October instructional workshops highlight feedback, mid-term evaluations, Brightspace

Instructors have a wealth of workshops and topics to choose from in October, offered by the Innovative Learning Team at West Lafayette, the Office of Instructional Technology at Purdue Northwest, and the Purdue Fort Wayne Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT).

Purdue West Lafayette

Special Event: Half Day Workshop on Feedback
Oct. 12, 9 a.m-1:30 p.m (online, see below for full schedule)
This Innovative Learning special event is a half-day workshop on feedback. These four virtual sessions focus on different aspects of providing high-quality, timely feedback to students. Attendees can attend as many of the individual sessions as they would like with a single registration. All sessions will be recorded and captioned for distribution after the end of the event.

9-9:30 a.m. The Purpose of Feedback — The Center for Instructional Excellence will present an introductory session on the value of high-quality feedback. The session will focus on feedback’s role in relation to self-determination theory and show how it can help students with autonomy, competence, and relatedness.

9:45-10:45 a.m. Selecting the Right Tool for Assessment Activities — Purdue supports a wide variety of assessment tools that work with Brightspace. In this session, members of the Consulting and Training team will provide a brief overview of the purpose of assessment vs feedback, a comparison between formative and summative assessment activities, and introduce a variety of tools faculty can use to provide feedback and assess student work. Tools covered will include Brightspace Quizzes, Circuit, Hotseat, iClickers, Gradescope and Variate.

11 a.m.–12 p.m. Building a Better Rubric — In this session, members of the Course Production and Consulting and Training team will demonstrate how using rubrics in Brightspace can improve both the quality and speed of feedback. Presenters will introduce faculty to the rubrics tool in Brightspace, explore best practices for building effective rubrics, and share samples of highly effective rubrics created by our instructional designers.

12-12:30 p.m. Drop-In Help Session — Join us during a short break to ask follow up questions of the presenters from the morning’s session. This will be an open, extra Q&A during the lunch break.

12:30-1:30 p.m. Keynote Faculty Panel — Join experienced, award-winning faculty from across the university as they discuss some of their best practices and techniques for giving students high-quality and timely feedback. This session will be moderated by Clarence Maybee, professor and W. Wayne Booker chair in Information Literacy. Each panelist will share a short presentation, followed by time for an open Q&A session.

Edward Berger, associate vice provost for Learning Innovation and director of the Innovation Hub
Wanju Huang, clinical assistant professor, Learning Design and Technology
Natasha Watkins, clinical associate professor, HDFS
Bradley Dilger, associate professor, English
Lindsay Hamm, continuing lecturer, Sociology
Orla Hart, clinical assistant professor, Biochemistry

Sprint Workshop: Better Student Engagement with Hotseat
Oct. 15, 9 -9:30 a.m. (online)
Looking for a new way to engage with your students? Hotseat might be your solution. This 30-minute, tool-specific workshop will introduce faculty to Hotseat, an engagement tool built and maintained at PWL and available for all PWL faculty and students. This virtual workshop will introduce faculty to Hotseat, demonstrate how it can supplement classroom communications, and share tips and tricks on how to use it effectively to engage with your students.

TLCoP: AI in Support of the Curriculum
Oct. 19, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. (online)
The Teaching and Learning Community of Practice (TLCoP) will explore the Transformative Education 2.0 Project, Enhancing Student Learning and Classroom Engagement at Scale. This project seeks to find innovative ways for instructors to create and apply technology and pedagogy in support of residential student learning and the curriculum. Innovation College is funding several projects related to this initiative that aim to more effectively assess, adapt, and personalize student learning through use of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality. This TLCoP meeting will spotlight a few of these funded projects and offer attendees opportunities to explore how innovative technologies can be incorporated into their courses.

Sprint Workshop: Peer Review with Circuit
Oct. 19, 1-1:30 p.m. (online)
Looking to facilitate peer review assignments in an online, anonymous, and asynchronous manner? Circuit might be just the tool for you! This session will include an overview and demonstration of Circuit, a peer review tool designed and developed by the Instructional Innovations team within Purdue’s Teaching and Learning Technologies department. Circuit can help facilitate student-to-student engagement in a course, promote growth in peer review skills, and encourage higher-quality final submissions.

Purdue Fort Wayne

Using Brightspace Survey Tool for Mid-term Evaluation
Oct. 7, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Facilitators: Heidi Jung & Rachel Ramsey
Join this session to learn how to use the Brightspace survey tool to do mid-term evaluations.

Using Kaltura Quiz to Engage Students through Videos
Oct. 7, 1:30-2:30 p.m., IDEAspace (Helmke)
Facilitators: Rachel Ramsey & Katie Jia
Kaltura quiz can be used to engage students and check their understanding during video recordings. In this hands-on workshop, participants will design their own Kaltura quiz and add it to a Brightspace shell.

