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Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT)
We are now accepting applications for our May 2024 offering of IMPACT Week and the Fall 2024 IMPACT Semester for Purdue WL and Purdue in Indianapolis instructors.
- IMPACT Week – a fully remote program that covers the core topics of IMPACT in an intensive, one-week experience. We will offer IMPACT Week May 6-13, 2024 (one week of facilitation + through Friday, May 17 to complete any remaining modules and reflection assignments). The time commitment is estimated to be 3-5 hours per day during the week of May 6-13 (with the flexibility to finish through the following week). This option is open to graduate students, faculty, and staff instructors at Purdue WL and Purdue in Indianapolis. Upon completion of the program deliverables, participants receive a $1,000 incentive to support their teaching.
- IMPACT Semester – our full, 13-session Faculty Learning Community (FLC) program that may be completed in person or fully remotely. The program begins the week of August 19, 2024, and ends the week before finals, with weekly, 75-minute synchronous sessions. This is our deepest dive into course design, with a time commitment estimated at 3-4 hours per week over the semester. This option is open to instructors of record who are faculty or staff at Purdue WL or Purdue in Indianapolis who plan to teach the course for multiple semesters and, upon completion of 3 major deliverables, comes with a $10,000 incentive to support their teaching. This fall, we will offer an AI-focused track in addition to our regular IMPACT Semester track.
*We accept applications on a rolling basis until the cohort is full or until three days before the program start date, whichever comes first.
Overview
IMPACT is a faculty development program that supports many different models of participation and faculty from all disciplines university-wide. Launched by the Office of the Provost in 2011, IMPACT is a large, collaborative initiative on the Purdue West Lafayette campus.
The Office of the President identified IMPACT as a component of the Purdue Moves initiatives in 2013. IMPACT is also integrated into the Purdue Provost’s Road Map for Transformative Undergraduate Education and the Innovation College.
Our Mission
IMPACT supports instructors in enhancing their pedagogical practices in order to create autonomy-supportive and inclusive learning environments to foster student success.
Specifically, the IMPACT program aims to support faculty’s ability to:
- Implement pedagogical practices that are student-centered, autonomy-supportive, and engaging
- Create learning environments that are equitable and inclusive
- Adopt a scholarly approach to instruction and contribute to a community of practice
Theoretical Framework
The IMPACT program is guided by a strong theoretical framework, which has been validated and used in several research projects for the past 40 years.
Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2017) is a motivational theory that posits the existence of three basic psychological needs, which when fulfilled, contribute to the creation of a student-centered, autonomy-supportive learning environment.
Autonomy
The feelings of volition and choice; endorsement of behavior, ownership of the learning process.
Competence
The extent to which students believe they have mastered content material or are able to perform academically.
Relatedness
The need to feel belongingness and connectedness with others and the material presented in class, also termed relevance.
IMPACT Semester
Faculty Learning Community (FLC)
The 13 weekly FLC sessions will help you design and/or redesign your course to foster a student-centered learning environment.
The sessions present research-based, pedagogically sound approaches to course design, guiding you through the design process from which you will be able to purposefully create a course that meets your unique needs.
Expectations
As an IMPACT Semester faculty fellow, you will become part of our IMPACT Faculty Learning Community (FLC). This includes your agreement to:
- attend and participate in person or remotely in the Fall 2024 Faculty Learning Community weekly sessions, starting with the kick-off meeting during the first or second week of the semester and ending the week before finals.
- work with the IMPACT team to identify goals, learning outcomes, objectives, assessments, and activities as part of your course redesign/design.
- strive to adhere to the IMPACT FLC attendance expectations of not missing more than 3 sessions.
- deliver your redesigned/designed course within a year of participating in IMPACT.
- participate in all IMPACT assessment activities, during and for three years following the FLC semester.
Funding
$10,000
- Funding is distributed in 3 payments, associated with program milestones.
- Funding is to be used to support your IMPACT course or your teaching as it relates to your IMPACT course.
This version of IMPACT is open to faculty and staff instructors of record at Purdue WL and Purdue in Indianapolis who plan to teach their course for multiple semesters following their participation in IMPACT.
Undergraduate courses are prioritized in the program acceptance process.
A limited number of graduate courses can be redesigned through IMPACT each semester with funding.
Schedule
Session 1: Teaching Goals
Session 2: Student Motivation
Session 3: Student Characteristics
Session 4: Learning Outcomes
Session 5: Informed and Inclusive Learning Objectives
Session 6: Assess Student Performance I
Session 7: Assess Student Performance II
Session 8: Learning Activities I
Session 9: Learning Activities II
Session 10: Reflective & Scholarly Practitioner
Session 11: Connecting the Dots + Redesign Decisions
Session 12: Redesign Presentations
Session 13: Closing the Loop
IMPACT Week
Faculty Learning Community (FLC)
This fully remote program is an intensive, one-week course designed to give you the tools to create a new or redesign an existing course following research-driven practices that create significant learning experiences for your students. Each day you’ll work through a module and complete reflection questions that a) showcase what you’ve learned and b) help you implement practices that engage learners in your content and course.
Program Outcomes
By the end of IMPACT Week, you will be able to:
- Enhance your pedagogical practice through reflection on your teaching and learning philosophy.
- Design autonomy-supportive learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and engaging.
- Create student-centered teaching and learning activities and assessments that align with your course objectives within your context.
- Implement appropriate research-based practices that will help you effectively execute your course design within your context.
- Utilize Brightspace course elements, along with course planning, to create inclusive and autonomy-supportive learning environments.
Expectations
As an IMPACT Week instructor, you will become part of our IMPACT Faculty Learning Community (FLC). This includes your agreement to:
- work with the IMPACT team to identify goals, learning outcomes, objectives, assessments, and activities as part of your course redesign/design.
- strive to go through the Brightspace modules and respond to the reflection questions during your week of participation.
- participate in IMPACT assessment activities, during and following participation.
Funding
$1,000
- Funding is distributed upon completion of 6 assignments throughout the program.
- Funding is to be used to support your IMPACT course or your teaching as it relates to your IMPACT course.
This version of IMPACT is open to graduate students, faculty, and staff instructors at Purdue WL and Purdue in Indianapolis.
Schedule
Topic 1: Teaching & Learning Philosophy
Topic 2: Course Outcomes & Objectives
Topic 3: Assessments
Topic 4: Activities
Topic 5: Crafting Your Learning Environment
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