Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning

AI in Teaching & Learning (UNI)

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https://ai.uni.edu/


blackboard learn ultra

Faculty Road Test of Bb Learn Ultra
Wednesday, March 20 | 2:00pm-3:00pm | via Zoom

Presenters: Karen Breitbach, Belinda Creighton-Smith, Bryce Kanago, Gayle Rhineberger, Lori Seawel

 

Hear from four colleagues -- UNI Pilot Champions for Blackboard Learn Ultra -- about their experiences with our new Learning Management System. Topics will include: Building Course Content; Setting Up & Managing Groups; Discussions, Blogs & Journals; Feedback & Grades. 

Get a look at some of the features. Pick up some time-saving tips and tweaks. Ask questions as you prepare to make your move to Bb Learn Ultra. (That's all of us starting Fall 2024!)

Sign Up Here!

 


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Zoom Hack: Allows You to Join Multiple Breakout Rooms!

Wednesday, March 27 | 2:00pm-3:00pm
Rod Library 373

Presenter: Sarah Rosol

 

Dr. Sarah Rosol has figured out a way for Zoom hosts to join or monitor multiple breakout rooms in the same zoom meeting. Come see how she accomplished this feat, and try it yourself.

Sign Up Here!

 


Call for Proposals: TELT Conference

On Thursday, May 16, 2024, we will host the Technology Enhanced Learning & Teaching Conference (TELT) to highlight and share the innovative ways UNI faculty are teaching. Take this opportunity to share your experiences with your colleagues! 

CONFERENCE THEMES: 

          1.  Blackboard Ultra is Here!

          2. Navigating Generative A.I. in Learning & Teaching

TELT consists of crisp concurrent sessions - think TED Talks - that leave room for discussion and other interactions. Use this form to submit your proposal by March 29, 2024.  The form is short and friendly and you don't have to have it all fleshed out at this point. 

Thank you!

Click here to see the details and to submit a proposal.

Sponsored by: Educational Technology & Media Services (ETMS), Online and Distance Education (ODE) & the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)


Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID)

Gain insights that can impact your SPoT feedback!

Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID) - a.k.a. Facilitated Mid-Term Evaluation - is a method of formative course evaluation that uses a trained, outside facilitator to conduct a mid-semester discussion with students to provide feedback to an instructor. SGIDs can help strengthen communication between faculty and students, offer an opportunity to make mid-semester course adjustments, and assist in the development of ideas for strengthening a course. 

This feedback arrives in time to be useful in the current semester, and potentially to guide adjustments that impact learning and are reflected in the new Student Perceptions of Teaching (SPoT) course assessments that students will complete at semester’s end. A SGID usually takes 50 minutes of class time, and works most effectively in courses with 20-75 students. (If your course doesn’t fit these parameters, contact Jonathan directly. We’ll work something out.) 

Spring 2024 SGIDs can be conducted in person or synchronously online (via Zoom) between March 4 and March 22. Please submit your request no later than noon on March 6,  and at least a week before the date on which you wish the SGID to be administered. The SGID process requires a full 50 minutes of class time. If you need to be out of town for a conference just before or after spring break, don’t cancel class: schedule a SGID!

To schedule a SGID for this semester, please complete this form.