Escaping the Classroom: Designing Digital Escape Rooms for Learning Escape rooms require players to complete tasks, retrieve clues, and solve puzzles in order to escape a locked room. Digital escape rooms function much like their physical counterparts except they take place entirely online. Because digital escape rooms don’t require any physical equipment, they have become…
Session Title: Microsoft Teams for Teaching - Basic Training Dates & Times: Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 11:00 AM Monday, September 25, 2023, 2:00 PM Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 10:00 AM Monday, October 23, 2023, 3:00 PM Friday, November 10, 2023, 12:00 PM Location: Center for Academic Innovation, Information Commons 104, or virtually via Microsoft Teams Presenter: Philip Arnold, Director…
Strategies for Promoting Engagement in the Online Classroom Are you struggling with students in your online classes staying on task? Do you find that students don't read the syllabus? Are you looking for ways to have better retention and success in the online classroom? If this is you, I get it. I have been teaching…
Innovation Celebration Q&A Brainstorming Workshop Join us Wednesday, October 11th from 3:30 to 4:30 PM in PMC-103 or on Microsoft Teams for an Innovation Celebration workshop! You'll have the opportunity to talk with a team of experts to: Brainstorm ideas Ask questions about applying for a Game Changer or Student Success Mini-Grant Find potential collaborators…
Join Physical Science Instructor Jared Durden and Mathematics Adjunct Instructor Alysia Swearengin at an informal gathering centered around sharing and camaraderie. We’ll be brainstorming ways to engage students through collaboration. More importantly, we’ll share what we’re experiencing in the classroom and support each other through reflective teaching practices. Faculty-led, ALL faculty welcome. Tuesday, October 31st…
Sometimes you’ve got to unplug to connect. There’s no objective. There’s no agenda. These meetings are just a place for Faculty to Unplug & Network. Hosted by Dr. Megan Weaver Thursday, September 7, 2023 11:00 AM LCN-122 Hosted by Dr. Matt Hudson Friday, October 13, 2023 11:00 AM ITTC-211 Hosted by Dr. Tracy McGrady Wednesday, November 15,…
In response to the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), the Center for Academic Innovation has organized a series of educational development sessions aimed at preparing and informing faculty about the latest advancements in this transformative technology. Faculty are encouraged to participate in any or all of these sessions to gain insights into how…
For those areas who are completing a comprehensive plan during the fall 2023 semester, there are open lab times scheduled to help you through the process. Not completing the comprehensive plan? We’re still here to help with your annual plan that is due December 1. Join us in Simmons Conference Room (Springfield Campus – ICE…
Everything PageUp! Learn more about how to post jobs, hiring part-time, full-time, and adjunct positions, verbal offer process, filling out offer details, and changing the status for applicants. Click here to join the meeting
If you are within five years of retirement and would like pre-retirement counseling, we recommend that you first attend a Retirement Ready Seminar. These seminars provide a thorough overview of the issues important at this stage of your retirement planning. In-person seminar attendees receive personalized retirement information including Benefit Estimates based on information provided at registration. For this…
