Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | February 13, 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  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.

African Americans and the Arts

Boston Women's Memorial, Photo Credit: Darryl Kenyon (Flickr)

The theme for Black History Month 2024 focuses on "African Americans and the Arts." As SU celebrates BHM, ID&D would like to share our love for literature by celebrating the poet Phillis Wheatley (1753—1784). Her book of poetry, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," is attributed as being the first book by a slave (and only the third book by a woman) to be published in the American colonies during her time. Read her poem, "To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works."

Celebrate Black History Month with the following events co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion:

• February 15: 'Summer of Soul' Documentary Screening and Discussion
• February 19: Revolutionary Poetics The Rhetoric of the Black Arts Movement
• February 29: Celebrating and Saving Black History in Schools and Communities

Call for Participation: Fostering a Culture of Belonging

Ensure students and colleagues feel seen, heard and valued by participating in the Fostering a Culture of Belonging 8-week online course. This course equips faculty and campus professionals with evidence-based practices that expand on "Embracing Diversity in Your Learning Environment," a key topic in ACUE's Effective Teaching Practice Framework. The course contains the following four modules that are fully online and asynchronous, and each module takes approximately 2–3 hours to complete:

• Managing the Impact of Biases
• Reducing Microaggressions
• Addressing the Imposter Phenomenon and Stereotype Threat
• Cultivating an Inclusive Environment

Eligibility: Open to all Salisbury University faculty and staff

Important Dates:

• Cohort 1
  • Registration Deadline: February 19, 2024
  • Start Date: March 4, 2024
   
• Cohort 2
  • Registration Deadline: May 20, 2024
    
  • Start Date: June 3, 2024
   

Questions can be directed to Dr. Jessica Clark, Assistant Provost for Faculty Success.

Recommended Podcasts

Open Pedagogy Articles

Instructional Design and Delivery is developing a comprehensive Teaching and Pedagogy resource site that you can access from the main ID&D website or through our partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE).

These articles focus on pedagogical approaches to incorporate new and varied tools of the teaching trade to engage your students in more lively learning and include topics such as Assessing Learning, Course Development, Active Learning, As You're Teaching Strategies, Current Trends, and Using Technology for Instruction.

In this newsletter, we highlight the importance of open pedagogy! Open pedagogy (OP), also known as open educational practices (OEP), is the use of open educational resources (OER) to support learning or the open sharing of teaching practices with the goal of improving education and training at the institutional, professional, and individual levels. OP often involves students in the process, resulting in the co-creation of course content. An example of this is having Student Generated Assessment Questions form an item bank for course assessment.

Faculty Resource: National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) 

Salisbury University has institutional membership in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) network, which helps faculty achieve extraordinary writing and research productivity while maintaining a full and healthy life off campus. The NCFDD also has a Toolkit for teaching that includes strategies for teaching efficiently and effectively, preparing for controversial conversations, finding joy as an academic, and an informative dialogue about "Managing Stress in Stressful Times."

 All faculty have access to NCFDD resources, so how do you participate? Review the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) page on the Center for Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE) website for more information on how to participate in workshops and webinars and how to engage with other NCFDD resources!

14-Day Writing Challenge Program

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) offers a variety of resources to help academics of all stages better align their professional and personal goals. Because SU is a NCFDD Institutional Member, these resources are free to use!

One of the most popular programs is the 14-day writing challenge, which uses best practices to help you create a consistent writing practice. The next opportunity to participate is February 26 - March 10. During this time, you are asked to commit to writing every day for at least 30 minutes. You log on to the NCFDD’s online community, start the timer, complete your writing, post your progress, and encourage others in your assigned writing group. Past participants credit this program and the accountability of the writing groups with helping them to establish better writing habits or to refresh stagnant ones.

Registration closes Friday, February 16.

Call for Proposals for OER Faculty Grants

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (MOST) initiative is seeking proposals for its Faculty OER Grant Program, which supports faculty efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at Maryland’s post-secondary institutions through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.

Available grants in 2024 include:

• Adopt/Adapt OER ($1,000 grant + Participation in the Lumen Circles Community of Practice)
• Create/Revise and Publish OER ($2,000 grant + Participation in the Rebus Textbook Success Program)

All proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, March 1, 2024.