NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION 2015
OVERVIEW
MONDAY 8/10
WEDNESDAY 8/12
FRIDAY 8/14
9-10
(Photos 8:30-9)
Welcome by EVCAA
Introductions
Overview of the week
(Photos 9:40-10)
Your career path: Expectations and evaluations
Gwynn Mettetal (Nilson 32)
Campus resources for scholarly and creative
activities (Tenure track)
Erika Zynda
10-11
Finding what you need:
Campus organization, New Faculty Canvas site,
Nilsen book, IU Timeline
UCET Staff
What we want to tell faculty
Student Panel
(Nilson 1)
Introduction to Canvas
Kael Kanczuzewski
1111:45
What I wish I had known my first year
Faculty Panel
Technology at IUSB (in next gen classroom):
University Information Technology Services (UITS)
Instructional Media Services (IMS)
Center for Distance Education (CDE)
IU Box for Beginners
Kael Kanczuzewski
1212:45
lunch
Alumni Affairs Lunch in Alumni Room
New faculty, faculty panelists, administrators,
alumni board
Brief welcome by the Chancellor
Lunch for new faculty in Schurz Library
Setting a Positive Climate the First Day of Class
Gwynn Mettetal (Nilson 4)
(Brown Bag lunch:
we supply beverage and cookies)
1-2:30
Backwards design of courses
Firm Faith Watson (Nilson 2)*
“Flipping” your class for Active Learning Strategies
Gary Kern (Nilson 11)
Study Hall at UCET:
Bring your laptop and work in NS 245
Consultations with Gwynn, Kael, and Firm Faith
2:404:00
Learner-centered syllabus
Carolyn Schult (Nilson 3)
Faster and better grading with rubrics
Hope Davis (Nilson 31)
*Nilson (2010). Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, 3rd Edition. Copy provided to all new fulltime faculty.
Open to new faculty only.
Open to all faculty, new and returning. Part-time faculty will receive Learn and Earn credit.