CETL Weekly Announcements
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Dear Colleagues: I find that this week is when I spend most of my time wrapping up year-end activities whether that means entering gradings, submitting reports, or writing student recommendation letters, it often feels nice to check tasks off my list as the longer days remind me that summer is almost here. While I want to encourage you to take some much-needed time for yourself, I am also going to pass along some thoughts for you to entertain in the Fall (feel free to save this email for later!). As we have shifted through the pandemic and recognized a need for engagement to foster a learning community in our courses, I am often asked, or part of conversations include, “How do I grade or reward participation in class?” It is a great thought – we reward what we value. If you are like me, you are eager for deeper, critical-thinking kinds of conversations with students. It makes class time and activities more exciting. “The Faculty Lounge” from Harvard Business Publishing Education recently shared some responses from faculty, which I will highlight here:
I am wondering, how are you grading participation? How do you frame the importance of participation in your class? How is it adapted so that students can engage in multiple ways? Share your ideas with us! I hope to see many of you during our May and June program offerings. Take care, In this issue: |
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CETL Summer Programming CETL is offering various teaching and learning opportunities this semester. You'll be able to learn about some of the program offerings below. You can learn more about all the CETL programs and register here.
D2L BrightSpaceThis program is designed as a one-part series focusing on teaching and learning strategies that can be applied to an online setting to promote student success. Faculty can choose one of the options described below. Faculty will receive one duty day for completing this program.
Faculty Success Portfolio WorkshopsFaculty will be introduced to the Faculty Success Module of the Watermark series. During the sessions, faculty will build a professional portfolio, retrieve a report of their activities to better capture and tell faculty stories of success and accomplishments, and link the information to their profile on the university's public-facing website. Faculty will receive one duty day for completing this program.
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Open Education Network (OEN) Is your textbook out of date? If you need to look for a new one anyway this spring or summer, consider lowering costs for your students by switching to open (OER) or no cost instructional materials. You can take control of your instructional materials and get paid to do it.
If you use open educational resources or no textbook, please go through the textbook adoption process to let the bookstore know. Textbook adoptions are due this month for summer and fall courses. For more information on open resources, see our OER Libguide. |
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Teach Together Minnesota! 2023 The purpose of the Teach Together Minnesota! conference is to connect educators across Minnesota, learn from our intentional efforts to change our practices to be more culturally responsive in order to achieve more equitable practices and outcomes for our students. The conference will feature: What the Data Taught Us Over the past few years, 17 different discipline groups have come together in Discipline-Specific Faculty Learning Communities to create Action Plans with guidance from an Instructional Designer (Melissa Williams) and an Equity Coach (Ed Minnema). Learn first-hand what the data taught Melissa and Ed and where we can go from here. Student PanelStudent panelists will share personal journeys of their educational experience, what has led to their successes, where they have encountered barriers to success, and their experiences with online learning and cultural fluency. The panelists include broad representation from our campus communities. Nominate a student! Faculty Learning Community Project Perusals There are many stories: wildly successful results, unexpected outcomes, and examples of how an Action Plan didn’t pan out but the lessons learned from the experience provided valuable insights and future direction. All of these stories are important to our goal of increasing equity for our students and should be shared with our broader Minnesota State community. Past Faculty Learning Community participants will share the spectrum of outcomes from their Action Plans throughout the day in 20-minute increments.These are not formal presentations, but rather come-and-go “project perusal” opportunities for conference attendees. Discipline Group Discussions Gather with educators in your field of study from around the state. Discipline group are invited to engage in conversation, share files, keep a collective notebook, and use a Teams chat feature for immediate and ongoing communication. Time will be spent thinking about “where we would like to be a year from now” and drawing connections between your work and the larger goal of Equity 2030. Making Connections Panel The Making Connections Panel will highlight the connections between Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways related projects and initiatives (I.e. Multiple Measures, SUCCESS, Transfer Pathways, Concurrent enrollment) and Equity 2030. Hear and learn from faculty and staff who have moved equity and inclusion work forward on their campus through these Minnesota State Guided Learning Pathways related projects and initiatives. You can learn more about the conference and register here. |
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Equity and Advising Short Course Be on the lookout for more information about the Equity and Advising short course offered through NED. The course will take place May 28 - June 18, 2023. You can register and find more information about the course on this site. |
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ChatGPT Wondering about ChatGPT? You can find more information at the following sites. Addressing Student ChatGPT Use What can you do now to address student ChatGPT use in your upcoming summer and fall courses? Using ChatGPT and ChatGPT Detectors If you are interested in trying ChatGPT, you can navigate to https://chat.openai.com/chat, review the terms and conditions, and sign in by creating an account or use a preexisting Microsoft or Google personal account, not an account associated with Minnesota State. ChatGPT Guidance is Coming Soon Until a comprehensive document is prepared for campuses, faculty members are encouraged to make clear on their syllabi the degree to which students may use such tools to ensure compliance with the student code of conduct [and/or the institution’s academic integrity policy]. Additionally, it is a good idea for faculty members to disclose to students if their work will be evaluated using tools to validate the originality of submitted works. |
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New Discussions Creation/Editing Experience As of April 2023, a new Discussions topics editing/creation experience is available in D2L Brightspace! Learn more about the new Discussions experience. |
