give examples of these concepts.
Examine your own biases and their effects on yourself and others through your work as an academic advisor.
March 17, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
The Introvert/Shy Person as a Successful Instructor / Student
We will discuss:
• Situations where you will thrive
• Communication strategies
• Shy or lacking confidence?
• Embracing and best using your personality type
• Strategies for easing stress...
March 18, 2021
(11:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Using LockDown Browser and Monitor for Online Tests in HuskyCT
LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down a student’s computer when used for administering a test through HuskyCT. Monitor is an additional feature that uses a student’s webcam to record them taking their test, which provides a means to review the student’s testing environment. When taking a test using LockDown Browser, students are unable to print, copy, go to other websites, access other applications, or close a test until it is submitted for grading, and Monitor creates a video record of the time they spent taking the test. This session will cover the use of LockDown Browser and Monitor for tests, quizzes, and exams in your course, including recommended settings and best practices.
March 19, 2021
(10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Collaborate Advanced Features
This workshop is for anyone familiar with Collaborate and wants to use some of the advanced features such as:
• Polling
• Breakout Groups
• Reporting
• Sharing Document Camera
• Sharing recordings outside HuskyCT
March 19, 2021
(1:25 PM - 3:20 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
GRAD 6000: Making Teamwork a Productive Masterclass Experience
March 22, 2021 - March 26, 2021
FULBRIGHT WEEK AT UCONN - RESEARCH & TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD
MONDAY, MARCH 22nd
5:00-6:30 PM INFO SESSION: U.S. FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM
REGISTER TO ATTEND: https://apply.iie.org/register/3.22General
A Fulbright representative from the Institute of International Education, will present on the Fulbright U.S. Student Program with a breakout room for UConn students to review the campus process and to answer questions with FPA LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24TH
12:30-1:30 PM FULBRIGHT GRADUATE STUDENT INFORMATION SESSION
Location: WEBEX - REGISTER HERE for this event.
LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay, Fulbright Program Advisor, will meet with graduate students interested in applying to this international research and study opportunity.
3:00-5:00 PM U.S.FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM 1-ON-1 ADVISING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Location: ZOOM or WEBEX
LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay, Fulbright Program Advisor, will provide 1-on-1 advising to potential graduate student applicants for the U.S. Fulbright Student Program. To sign up for a 30-minute session, use this Nexus link: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/schedule1.php?stser=1502
THURSDAY, MARCH 25TH
11:00-12:00 PM U.S. FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM – LIVE SESSION WITH FULBRIGHT STUDENTS
Location: WEBEX - REGISTER HERE
Meet recent Fulbright alumni who were abroad as ETAs and researchers to hear about their Fulbright experiences.
2:00-5:00 PM U.S.FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM 1-ON-1 ADVISING FOR STUDENTS
Location: ZOOM or WEBEX
LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay, Fulbright Program Advisor, will provide 1-on-1 advising to potential undergraduate & graduate student applicants for the U.S. Fulbright Student Program. To sign up for a 30-minute session, use this Nexus link: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/schedule1.php?stser=1502
FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH
12:15-1:15 PM U.S. FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM INFO SESSION
Location: WEBEX – REGISTER HERE for this event.
LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay, Fulbright Program Advisor, will present information for undergraduate & graduate students interested in research, study, or teaching English abroad.
March 23, 2021
(11:00 AM - 12:15 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Crafting writing prompts and discussion questions
What are Teaching Talks?
Join us for an hour of your day to connect with your colleagues. These sessions serve as a springboard for discussions around a topic related to teaching and learning but really give you the chance to share the success and challenges you are facing in our new teaching reality. Each session has a topical theme but are shaped by the participants’ discussion, needs, and interests.
The thematic focus for this particular session is writing prompts and discussion questions. Topics will include:
• How you use questions in the classroom
• How to be intentional in planning questions while remaining spontaneous
• Length and scope of prompts for writing assignments, presentations, etc.
• Effective prompts as a kind of “feed-forward”
• How to incorporate evaluative criteria into prompts
• Share what is on your mind
March 23, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Where Do Students Need more Preparation in Order to Be Successful in your Class?
