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New! Teaching Foundations: 2023 Summer Series on Inclusion and Equity

Get a jump on your Fall course planning and explore how teaching for equity and inclusion can enhance your students' learning and success. Our three one-hour webinars will introduce evidence-based practices and provide time for you to practice and ask questions. Leave with a plan to make inclusion and equity integral to your course designs, syllabi, and rubrics.

Guidelines for Discussing Difficult or High-Stakes Topics

University of Michigan. (n.d.). Guidelines for Discussing Difficult or High-Stakes Topics. Center for Research on Learning & Teaching. Retrieved May 8, 2023.

Navigating ‘hot moments’ in the classroom can be a challenge. These guidelines can empower you to become an active facilitator when dealing with unexpected and/or planned controversial classroom discussions.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

IU has created a new guide to help instructors navigate student mental health concerns and emergencies. This downloadable CARE CARD provides tips and resources to create a culture of care where everyone is comfortable talking about their mental health and wellness.

View and print the CARE CARD.

Happening Today! Academy of Teaching Scholars: An Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Education Research

Wednesday, May 10  | 1 - 2 p.m.  | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Faculty Affairs and Professional Development and Presenter(s): Steven Graunke

Whether you plan to conduct a quantitative research study or just want to be a more critical consumer of medical education research, a basic understanding of quantitative research is an important skill. This session provides a practical introduction to quantitative research, including learning where faculty can receive statistical support and how to access statistical programs to analyze data. Participants will also become more familiar with Indiana University School of Medicine’s data and survey vetting committee.

This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Assessment Methods and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (A)

The Value of Place: How to Enhance Your Teaching and Research with Free Mapping & Spatial Analysis Tools

Tuesday, May 23  | 10 - 11 a.m.  | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer(s): Randy Newbrough and Presenter(s): The Polis Center, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering

This webinar introduces powerful desktop and online mapping and spatial analysis tools, data, and other related resources that can support higher education teaching and research activities. These resources are applicable to a wide range of disciplines including health, public safety, public policy, economics, informatics, and more.

One of the highlights of the webinar is SAVI, an online collection of free interactive mapping and analysis tools, downloadable databases, reports, and data literacy workshops. SAVI offers access to thousands of data variables that define the socio-economic characteristics of Indiana in finite detail covering multiple decades. Data themes include demographic trends, social determinants of health, social services, crime, education, and more. Examples of how SAVI resources have already been applied to support IU research and teaching will be shared.   

The webinar also introduces ArcGIS Online, a tool that can be used to create customized, interactive maps and dashboards that can enhance course content and support research. Workshop facilitators will also provide information about the wide variety of available Indiana demographic and environmental geospatial data resources available to faculty and students.

University Library Virtual Reality Lab Now Open

Global Voices Program: Add global perspectives and intercultural learning experiences to your course.