Thursday, 03/25 @ 2:00 p.m.

Covid has radically — and rapidly — changed the role of the campus in higher ed. As the pandemic stretches into another year, faculty and staff are asking, “What is the college workplace of the future?”

Register for Higher Ed’s Remote-Work Experiment, produced in partnership with Educause, to hear thoughts from our panel of experts.

• What are faculty and staff thinking now?
• What permanent changes are colleges planning for?
• And what best practices are emerging for managing a higher ed workforce?

Join us as we examine the lessons learned over the past year and discuss the changes to come in the months ahead.

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Wednesday, March 24 @ 2:00 p.m.

Only 10% of respondents feel their website is “very effective” at driving engagement, enrollment, and retention.

Higher education providers of every description have struggled to deliver an experience that keeps pace with the expectations of today’s learners. After all, everyone enrolling in postsecondary programs has shopped on Amazon, watched content on Netflix, and ordered an Uber. Massive personalization and instant delivery are now a must-have in every digital interaction.

During this web event, we will share research from our recent “State of Continuing Education 2021” survey, which sheds light on the opportunities and challenges facing leaders in higher education across North America.

We will also discuss some of the most pressing challenges colleges and universities need to make to deliver the modern digital experience today’s students expect – featuring higher education leaders at the forefront of this seismic shift.

Register today to learn how you can identify a modern learner engagement gap in your institution, and take action to address it.

Can’t watch the webcast live? Register anyway – all registrants will receive a recording of the webcast and a copy of the presentation.

Thursday, March 18, 4pm ET
Zoom link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/98027492244 
Twitter: #OLTalks

Join MIT CSAIL professor and MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality director D. Fox Harrell in conversation with Rocky Bucano, director of the Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM), as they discuss working at the intersection of art, music, social consciousness, and emerging technology. Harrell and Bucano will talk about their [R]evolution of Hip Hop Breakbeat Narratives project and share insights on the significance of the UHHM for Black, Latinx, and other diverse forms of cultural expression, and the ways technology can help create inclusive spaces and immersive educational experiences for a diverse public. An audience Q&A will follow their conversation.

This online talk is free and open to the public! Register here to get a reminder.Open Learning Talks bring together leaders to discuss new research-based ideas, technologies, and efforts in education, at MIT and around the world. View past and upcoming Open Learning Talks.

Thursday, October 7th – Friday, October 8th, 2021     CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE APRIL 30TH   We invite you to submit proposals for the 2021 fully virtual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Summit!    We are accepting sessions in two formats: SoTL Briefs, which report the findings of a SoTL study or a synthesis of research on teaching and learning Innovative Teaching Talks, which share a new or noteworthy teaching idea that has not yet been subjected to scholarly inquiry Proposal submission deadline: 11:59 PM Friday, April 30, 2021 Submit a Proposal Here ANNOUNCING OUR INVITED WORKSHOPS   Facilitated by leaders in the SoTL field, these interactive 75-minute workshops, included in your registration, offer participants at all levels of SoTL experience – from those brand new to SoTL to those who are SoTL leaders at their institutions – an opportunity to put what they have learned into action.  We are pleased to offer the following workshops in addition to our keynote address for the 2021 virtual SoTL Summit:   Advancing Inclusive Teaching: The Power of Student Partnership in SoTL Tracie Marcella Addy, Ph.D., M.Phil.  Associate Dean of Teaching & Learning Director of Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning, & Scholarship Lafayette College The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: What It Is, How You Do It, and Why You Should Laura Cruz, Ph.D.  Associate Research Professor Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Pennsylvania State University   Building Institutional Capacity for SoTL through Advocacy Jennifer C. Friberg, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow Interim Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Technology Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders Illinois State University   Playing Hopscotch to Generate Well-Informed SoTL Research Designs Iván M. Jorrín Abellán, Ph.D. Professor of Educational Research Bagwell College of Education Research Catalyst Kennesaw State University     ABOUT THE CONFERENCE   Since 1993, thousands of educators in colleges and universities from across the country and globe have participated in this interdisciplinary conference to share results from their Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects and to discuss innovative teaching techniques.  Originally known as the Georgia Conference on Teaching and Learning, then the Research on Teaching and Learning Summit, this conference was rebranded as the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Summit to better reflect the movement and growth of the SoTL field.  This year’s all-virtual SoTL Summit has adopted a developmental focus to help participants at all levels of SoTL experience grow as teacher-scholars, offering how-to interactive workshops as well as sessions on SoTL projects and cutting-edge topics in pedagogy. Register Today!

Track 1: Data Organization With Spreadsheets / Using OpenRefine

Fri 04/16 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon: Data Organization in Spreadsheets for Social Scientists

Description:

Participants will learn: Good data entry practices – formatting data tables in spreadsheets, How to avoid common formatting mistakes, Approaches for handling dates in spreadsheets, Basic quality control and data manipulation in spreadsheets, and Exporting data from spreadsheets.