Participants will leave with specific strategies for identifying students who may have gaps in their knowledge in key areas, specifically areas in which they are less than fully prepared to be successful, as well as strategies for bringing the students up to speed.
We will discuss topics such as:
• Turn it around: Consider how an unprepared or underprepared student feels
• Assessing how prepared students are (quick, ungraded pretest, short writing assignment, small group then whole group discussion…)
• Determining what needs to be done to bring them “up to speed”
• Your responsibility, theirs, some of each?
• The role of feedback. Types of feedback. The importance of feedback- read and comment upon rough drafts, have checkpoints for projects and actually check them
• Freshmen in particular
• On campus sources- the Writing Center, tutoring services, Q center, achieve.uconn.edu, the library…
• Working in small groups, peer editing, peer feedback in general…
• Study groups for test prep; groups that meet regularly throughout the semester
• Consider giving work done early in the semester less value in grading: 1st test- 20%, 2nd test 30%, Final 40%, quizzes, HW, class participation 10%- something like that.
March 24, 2021
(10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement
What are Teaching Talks?
Join us for an hour of your day to connect with your colleagues. These sessions serve as a springboard for discussions around a topic related to teaching and learning but really give you the chance to share the success and challenges you are facing in our new teaching reality. Each session has a topical theme but are shaped by the participants’ discussion, needs, and interests.
The thematic focus for this particular session is crafting a teaching philosophy statement.
Proposed Objectives
• Discuss the desirable elements of a teaching philosophy statement for job or PTR applications
• Begin drafting in response to prompts provided
• Share what is on your mind
March 24, 2021
(10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Developing and Building Online Assessments in HuskyCT
Many instructors administer online assessments through HuskyCT, and this overview session covers the variety of settings that ensure a smooth experience for both you and your students. We will focus on the basics of test creation and a review of the options that determine the test-taking experience for your students.
March 25, 2021
(10:00 AM - 11:15 AM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Giving Feedback
What are Teaching Talks?
Join us for an hour of your day to connect with your colleagues. These sessions serve as a springboard for discussions around a topic related to teaching and learning but really give you the chance to share the success and challenges you are facing in our new teaching reality. Each session has a topical theme but are shaped by the participants’ discussion, needs, and interests.
The thematic focus for this particular session is giving feedback. Topics will include:
• discovering opportunities for giving feedback on early assignments or activities
• sharing approaches to giving constructive feedback on student work
• structuring feedback to support learning
• how much feedback is enough
• using a variety of modes of feedback
• share what’s on your mind
March 25, 2021
(2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Classroom Environment: Accentuate the positive
We will discuss:
• Maintaining a positive attitude
• Providing clear expectations and clear boundaries
• Making a connection
• Maximizing opportunities for active learning...
March 25, 2021
(2:30 PM)
LET'S TALK LEADERSHIP
Open Enrollment Workshop
Workshop on "Embracing Imperfection". Sign Up Via UConntact.
March 26, 2021
SAGE Poster Competition Submissions Due
The SAGE poster competition is coming up on April 1st!
Submissions in video format are due March 25th. https://s.uconn.edu/postervid2021
We are also looking for volunteers to moderate the poster competition from 10-12 on April 1. If you are interested in helping out, please send an email to SAGE, as your help would be much appreciated.
March 26, 2021
(1:25 PM - 3:20 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
GRAD 6000: Using the Science of Learning in your Teaching
March 30, 2021
(10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Spring 2021 Advising Professional Development Series: Best Practices in Academic Advising: Practical & Supportive Collaborations Between Academic & Student Affairs
In this session, the presenters will respond to some case studies and some questions (some pre-planned, and others through audience participation), highlighting resources and partnerships available to support academic advisors and other student support staff in their work.
March 30, 2021
(2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Mixing It Up: Adding Variety to your Classroom Instruction
We will discuss:
• Breaking up the lecture- how, why, and when
• Small group discussion in distance learning
• Brief activities to reinforce key concepts
• Long term projects- how to make them work...