Using Turnitin to Enhance Academic Integrity (Face-to-face)
Oct. 12, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., LB 440A (Helmke)
Facilitator Guieswende Rouamba & Robert Correll
Academic dishonesty is a growing issue in our educational system. In this workshop, we will talk about how to link Turnitin with your assignments and how to interpret the Turnitin report.

Using Turnitin to Enhance Academic Integrity (virtual)
Oct. 13, 1-2 p.m., Online
Facilitators Guieswende Rouamba & Robert Correll
Academic dishonesty is a growing issue in our educational system. In this workshop, we will talk about how to link Turnitin with your assignments and how to interpret the Turnitin report.

Intellectual Property and Your Teaching: Who Owns Your Work and Your Students’ Work?
Oct. 13, 1:30-2:30 p.m., IDEAspace (Helmke)
Facilitator: Kent Kaufman
If students sold their class notes from your class, would you be impressed by their ingenuity or offended that they stole your property? When do intellectual property rights accrue to faculty from their teaching? Do students own their work? Does the university own everything, as it might seem? This first of two, related sessions will try to answer those questions while putting faculty efforts in an intellectual property law context.

So You Need a Peer Review: What Now?
Oct. 14, 1:30-3 p.m., Walb G21
Facilitators: Yvonne Zubovic, Isabel Nunez & Karol Dehr
This session is intended for individuals who plan to undergo a peer review of teaching. In this workshop, the Peer Review Team will clarify the different types of peer review, explain what to expect during the peer review process, and share strategies for making the most of your peer review experience. The last 15 minutes of the session will be used for Q&A with the Peer Review Team.

Using Student Feedback and Performance Data to Enhance Teaching
Oct. 20, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Online
Facilitators: Rachel Ramsey & Guieswende Rouamba
Join this session for guidance on interpreting and using student data to enhance learning experiences and outcomes. We will show you how to collect and triangulate student feedback and performance data to make informed and meaningful adjustments in your course. Various services and resources will also be identified to help you address teaching and learning concerns

Rethinking the Syllabus to Increase Student Engagement (Virtual)
Oct. 27, 1-2 p.m., Online
Facilitators: Stacy Betz & Guieswende Rouamba
Your syllabus is usually your first opportunity to communicate your teaching beliefs and course expectations with your students. In this workshop, we will discuss the best practices for developing a learner-centered syllabus that fosters academic success, increases student engagement, and creates an effective learning environment.

Rethinking the Syllabus to Increase Student Engagement (Face-to-face)
Oct. 28, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., LB 440A (Helmke)
Facilitators: Stacy Betz & Guieswende Rouamba
Your syllabus is usually your first opportunity to communicate your teaching beliefs and course expectations with your students. In this workshop, we will discuss the best practices for developing a learner-centered syllabus that fosters academic success, increases student engagement, and creates an effective learning environment.

Purdue Northwest

Level Up Workshop Series: Mastery Tools
Oct. 5, 10-11:30 a.m., Online (Central Time)
Oct. 6, 1-2:30 p.m., Online (Central Time)
Looking to streamline your course when grading assignments? Want to style your content pages to be responsive, accessible, and interactive? Join our Educational Technologist to learn how to leverage rubrics, templates, and awards by Leveling Up in this Brightspace demo. Then engage in conversation with a fellow faculty member on one of these mastery tools. Conclude by building, with OIT, assistance during the last 30 minutes in a “Work Sprint.”

Pedagogy Circle Meeting: Using Humor in the Inclusive Classroom
Oct. 7, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m., Online (Central Time)
At this meeting we will share ideas on how to create more inclusive curricula for PNW, specifically related to the use of humor in the classroom. The meeting will feature guest speaker, Wendy St. Jean, associate professor of history.

Level Up Workshop Series: Feedback
Nov. 19, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Online (Central Time)
Dec. 2, 3-4 p.m., Online (Central Time)
Do you find yourself spending a ton of time providing feedback on student work only to learn that they never even read it? Or that student work doesn’t improve despite the extensive feedback you provide? Come to this session to Level Up the feedback you give to students. Learn about the qualities of effective feedback, strategies for getting students to read and use feedback, and tips for being more efficient in giving feedback.

For questions and support at your campus, contact:

Purdue Global: Direct teaching-related questions to askctl@purdueglobal.edu. Technical support questions should be directed to TechSupport@purdueglobal.edu or 866-522-7747 (toll-free).

Purdue Fort Wayne: Teaching-related questions should be directed to PFW’s Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) at celt@pfw.edu, 260-481-6354, or CELT’s website for resources and to request one on one consultations. Technical support questions should be directed to PFW’s IT Services Help Desk helpdesk@pfw.edu or 260-481-6030.

Purdue Northwest: Direct teaching-related questions to the Center for Faculty Excellence at cfe@pnw.edu, 219-989-8328, or CFE’s website. Technical support questions should be directed to The Office of Instructional Technology by email oit@pnw.edu or OIT’s website or through their Virtual Help Desk.

Purdue West Lafayette: Visit the Innovative Learning website or email InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu.