Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | February 16, 2021

Teaching & Learning Conference - Pre-Recorded Sessions Have Begun!

Registration is now open for the 11th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference to be held virtually on Friday, February 19, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.! The goal of this conference is to bring together teacher-scholars across campus to share and discuss teaching innovations and best practices. This year the conference will be held virtually.

Pre-recorded sessions are available and we invite you to view and engage in discussions with the presenters. Topics include: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Strategies for Successful Reflective Writing, the Mosaic Mentoring program, Enhancing Interprofessional Collaborations, and more. 

Please visit the 11th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference site for schedule, session abstracts and registration for virtual sessions. 

Summer and Fall 2021 Course Materials Due by March 5, Including TurningPoint (Clickers)

If you are planning to use TurningPoint response/clicker system in your classroom during the 2021 summer term or fall semester, please make sure the SU Bookstore is aware of this requirement as part of the required course materials. This is usually requested as part of the book adoption form and will help the Bookstore plan and supply enough inventory based on course enrollment.

When requested as one of the required course materials, your course will be listed on the Clicker Courses page on the website, and “TurningPoint” account subscription/license and other purchase options will be listed with the required course materials in the Bookstore course selection search for your course/section.

Additionally, if you are searching for Open Educational Resources (OER), the library offers a tool from EBSCO called Faculty Select to help you find e-textbooks and other course e-books that will not cost your students a penny to use.

Mid-Semester Checking In with Students – Formative Course Feedback in Commons

Continuous course improvement and a positive learning experience for students are teaching goals that all instructors across disciplines and modalities should strive for. It's easy to stick with teaching routines or to reuse content, activities and assessments from semester to semester, but it's important to update course elements to best suit the needs of your students. A key way to help your students succeed is to solicit student feedback during your course. 

While end-of-semester course evaluations can be a great source for student feedback about a course and instructor, it comes at a time that is too late for the current learners. Instead, consider adding a formative feedback strategy to ask students what is working (or not) so far in the course. ID&D has provided a Formative Course Assessment survey template in the Canvas Commons.

Not sure how to import content from the Canvas Commons? We have a video tip for that!

February Workshop Offerings

ID&D is offering a workshop on CidiLabs Design Tools on Friday, February 26, for formatting design elements in your course. To view more details about each session and to register for one or more workshops, please go to the Faculty Development Calendar. 

Note: There will be no workshop offering on Friday, February 19, so that everyone can attend the 11th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference! 

Give Your Canvas Courses a Boost with Design Tools

Friday, February 26 ● 10-11 a.m. (EST)

Call for Proposals - MOST Grant

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (MOST) initiative is seeking proposals for the Faculty OER Mini-Grant Program, which supports faculty efforts to increase access, affordability and achievement for students at Maryland’s two-year and four-year public higher education institutions through the incorporation of Open Educational Resources (OER) into teaching practice.

The 2020 MOST faculty mini-grants will provide recipients with unique opportunities to engage in communities of practice related to teaching with OER, creation of OER in high-need areas and evaluation of OER use in relation to student success.

For more information about the grant and how to apply, please visit the MOST Call for Proposals website. Proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, March 1, 2021.

SU is an Equal Opportunity/AA/Title IX university and provides reasonable accommodation given sufficient notice to the University office or staff sponsoring the event or program. For more information regarding SU’s policies and procedures, please visit www.salisbury.edu/equity.