March 30, 2021
(2:30 PM)
LET'S TALK LEADERSHIP
Open Enrollment Workshop
Workshop on "The Physiology of Social Change". Sign Up Via UConntact.
March 30, 2021
(2:30 PM - 4:30 PM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Using LockDown Browser and Monitor for Online Tests in HuskyCT
LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down a student’s computer when used for administering a test through HuskyCT. Monitor is an additional feature that uses a student’s webcam to record them taking their test, which provides a means to review the student’s testing environment. When taking a test using LockDown Browser, students are unable to print, copy, go to other websites, access other applications, or close a test until it is submitted for grading, and Monitor creates a video record of the time they spent taking the test. This session will cover the use of LockDown Browser and Monitor for tests, quizzes, and exams in your course, including recommended settings and best practices.
March 31, 2021
(10:00 AM - 11:15 AM)
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Writing a Diversity Statement
What are Teaching Talks?
Join us for an hour of your day to connect with your colleagues. These sessions serve as a springboard for discussions around a topic related to teaching and learning but really give you the chance to share the success and challenges you are facing in our new teaching reality. Each session has a topical theme but are shaped by the participants’ discussion, needs, and interests.
The thematic focus for this particular session is crafting a diversity statement.
Proposed Objectives
• Discuss the diversity statement as a part of, or independent from, a broader teaching philosophy statement
• Begin drafting in response to prompts provided for reflection on diversity commitments
• Share what is on your mind
March 31, 2021
(7:00 PM)
How COVID-19 Will Change the World - Dr. Michael Osterholm
The University of Connecticut’s Leadership Legacy Experience is pleased to host Dr. Michael Osterholm, for a livestream lecture about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects.
Dr. Michael Osterholm is an Epidemiologist, COVID-19 Expert and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. A sharp critic of the complacency that led to the current global pandemic, he points to current shortfalls in our system, individual and public health strategies and an urgent need to mobilize our healthcare system.
April
April 1, 2021
(10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)
SOE Poster Competiton
April 5, 2021
(4:00 PM - 5:15 PM)
CETL's Happenings
Critical Thinking Activities and Assignments
Teaching talks are interactive sessions where you can meet other instructors to discuss a particular theme or topic related to teaching, mentoring, and course design. Unlike webinars, teaching talks are heavily shaped by participation, though they are facilitated by CETL staff and faculty affiliates who offer tools, resources, and prompts for reflection and discussion. Some topics we may consider include:
- How do you incorporate critical thinking into your course design?
- How do you build it into class time when class time already seems too short to cover all the content you want to cover?
- What are some critical literacy activities you have implemented in your classes? How did you think about assessment of them?
- How might critical pedagogies inform your teaching?
In this teaching talk we will share experiences, challenges, and activities that can be modified to fit even a small amount of class time.
April 5, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45 PM)
CETL's Happenings
Leading Effective Discussions
Participants will come away with specific strategies for leading effective discussions.
At this session, participants will discuss topics like
• Why Discussions?
• Collaborative environment
• Don’t dominate the discussion
• How to maximize student participation
• Wait time
• Small group to large group
• Reluctant speakers
• Questions that lead to good discussions
• Questions that do NOT lead to good discussions
• Respectful disagreement
• iClickers, Poll Everywhere…
• Using student questions as a springboard to effective discussions
April 6, 2021
(11:30 AM - 12:45 PM)
CETL's Happenings
Facilitating Small Groups and Teams in your Course
How can we connect students to each other, and to the course subject, through group work? What do you think about when you think about design and assessment of group/team activities and projects?
Teaching talks are interactive sessions where you can meet other instructors to discuss a particular theme or topic related to teaching, mentoring, and course design. Unlike webinars, teaching talks are heavily shaped by participation, though they are facilitated by CETL staff and faculty affiliates who offer tools, resources, and prompts for reflection and discussion. The objectives for this session include:
- Discuss the affordances and limitations of group work
- Share ideas for addressing the challenges of team projects
- Share what’s on your mind
April 6, 2021
(2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
CETL's Happenings
Less Listening, More Active Participation
Participants will come away with specific strategies for getting students more actively involved in their learning.
