CFE Newsletter

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
 
I hope 2022 is off to a good start and that you are warm, happy and feeling well. In addition to welcoming a new year, we also optimistically greet the new semester. The cycles of academia, like the predictable changing of the seasons, provide us with opportunities to begin afresh, especially in the classroom, studio or lab. Reflection and iteration are our pathways to maintaining what is good and improving upon those aspects that are less effective or meaningful in our work. As we shed less successful elements of our practice, it is valuable to consider what we have learned from failure as well as success.
 
On the CFE website and below this message, you will find many resources and opportunities to for professional development. Additionally, please email us at cfe@montana.edu if you would like to set up an appointment to discuss your syllabus, the new space or technology for your class, or any other topic you wish to discuss.
 
I hope you have an excellent spring semester and can make time to take care of yourselves as you balance all the aspects of your work at MSU. We look forward to engaging with you in this new year.
 
Sincerely,
 
Dean

Record your Classroom Lectures with Panopto

Tuesday, January 11 || 10:00am to 10:30am || Barnard Hall, 126

Join us for an in-person workshop and learn how to use Panopto, our new institutionally supported lecture capture service, to record your classroom lectures! In this workshop you will learn how to: 
Add a Panopto folder to your D2L course.

Record a classroom lecture using the Panopto desktop app.
For more information about Panopto, please visit the Panopto page on the Academic Technology & Outreach website. 

Learn more about this Panopto training

Aligning Expectations for Independent Study or Directed Student Research

Tuesday, January 11 || 2:00 – 3:00 PM || Jabs 204
REGISTER HERE. Add a comment if you would like to join via Webex and we will send you the link.
 
One of the key things for a successful independent study or directed student research is establishing clear expectations from the beginning. In this session, we will explore different ways to align expectations with your student. 

Learn more about this aliging expectations with students session

Charting a course: learning outcomes to enhance student learning and success

Wednesday, January 12 || 12:00 (noon) to 1:30 pm || SUB 233 and via WebEx

Lunch will be provided for those attending in-person  

Register here and add a note if you would like to attend via WebEx so that we can send you the link 

Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer

Learning outcomes can be a vital tool when planning instruction and measuring progress towards learning for both the instructor and student.  In this workshop, you will learn about course design using effective learning outcomes that can:

• move students to deeper learning and higher order thinking,
• guide the process of identifying and creating appropriate assessment strategies,
• encourage students to monitor their progress towards achieving the course learning outcomes, and
• ensure alignment with program learning outcomes to maintain curriculum consistency.

Learn more about this learning outcomes session

Panopto Office Hours

Do you have any questions around Panopto, our new institutionally supported lecture capture service? Bring them to Teaching & Learning Technologies’ Panopto Office Hours. We are happy to answer questions about: 

• How to use Panopto’s features. 
• The transition process from TechSmith to Panopto. 
• Best practices for recording lectures. 
• Anything else you would like answered!

Learn more about this session and join here

Departmental Expectations for Career and Tenure Track Faculty

Thursday, January 27 || 12:00 - 1:30 PM || SUB235 or Webex
REGISTER HERE  Add a comment if you would like to join via Webex and we will send you the link.
Lunch will be provided.
 
In this session of the Early Career Faculty Success Learning Community, we will talk about your annual review, and department expectations in the Retention, Tenure and Promotion process. Before you join us, watch this webinar from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, How to align your time with your priorities and review your role and scope documents and/or hiring letter to familiarize yourself with your specific expectations. The session is open to all tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty.

Learn more about this early career session 

Inclusive Course Design: Implementing Universal Design for Learning Principles 

Wednesday, February 9 || 1:00 pm – 2:30pm || WebEx 

REGISTER HERE We will send you the WebEx link after you register.

Facilitated by Shihua Brazill, Instructional Designer, Center for Faculty Excellence

Description: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a research-based framework for course instruction, materials, and content that engages students and removes barriers to learning. In this workshop, you will learn how to design inclusive courses and implement UDL principles. You will practice how to apply UDL principles when designing inclusive learning experiences.

Learn more about this inclusive course design session

Teaching Online Program (TOP) Advance Course

If you are interested in enhancing your online courses, please consider enrolling in the Teaching Online Program (TOP) Advanced course. This training opportunity focuses on creating engaging online learning experiences and takes place over 5 weeks from February 2^nd to March 13th.

Each week takes about 4-7 hours per week to watch short videos, read short articles, participate in online discussion forums, create an instructional plan for engaging online learning experiences, peer review each other’s plans, and complete a group activity.

One of the goals of this course is to experience what it is like to be an online student and to learn from and share ideas with other online instructors.

This course is designed for those who have completed the Teaching Online Program Basic-Level course or has some basic experience with teaching online.

If you have any questions or would like to be added to the course, please contact Ken Silvestri at kenneth.silvestri@montana.edu or 406-994-7835.

Visit the CFE website for the most up-to-date listing and links for registration. For a full archive of past workshops, visit the Recorded Workshop library

MSU Library Open House - In-Person & Interactive Virtual Activities

January 18, 2022 from 3-6 p.m

The tradition continues. We look forward to gathering with MSU faculty, staff, graduate students, and Bozeman community members to enjoy food and beverages, listen to music, and explore the services offered by MSU Library and our partners. Our theme this year will be a bit different. In the past, we’ve chosen themes centered on classic works of literature, but for 2022, we will broadly celebrate the theme of reading. We've asked partners to select a book and we'll celebrate the joy and importance of reading in our personal, intellectual, and professional lives.

In this section, we are posting some short articles with practical teaching tips:

• Rethinking the course syllabus: Considerations for promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion.  This article offers eight considerations informed by theoretical frameworks and best practices for the successful implementation of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the syllabus.
• Kindness at first sight: The role of syllabi in impression formation. Faculty often work to establish student relationships by developing rapport with students in the classroom, but minimal research has been done on whether syllabus design and language can affect these relationships. 
• Syllabus tone, more than mental health statements, influence intentions to seek help. Writing a warm toned syllabus and addressing stress and mental health with a university statement may increase student’s intentions to ask for help.

• You can also find Teaching Tips and other resources on the CFE webpage

Find graduate student resources here that you can share with your students.  Visit The Graduate School resources for faculty and staff website.

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity members receive a weekly motivational email (the Monday Motivator) and access to the full NCFDD Core Curriculum, guest expert webinars, intensive multi-week courses facilitated by national experts, a private discussion forum, monthly writing challenges, and the opportunity to connect with a writing accountability partner. Learn more about how to register.

MSU Center for Faculty Excellence
114/116 Montana Hall Montana Hall | Bozeman, MT 59717
http://www.montana.edu/facultyexcellence/ | cfe@montana.edu  | 406-994-4555