Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | February 21, 2023

Open Pedagogy Workshop Series

The Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE) invites faculty to apply for an Open Pedagogy (OP) spring workshop series, where you will have an opportunity to learn about innovative teaching techniques that enhance student learning and promote inclusivity. To learn more about OP, review the CAFE "What Is Open Pedagogy?" article.

In this series, you will be expected to participate in eight in-person meetings : 

Fri., March 3 • 11 a.m.-Noon: Introduction to Open Education with Dr. Jennifer Nyland

Fri., March 10 • 11 a.m.-Noon: Introduction to OER with Dr. Charles Wight

Fri., March 17 • 11 a.m.-Noon: Curricular Co-Design with John Murphy

Thur., March 30 • Time TBD: Non-Disposable Assignments with Dr. Michèle Schlehofer

Fri., April 14 • 11 a.m.-Noon: Facilitated/Guided Learning with Dr. Yuki Okubo

Fri., April 21 • 11 a.m.-Noon: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy with Dr. Kosta Kyriacopoulos

Fri., May 5 • 11 a.m.-Noon: Open Access/Creation with Dr. Brandye Nobiling

Fri., May 12 • 11 a.m.-Noon: Mitigating Risks with Dr. Jennifer Cox

Earn a $500 stipend and an opportunity to expand your pedagogical approaches. The application process is simple, and the rewards are huge for your students. Preference will be given to faculty teaching classes this semester.  Please apply by Sunday, February 26, to be considered for this opportunity.

Interested, but not able to commit to the full workshop series at this time? Future opportunities for remote/self-paced learning will be coming soon!

Active Minds Session Recording

On February 3, the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE) hosted Dr. Kris Lee on the topic of the topic of "Adopting a Healthy Mental Health Culture and Cultivating Resilience Within Today's Complex Educational Arenas: What Faculty, Staff and Leaders Can Do." If you were unable to attend this session, please view the session recording from ID&D's faculty development playlist.

Reminder: The March 1 Deadline for General Education Course Proposals Is Right Around the Corner

For the fall 2024 General Education rollout, course proposals are due in Curriculog by Wednesday, March 1, 2023 for the following Gen. Ed. Outcomes: Communicating Through Writing; Hands-on Science; Human Expression; Humanity in Context; Personal Wellness; Quantitative Analysis; Social Configurations; Social Issues; and Solutions Through Science.

To assist faculty in preparing course proposals for the March 1 deadline, ID&D is hosting a drop-in session (open house style session) Friday, February 24, 1-3 p.m., where individuals can stop by in person to the ID&D Faculty Studio (Guerrieri Academic Commons 221) or virtually via Zoom. We can also assist with some questions related to General Education 2024 and the March 1 deadline for COMAR courses.

Webinar: What Makes a Practice a High-Impact Practice?

The Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3) Collaborative, a group that supports student success by promoting free, customizable open educational resources (OER), is hosting a free webinar about "What Makes a Practice a High-Impact Practice?"

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) serves as the steward of a list of high-impact educational practices. The initial list of 10 was expanded to 11 in 2016 when ePortfolios were added to the list. This webinar will be a discussion session to review the attributes of this list of practices with an eye toward considering if Open Educational Practices might one day be added to this list. 

Register to attend the Webinar that will be held Thursday, February 23, at 1 p.m. EST.