At this session, participants will discuss topics like:
• When do I need to lecture, and when may I allow students to learn on their own?
• Overcoming obstacles to active learning
• Opening the lecture to increase active learning
• Strategies to activate the classroom
• Small group discussion, whole group discussion
• Active learning through projects, problem-solving activities, experiments …
• Giving choices
• Specific things to consider for the beginner
April 7, 2021
(12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)
CETL's Happenings
Using Data Visualization Platform to Engage Your Students
Contemporary students are curious and tech-savvy. They are excited to explore real-world application of the textbook material, and work with data because “Big Data” is a buzz word in their realm. They are also “visual” learners, so the creation of charts, graphs, and maps will entice them to look deeper into the subject matter, ask questions, analyze, and discuss. This workshop will teach the instructors how to engage our students with data visualization.
Description:
In my 1-hour presentation, I will share my application exercises (AE) that use Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) database. Those exercises can be utilized by any instructor and any student from anywhere in the world: FRED portal is free; it is current; it has a lot of data about a lot of things. I will showcase several examples of data acquisition, data mapping, and assessment instruments. I will guide the participants through one example of obtaining data, saving it, creating a dashboard, sharing it through HuskyCT, and creating assessment vehicles for it on HuskyCT.
Participants will:
1. Practice using the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) interface
2. Experience a learning activity using FRED
3. Discuss ways to engage students based on the model activity
4. Discuss student assessment strategies based on the model activity
5. Discuss applicability of FRED in other disciplinary settings
April 7, 2021
(1:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
CETL's Happenings
Finding and Teaching with Library Streaming Videos in HuskyCT
Teaching online? Looking for videos to assign to your classes? Attend this workshop to learn the ins and outs of UConn Library’s streaming video
April 7, 2021
(6:30 PM)
LET'S TALK LEADERSHIP
Open Enrollment Workshop
Workshop on "Practicing Exemplary Leadership". Sign Up Via UConntact.
April 8, 2021
(7:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Engineering Diversity and Outreach Center
Community Conversation - Environmental (In)justice and Racism
We welcome ANYONE who would like to join our events!
From students to postdocs to faculty members to staff to community members!
We'd love to have you! Come as you are, with an open mind.
April 9, 2021
(3:00 PM - 3:35 PM)
CAREER PREP WEBINARS
CV to Resume Conversion
Within the U.S. expectations for CVs and résumés can differ, which means if you have an academic CV you might also want to have a résumé to apply for jobs in industry and organizations. Join this webinar to gain tips for adapting content from your CV to a résumé, and learn about format options to best feature your skills, knowledge, and experience.
April 11, 2021
(7:00 PM - 7:20 PM)
CAREER PREP WEBINARS
Negotiating Job Offers
Your salary is only one component of what might be negotiated. Join this webinar to enhance your preparation to negotiate multiple aspects of a job offer, and to gain basic tips on how to effectively talk about your needs and value.
April 12, 2021
(2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
CETL's Happenings
Making Learning Easier
Participants will come away with specific strategies and ideas for making student learning easier.
At this session, participants will discuss topics like:
• Motivating students to read and prepare for class
• Having clear learning objectives, goals, and expectations
• Teaching students to think and write in your particular discipline
• Using visuals and technology effectively
• Using class time to emphasize learning/study skills
• Having and communicating clear objectives
• Offering choices whenever possible
• Giving credit for class participation; Offering extra credit opportunities
• Making work submitted later in the semester count more than earlier work
April 13, 2021
(7:00 PM - 7:50 PM)
CAREER PREP WEBINARS
CVs for Academic and Industry Jobs
Join this webinar to gain tips for creating strategic content within your CV. Learn about format options to best feature your skills, knowledge, and experience. Please register for CVs for Academic and Industry Jobs (Previously Recorded)
April 15, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45 PM)
CETL's Happenings
Effective Questioning Techniques
Specific strategies regarding formulating and asking effective questions. An understanding of how an effective question differs from a less effective question. Ways to get answers to your questions…
We will discuss topics such as:
• What kinds of questions should be asked?