Facilitators:

Dr. Nannette Napier – Associate Dean for School of Business, Professor of Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences

Dr. Luis Torres – Associate Professor of Marketing

Registration (Eventbrite)

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Fri 04/23 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon: OpenRefine for Social Science Data

Description:

Participants will learn: OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) is a powerful free and open source tool for working with messy data: cleaning it and transforming it from one format into another. This lesson will teach you to use OpenRefine to effectively clean and format data and automatically track any changes that you make. Many people comment that this tool saves them literally months of work trying to make these edits by hand.

Facilitators:

Dr. Kyle Huff – Associate Professor of Management

Dr. Luis Torres – Associate Professor of Marketing

Registration (Eventbrite)

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Track 2: Data Management With SQL

Fri 04/16 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon: Data Management with SQL for Social Scientists Part 1

Description:

Participants will Learn: This is part one of a two part series. In this session, cover the following topics: What is a relational databases?, Using DB Browser for SQLite, The Select Statement, Missing data, Creating New Columns, and Aggregations.

Facilitators:

Dr. Anupam Nath – Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences

Dr. Kyle Huff – Associate Professor of Management

Registration (Eventbrite)

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Fri 04/23 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon: Data Management with SQL for Social Scientists Part 2

Description:

Participants will Learn: This continues where Part 1 left off. Participation in this session does not require completion of part 1, but participants will need to be familiar with the topics covered in part 1 to get the most out of this session. Topics in this session include: Creating tables and views, The SQLite command line, Joins, and Using database tables in other environments.

Facilitators:

Dr. Anupam Nath – Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences

Dr. Nannette Napier – Associate Dean for School of Business, Professor of Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences

Registration (Eventbrite)

A set of recommendations to help faculty get the most out of asynchronous video activities in their courses.

From Respondus:

The testing tools in Pearson MyLab now offer seamless integration with the Respondus Monitor proctoring system, providing a powerful solution for exam integrity. Join us for a free, 30-minute webinar to learn about this new integration.

The 30-minute webinar will include: A demonstration of how to set up and use Respondus Monitor with Pearson MyLab Discussion of licensing options, including student purchase Best practices for administrators and instructors A Q&A period at the end of the webinar where attendees can ask questions  There are two dates to choose from. Register for the session of your choice, and we’ll see you there!

Pearson MyLab + Respondus Monitor: Prevent Cheating During Online Tests

Tue, March 9
1pm ET / 10am PT
REGISTER

Thu, March 11
3 pm ET / 12pm PT
REGISTER

Not able to make a webinar? Visit our website for an introductory video and to discover how to use this integration with your MyLab tests.

From Gradescope:

We’re thrilled to invite you to our inaugural user summit with the hope that by hearing from each other, you’ll feel equally inspired.

Register now

Join us for the Gradescope User Summit on Tuesday, March 16th.
This one-day event brings together members of our community to share innovative approaches to teaching and best practices for accelerating grading and feedback. Led by and built for Gradescope users, sessions are designed for all experience levels and disciplines. Join us and walk away with new ideas and proven success strategies, all from members of the Gradescope community.

Check out our list of session topics and presenters to learn more.

Can’t make the live event? Register now and we’ll follow up with recorded and on-demand access.

As always, you can reach out to us directly at help@gradescope.com. Thanks for being a part of our Gradescope community. We hope to see you on March 16th!

– The Gradescope team

Here are three upcoming opportunities to learn more about using our Kaltura video services. Each of these live webinars requires registration.

KAMP: Creating Interactive Video Opportunities That Provide Active Learning

March 11, 2:00PM: Explore ways to better engage students with video through active learning that improves outcomes. Faculty and instructional designers will explore ways they can better engage students with video and how this active learning improves student engagement and ultimately student learning outcomes.

RSVP – Registration

D2L/Brightspace – Kaltura Essentials Training

Tuesday, March 16, or 18, 12:00 – 2:00pm

Led by: Kaltura Training & Learning Team

Learn how you can easily record, upload, manage, edit, clip, transcode, publish, share, and deliver high-quality video content that displays beautifully on any device, anywhere, all within your D2L Brightspace environment.

RSVP – Registration – Agenda, Overview and Practice

KAMP: Using Kaltura Analytics to Continuously Improve Student Engagement

April 8, 2:00PM: Understand how your videos are being watched as well as how to improve student engagement. Come learn the power of analytics. This session will help faculty and designers understand how their videos are being watched as well as how to use these analytics to improve student engagement.

RSVP – Registration

From ProctorU:

ProctorU 202, our new training webinar, is now open for registration. What will you learn in ProctorU 202? We will review detailed tips and best practices about exam administration including:

• How to view and investigate sessions
• How to view incident reports
• How to view exam metrics/dashboard
• Best practices of exam rules/notes – including preferred and discouraged examples
• The importance of an accurate exam window

This one-hour webinar will include a live Q&A. Register here for one of the following dates and times: 

• Tue, March 2 (10:00 AM EST)
• Thu, March 4 (2:00 PM EST)
• Mon, March 8 (11:00 AM EST)
• Wed, March 10 (3:00 PM EST