Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | January 2, 2024

Event: Empowering Education: Journey into Inclusive Pedagogy, Identity, and Accessibility Conference

Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Location: Perdue Hall 156
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, January 9, 2024 for a half day conference about "Empowering Education: Starting Your Journey into Inclusive Pedagogy, Identity, and Accessibility.

This event will continue the conversations that were started at the August 2023 Faculty Development Day event and include, "Exploring Our Identities" (Vanice Antrum, Director, Multicultural Affairs) and "Who’s in our Classroom?" (Dr. Jessica Clark, Assistant Provost for Faculty Success and Vanice Antrum, Director, Multicultural Affairs), as well as additional sessions to support Inclusive Pedagogy and Accessibility at SU and an opportunity to workshop inclusive course materials, led by Candace Henry, Director, Disability Resource Center and Haley Cristea, Instructional Designer, ID&D. 

Questions about this conference can be directed to Haley Cristea (hjcristea@salisbury.edu). Registration closes January 6, 2024.

Event: Creating Course Alignment Maps 

Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Location: Academic Commons 221
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

The concept of alignment is intended to convey the idea that critical course components (course materials, assignments, assessments and tools/technology) work together to ensure that learners achieve the desired learning outcomes. In this in-person workshop, you'll explore the concept and components of alignment, how to identify if they exist in your course and create an alignment map for a course — ideally, one of your own — that can be used to identify gaps and strengthen alignment.

This workshop is intended for faculty who are working on course development for Fall 2024 general education courses as well as online and hybrid courses. Facilitated by a representative from Quality Matters, this workshop can help faculty meet the course/alignment map required as part of the Course Worksheet when submitting a course for official QM review.

Questions about this workshop can be directed to Melissa Thomas (mdthomas@salisbury.edu). Registration closes January 8, 2024.

14th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference

Registration is now open for the 14th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference to be held on Friday, February 16, in Perdue Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The goal of this conference is to bring together teacher-scholars from across campus to share and discuss teaching innovations and best practices.

Join us in person for dynamic sessions led by a variety of SU’s faculty and staff. Dr. Tim Stock and Dr. Sandy Pope, Distinguished Faculty Award recipients, will deliver the keynote presentation. A tentative schedule is available online.

Register for the conference by Tuesday, February 13! Keynote and select presentations will be streamed live via Zoom - please register to obtain the virtual links.

Brush Up Your Skills in our January Workshops!

While it may be true that you are using MyClasses each semester to help deliver your course content, Canvas is constantly updating available features in MyClasses based on the pedagogical needs of faculty. Many faculty reuse course content from semester to semester without checking out or considering the changes they can make to level up their MyClasses course content/assignment. Join us during our January workshops to brush up on your MyClasses skills and tweak your MyClasses course to improve the student experience!

Instructional Design and Delivery is offering pedagogical and instructional technology workshops for the start of the semester. Workshop descriptions and registration are available in the Faculty Development Calendar.

After-Hours Drop-In Opportunity - Great for Adjuncts!

To the many adjunct faculty at SU - we see you! We recognize that you might work full time and need assistance after regular operational hours.

ID&D is extending online office hours via Zoom on Wednesday, January 24 from 5-7 p.m. to provide faculty, particularly adjuncts, with the opportunity for individual consultations about preparing your course for the start of the semester. While individual support will be on a first come, first serve basis, we will make sure we provide everyone who attends with the support they need. 

No registration required to attend. Simply join the Zoom session between 5-7 p.m.

Not able to join Zoom on on January 24? Reach out to ID&D (suidd@salisbury.edu) to schedule a one-on-one meeting with your department's  Instructional Designer liaison!

Key Highlights - Maryland OER SUmmit 2023

On December 1, Salisbury University, along with universities and presenters from across the state of Maryland, exchanged insights and research on open pedagogy, OERs, Artificial Intelligence (AI), H5P authoring tool, accessibility, engagement, and various teaching practices. Resources from the event  have been added to the event website for those who were unable to attend.

SU offers additional OER resources that you can draw from - or even contribute to - as you explore, use, or create OERs of your own: 

• ID&D’s open pedagogy article 
• SU Libraries open educational resources article and OER LibGuide   

Additional OER resources include: 

• Renowned Expert on OER and Keynote Speaker, Robin DeRosa 
• The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development from UN Grant Recipients Montgomery College (presenters) 
• Open Pedagogy the OER Starter Kit 
• The Open Education Network 

Important Dates for Winter 2024 Session

The winter 2024 session officially beings in a few days. We wanted to remind you of a few important dates for winter 2024:

• Thursday, January 4: Start of winter session
• January 4-5: Drop/Add Dates
• Monday, January 8: Inclusive Access opt-out date for students
• Thursday, January 25: Last day of classes/finals

Important Dates for Spring 2024 Sessions

As we prepare for the spring 2024 sessions, ID&D shares some important dates to consider for spring regular and 7W1 sessions:

• Wednesday, January 17: Deadline for faculty to request sections to be combined in MyClasses.
• Monday, January 22: Students have access to spring courses in MyClasses (provided faculty publishes course)
• Monday, January 29: Start of sessions
• Drop/Add Dates:
  • Regular session: January 29 - February 2
  • 7W1 session: January 29-30
   
• Wednesday, February 7: Inclusive Access opt-out date for students