• How do we form these questions?
• How do we get answers to our questions?
• How can we use questions to assess learning?
• How can we more effectively respond to questions? …
April 18, 2021
(7:00 PM - 7:30 PM)
CAREER PREP WEBINARS
Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) - Tips You Need
An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) allows employers to collect, sort, scan, and rank job applications. Nearly every employer uses an ATS to support their recruiting and hiring of candidates. This webinar provides an overview of how to optimize your job application materials to be favorably scanned by an applicant tracking system.
April 22, 2021
(4:00 PM)
LET'S TALK LEADERSHIP
Open Enrollment Workshop
Workshop on "Learning Your Leadership Values". Sign Up Via UConntact.
April 25, 2021
(7:00 PM - 7:30 PM)
CAREER PREP WEBINARS
Interviewing: the Art and Science of Answering Tough Questions
Interviewing is part art and part science, and what is a tough question for one person might be met with ease by another. In this webinar, categories of questions that many interviewees share as being "tough" will be reviewed with tips provided for responses.
April 27, 2021
(5:30 PM)
LET'S TALK LEADERSHIP
Open Enrollment Workshop
Destress before Finals. Sign Up Via UConntact.
May
May 4, 2021
(10:00 AM - 11:15 AM)
CETL's Happenings
Spring 2021 University Advising Professional Development Series: Special Livestream Event: NACADA Webinar: When Black Girl Magic Isn’t Enuf: Supporting Black Women College Students
NACADA Webinar Overview: https://nacada.ksu.edu/Events/Web-Events/Web-Events-Coming/Web-Event-April-2021.aspx
In 2013, CaShawn Thompson coined the term “Black Girl Magic,” resulting in a social movement to honor Black women’s beauty and brilliance. Within postsecondary education, Black Girl Magic is characterized in ways Black women college students battle stereotypes, navigate hostile environments, and earn college degrees in a system that has ignored them. Black women have attained bachelor’s degrees at an increasing rate and are the only population, second to Latina women, to achieve this academic level. Despite the ability to excel academically and socially within campus life, Black women college students still contend with discrimination, stereotyping, isolation, and tokenism. The paradox of their success and their marginalized identity has stifled conversations surrounding strategies on how to support them holistically.
When working with Black women college students, it is essential that advisors, success coaches, and administrators use a unique approach that conveys inclusivity and an awareness around the cultural influences Black women students experience during their academic career. Sponsored by NACADA’s Inclusion and Engagement Committee, this webinar is a continuation of the When Black Girl Magic Isn't Enuf: Gendered-Racial Battle Fatigue and the Experiences of Black Women Advisors & Administrators presentation given by this team at the October 2020 NACADA Annual Conference and connects with the Advising Black Male Students in 2020 and Beyond presented in the Webinar venue. The presenters will highlight the unique experiences of Black women college students to assist advisors and coaches in recognizing their challenges, celebrating their successes, and connecting them with appropriate resources. Utilizing existing research and their personal experiences, the presenters will ensure viewers gain insight, understanding, and valuable resources that they can incorporate in their roles.
May 4, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45 PM)
CETL's Happenings
A Guide to Reflective Practice
We will discuss ways to use reflective practice to improve your teaching. We will discuss, quick, informal reflective techniques, as well as more formal ways to do "self-checks" related to your teaching practice.
May 10, 2021
(2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
CETL's Happenings
Feedback and Assessment: New Ideas and Ways to Vary Techniques
The focus of this Talk has changed, due to current circumstances. As well as what is listed below please come with your questions and concerns related to shifting to an on line format should that become necessary.
At this session, participants will discuss topics like:
• Giving feedback in an on line format, the how, the what, and the why
• Alternatives to exams, tests, and quizzes, how to reformat an exam, test, or quiz for use
• in an on line class
• Classroom participation, homework, extra credit, the “fudge factor,” how to use class
• participation and homework effectively on line
• Formative and summative assessment
• Fairness in assessment
• Timely feedback
May 12, 2021
(11:00 AM - 12:00PM)
Academic Job Search Series - Live events
Academic Job Search Timeline and Overview
Are you seeking to understand all that is required in launching and managing an academic job search? Are you thinking you would like to develop or refine your application materials?
