Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | April 5, 2022

FLC Spotlight: Professional Development for Gen. Ed.

The General Education Professional Development Faculty Learning Community (FLC) has been developing suggestions and opportunities to help and reward faculty preparing courses for the new General Education program. The work of the Gen. Ed. PD FLC has primarily focused on the three SU-specific “tagged” areas of Civic & Community Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion, and Sustainability, but they believe the conversations and resulting outcomes can be applicable in any of the General Education areas. 

Since weekly meetings began in September, the FLC has found consonance between successful programs on the SU campus and other universities. After finding consensus on a suggested model of eight synchronous sessions and financial compensation for faculty, the FLC began outlining possible topics for the meetings, leaving final content development to advisory subcommittee members and other experts.  

The Gen. Ed. PD FLC invites you to the first of several opportunities to attend a three-day workshop to prepare for the submission of “tagged” (those indicated above) and first year seminar courses for approval in the new General Education program. 

Sessions are May 24-26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  Register Today

General Education Rubrics and Rules Feedback Session

The General Education Oversight Commitee (GEOC) and sub-committees have been working to establish guidelines and rubrics for the general education model. Curious as to the progress? Now's the time for you to view and provide feedback!

Rules and rubrics associated with the General Education model have been added to the General Education Revision: Ongoing Work MyClasses site. The documents included in the April 5 Rules and Rubrics module will be presented to the Faculty Senate, beginning April 12. 

The GEOC will be holding an open session on Friday, April 8, 2022 at 1 p.m. to discuss the documents and listen to faculty feedback. Please lend your voice to this process and register for the open session.

Book Discussion: Learning That Matters: A Field Guide to Course Design for Transformative Education

This year’s Teaching and Learning Conference keynote speaker, Dr. Cynthia Alby, led the audience through a guided discussion on how to “Get Your Groove Back.” We are excited to continue the discussion in our spring 2022 Faculty Book Club where we discuss Alby’s book, Learning that Matters: A Field Guide to Course Design for Transformative Education. The digital book is available free through the library.  

Discussion themes include:

• Friday, April 8: Dilemmas, Issues and Questions (DIQ) as Pedagogical Tools (Chaps. 4-5) 
• Friday, April 29: Connected Assessment (Chaps. 6-8)  
• Friday, May 13: Empowering Ourselves and Faculty (Chaps. 9-10)

Interested in joining the discussion? Please indicate your availability for April 8, April 29 and May 13 here.

InstructureCon – Call for Proposals

Instructure, the company behind our MyClasses Canvas learning management system (LMS), is hosting a FREE virtual conference on Thursday, July 14. If you are interested in participating in this year’s virtual event, a call for proposals is now open for pre-recorded sessions! 

Topics on the call include online learning, remote or blended learning, creating engaging content, innovation in teaching and learning, assessment, college and career readiness, competency-based education, and more! The deadline to submit your proposal is Thursday, April 7.  

Call for QM Internal Course Reviewers

Instructional Design and Delivery is currently looking for SU faculty and staff who have completed the Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) rubric workshop to volunteer for QM internal course reviews. During an internal review, a three member team emulates an official QM peer review to provide feedback to the faculty member who submitted the course for review.

ID&D is expecting 8-10 QM internal reviews to occur during the next review period of June 1 - July 31. This is a voluntary process and we need your help! Check out the Quality Matters at SU site for more information.

Soaring with Online Learning - Summer 2022

Instructional Design and Delivery is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of Soaring with Online Learning (Soaring) to be held from May 16-June 20. Soaring is a faculty development program to prepare Salisbury University faculty to design, develop, and deliver courses in an online (online and no scheduled meetings), remote (online and synchronous meetings) or hybrid (combination of in-person and online/remote meetings) environment through the learning management system MyClasses @ SU. The summer 2022 cohort focuses on faculty designing online, remote or hybrid courses for winter or spring 2023 sessions.  

Program details and the Soaring application can be accessed from the Soaring with Online Learning webpage. The application deadline is Friday, April 15.

April ID&D Workshop Offerings

ID&D is offering workshops in April that focus on New Quizzes functionality and updating your course design using Design Tools. To view more details about each session and to register for one or more workshops, please go to the Faculty Development Calendar. 

Using New Quizzes: Creating and Migrating Assessments in MyClasses

Friday, April 8 ● 2-3:30 p.m. (EST)

Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR)

Online: April 12-26

Design Tools Part II: Advanced Design Tools

Friday, April 15 ● 10-11 a.m. (EST)

MOST Workshop: OER Publishing with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Core

Wednesday, April 27 ● 2-3 p.m. (EST)

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.

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