CFE NEWSLETTER
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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Dear Colleagues, We hope that your semester has started off well! We would like to let you know about three upcoming internal grant opportunities to support innovative excellence in teaching and scholarship. Please see the information, links and deadlines below for
Mini-Grants for Distance EducationTenure and non-tenure track faculty are invited to apply for mini-grants to attend theOnline Learning Consortium Innovate Conference is on-site from April 10-13 and virtually from April 23-25 in Denver, CO. The OLC Innovate conference presents an extraordinary opportunity to learn from nationally recognized leading thinkers about cutting edge developments in distance education and blended learning. DUE: Thursday, February 15, 2024, by 5 pm.Learn more and apply here CONTACT: Ken Silvestri atkenneth.silvestri@montana.edu or (406) 994-7835. Instructional Innovation GrantsTenure and non-tenure track are invited to submit proposals for theInstructional Innovation Grants Program, 2024 - 2025. Proposals for up to $4,000 may be submitted. They are intended to give faculty funding to create and develop new methods to improve their teaching and student learning with the goal of increasing student success. DUE: Monday, March 25, 2024, by 5 pm.Learn more and apply hereCONTACT: Ken Silvestri at kenneth.silvestri@montana.edu or (406) 994-7835. Faculty Excellence GrantsTenure track faculty are invited to submit proposals for theFaculty Excellence Grants (FEG) Program. FEGs have a maximum award of $5,000 each. The goal is to enable faculty to engage in activities that will enhance scholarship in all disciplines. DUE: Friday, March 8, 2024, by 5 pm.Learn more and apply here CONTACT: Nika Stoop atnikastoop@montana.edu or (406) 994-5338. UPCOMING CFE EVENTS
If you are located outside of Bozeman and would like to attend a workshop via Webex, please request a link in the comments section and it will be sent to you before the session. TODAY- Active Learning Basics: Rethink Your Teaching to Promote Deeper LearningTuesday, January 23, 2024|| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM|| MSU Library 324 Teaching Space || Register Lunch will be provided. Facilitated by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer. ***Recurring Workshop: Last offered Fall 2022*** In this workshop, you will actively learn about active learning pedagogies, including proven strategies and evidence-based, best practices for creating an active learning classroom. Successfully Cultivating your Network of Mentors, Sponsors, and Collaborators Thursday, January 25 ||12:00 PM- 1:30 PM || MSU Library 324 Teaching Space||Register Lunch will be provided In this session of the Early Career Faculty Success Learning Community, we will explore connecting with communities in Montana, learn aboutGoal 3.1: Increase mutually beneficial collaborations with Tribal nations and partners, and discuss ways to cultivate your network. Join the Teaching Sustainability Faculty Learning Community The goal of the Teaching Sustainability Faculty Learning Community is to create an informal gathering of faculty who can learn from campus leaders and each other throughout the spring semester. We will have regular meetings with different topics of interest, targeted outcomes, and guest speakers. In order to build faculty community around teaching sustainability, each session will build on the previous so we ask that if you sign up, you are committing to all the modules. There will be a total of four sessions. Please follow the links below to learn more and register for each session. You can also register for them all here. With this option, filter for "Faculty Excellence" in the "Class of Training Filter" and then filter "Teaching Sustainability" under "Course Name Search" as shown below.
Summary of Sessions
3-part workshop series on Effective Research MentoringThursday, February 1 ||1:00 PM- 3:00 PM || MSU Library 324 Teaching Space||Register Looking for some ideas on how to best mentor graduate and undergraduate students in research? This three-part series uses materials from the Center for Improved Mentoring Experiences in Research to explore many different subjects around mentoring. While it is helpful to attend all the sessions, it is not required. These sessions will be offered each spring semester. Part 1 – Assessing Understanding, Fostering Independence and Promoting Professional Development
Part 3 - Addressing Equity & Inclusion, Aligning expectations and Effective Communications
Completing each workshop in the series will earn 2 credits towards membership in the Center. Introduction to Universal Design for LearningTuesday, February 6||10:30 AM- 11:30 AM || MSU Library 324 Teaching Space||Register An introduction to Universal Design for Learning. We will cover the main principles of UDL and start a conversation about when you might apply UDL in your courses. There will be subsequent workshops on specific aspects of Universal Design for Learning.OTHER MSU ANNOUNCEMENTSUndergraduate Scholars Program Summer 2024 Grant Proposal Portal Now Open!USP offers research grant funding through a competitive proposal process for undergraduates engaging in research, original creative works, and scholarly projects. The deadline to submit proposals to the Undergraduate Scholars Program for Summer 2024 projects is Sunday, February 4, 2024 at midnight. Please apply via the USP Application portal on Submittable. NCFDD WEBINARSTODAY- Guest Expert Webinar: AI in Academia: Teaching Challenges and OpportunitiesTuesday, January 23 ||2-3 p.m. ET || Register Here Presenter: Julia Shaffel, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder Guest Expert Webinar: Live on Zoom: AI in Academia: Discussing Opportunities and ChallengesTuesday, January 30 || 2-3 p.m. ET || Register Here Panelists: Julia Shaffel, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder; Lauren Goodlad, PhD, Rutgers University; Raymond Pun, EdD, MLS, Alder Graduate School of Education Core Curriculum Webinar: Live on Zoom: How to Align Your Time with Your PrioritiesThursday, February 8 || 2-3:30 p.m. ET || Register Here Presenter: Erin Furtak, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder
You will need to log into your National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development (NCFDD) account and then click the link above to access the event. This online resource is available to the MSU community free of charge. Learn more about how to register. |
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