Join the academic job search series to:
- enhance your knowledge about timelines;
- gain tips and strategies for creating application materials (Teaching/Research/Diversity Statements);
- hear what is most valued by a faculty hiring committee.
May 17, 2021
(1:00 PM - 2:30PM)
CETL's Happenings
W (Writing-Intensive) Teaching Orientation
Join us for an overview of university-wide expectations for W courses and a discussion of pragmatic strategies for making writing-intensive courses more relevant, engaging, inclusive, and effective.
May 18, 2021
(11:00 PM - 12:00PM)
CETL's Happenings
Introduction to Using VoiceThread in Your HuskyCT Course
VoiceThread (VT) is an asynchronous interactive collaboration, discussion, and sharing tool that is now integrated into HuskyCT at UConn. It is a way to better engage students and provides opportunity for additional interaction in an online or remote environment.
This workshop will introduce you to the tool, its basic features, and how to activate and use it in a HuskyCT course. It will explain the new ability to grade VoiceThread activity that transfers into the HuskyCT grade center. We will also discuss some use cases.
People already familiar with or using VoiceThread will want to attend this webinar to see new features and the differences in using it in your course.
May 18, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45PM)
CETL's Happenings
Managing Anxiety, Yours and Theirs
Participants will come away with specific strategies for managing their own and their students’ anxieties
We will discuss topics such as:
• Causes of anxiety: Lack of confidence, Lack of knowledge, lack of preparation, lack of experience, the unknown…
Solutions:
• Prioritize tasks (It’s not ALL vital or ALL immediate)
• work with a partner or friend, seek help from a colleague, a friend, a professional,
• establish and follow routines,
• move (exercise), get enough rest,
• consider how to change the environment to make it more effective for you, breathe,
• think positive thoughts and believe in yourself, consider accommodations, laugh- esp. when you want to cry (crying is okay, too)
• Managing Student Anxiety:
• Give choices
• Be Flexible
• Listen
• Share all relevant information regarding grades, assignments, policies…
• Make a connection with your students
May 19, 2021
(1:30 PM - 3:00PM)
CETL's Happenings
Managing and Facilitating Your Online Course (Webinar)
Are you looking for ideas to help improve the facilitation of your online course? Join your colleagues to discuss the roles, time-frames, and best practices of being an online facilitator. This webinar is intended for those teaching online as you will develop a customized Course Facilitation Plan (CFP) for organizing and improving the delivery of your online course.
Note: This webinar is developed to address Online implementation but many of the principles may apply to Distance Learning courses. Faculty teaching "DL" courses are welcome to attend.
May 19, 2021
(2:00 PM - 3:00PM)
CETL's Happenings
Preparing for the Variety of Learners’ Needs, Abilities, and Interests with Universal Design for Learning
This workshop will introduce participants to the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework as a tool to design instruction and curricula that support variation in learners’ needs, abilities and interests. The UDL guidelines emphasize providing supports and options for how students receive information (representation), demonstrate their understanding (action and expression), and engage with the content (engagement). Attendees will have the opportunity to: 1) reflect on their role in designing instruction that supports learner variability; 2) practice applying the UDL guidelines to identify barriers in the learning environment and to design options and supports in sample written curricula and instructional scenarios; and 3) reflect on their own written curricula and/or classroom practices and design UDL-aligned strategies to implement.
• Objectives: Participants will be able to:
o Describe the three guidelines of the Universal Design for Learning framework and identify resources to look up the sub-principles and checkpoints.
o Identify opportunities within their current roles to design instruction that supports learner variability.
o Use the UDL guidelines to design options and supports for instructional barriers.
o Identify UDL strategies that can be used to develop solutions within their own written curricula and/or classroom practices
May 20, 2021
(12:00 PM - 1:00PM)
Academic Job Search Series - Live events
Hiring Committee Insights - Faculty Panel sharing application tips, what stands out, what not to do, etc.
Are you seeking to understand all that is required in launching and managing an academic job search? Are you thinking you would like to develop or refine your application materials?
Join the academic job search series to:
- enhance your knowledge about timelines;
- gain tips and strategies for creating application materials (Teaching/Research/Diversity Statements);
- hear what is most valued by a faculty hiring committee.
May 20, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45PM)
CETL's Happenings
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
We will discuss:
• Similarities and differences between a presentation and a class
• Interrupting the presentation in a positive manner
• Effective use of PowerPoint
• Speak the audience's language
• Humor- use it!
• Make it relevant...
May 24, 2021
(2:00 PM - 3:00PM)
CETL's Happenings
The Introvert/Shy Person as a Successful Instructor / Student
We will discuss:
• Situations where you will thrive
• Communication strategies
• Shy or lacking confidence?
• Embracing and best using your personality type
• Strategies for easing stress...
May 27, 2021
(12:00 PM - 1:00PM)
Academic Job Search Series - Live events
Tips for Developing Your Academic Job Application Materials
Are you seeking to understand all that is required in launching and managing an academic job search? Are you thinking you would like to develop or refine your application materials?
Join the academic job search series to:
- enhance your knowledge about timelines;
- gain tips and strategies for creating application materials (Teaching/Research/Diversity Statements);
- hear what is most valued by a faculty hiring committee.
May 27, 2021
(6:45 PM - 7:45PM)
CETL's Happenings
Where Do Students Need more Preparation in Order to Be Successful in your Class?
Participants will leave with specific strategies for identifying students who may have gaps in their knowledge in key areas, specifically areas in which they are less than fully prepared to be successful, as well as strategies for bringing the students up to speed.
We will discuss topics such as:
• Turn it around: Consider how an unprepared or underprepared student feels
• Assessing how prepared students are (quick, ungraded pretest, short writing assignment, small group then whole group discussion…)
• Determining what needs to be done to bring them “up to speed”
• Your responsibility, theirs, some of each?
• The role of feedback. Types of feedback. The importance of feedback- read and comment upon rough drafts, have checkpoints for projects and actually check them
• Freshmen in particular
• On campus sources- the Writing Center, tutoring services, Q center, achieve.uconn.edu, the library…
• Working in small groups, peer editing, peer feedback in general…
• Study groups for test prep; groups that meet regularly throughout the semester
• Consider giving work done early in the semester less value in grading: 1st test- 20%, 2nd test 30%, Final 40%, quizzes, HW, class participation 10%- something like that.
June
June 3, 2021
(12:00 PM - 1:30PM)
Academic Job Search Series - Live events
Writing Teaching & Research Statements
Are you seeking to understand all that is required in launching and managing an academic job search? Are you thinking you would like to develop or refine your application materials?
Join the academic job search series to:
- enhance your knowledge about timelines;
- gain tips and strategies for creating application materials (Teaching/Research/Diversity Statements);
- hear what is most valued by a faculty hiring committee.
June 10, 2021
(12:00 PM - 1:00PM)
Academic Job Search Series - Live events
Writing Diversity Statements
Are you seeking to understand all that is required in launching and managing an academic job search? Are you thinking you would like to develop or refine your application materials?
Join the academic job search series to:
- enhance your knowledge about timelines;
- gain tips and strategies for creating application materials (Teaching/Research/Diversity Statements);
- hear what is most valued by a faculty hiring committee.
June 15, 2021
(1:00PM - 2:30PM)
CETL's Happenings
Managing and Facilitating Your Online Course (Webinar) - June 15, 2021
Are you looking for ideas to help improve the facilitation of your online course? Join your colleagues to discuss the roles, time-frames, and best practices of being an online facilitator. This webinar is intended for those teaching online as you will develop a customized Course Facilitation Plan (CFP) for organizing and improving the delivery of your online course.
Note: This webinar is developed to address Online implementation but many of the principles may apply to Distance Learning courses. Faculty teaching "DL" courses are welcome to attend.
