OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Please register if you plan to attend, but also feel free to drop by if you aren't able to register ahead of time!

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Writing More Effective Assignment Prompts

In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to discuss and revise an assignment prompt they are developing or revising for a current or future course. Participants will discuss current prompt-writing and revision practices as a group and in one-on-one conversations with current student Writing Center consultants, will learn strategies for revising prompts, and will apply these strategies to their own assignment prompts. Participants should bring a hard and/or digital copy of an assignment prompt they would like to revise.  

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title).  The Conversations are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and facilitated by OTL Faculty Teaching Fellow, Professor Paul Michalec from the Morgridge College of Education. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a positive and constructive space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time. Prior to each meeting an agenda and brief reflective reading is sent out.

Come late or leave early.  This is an invitation for self-care.  No guilt necessary.   

Dean's Conference Room (AAC 370B)

• Do you often feel drained by departmental drama?
• Do feel unclear how to handle conflicts that arise in your department?
• Are you unsure when, where, and how to manage conflict with people who will be voting on your tenure?

Academics are notoriously conflict avoidant and the inability to manage conflict can result in negative physical, emotional, and relational consequences for tenure-track faculty. So why not learn early in your career to master the SKILL of healthy conflict so that you can effectively manage conflicts as they arise and avoid carrying around all of the negative energy, anger and resentment in your mind and body. In this webinar, you will learn:

• How conflict-management is an essential part of thriving in the Academy.
• How to decide when to push-back and when to pull back in the face of conflict.
• The difference between healthy and unhealthy conflict.
• How to get clear about the role that power plays in resolving departmental conflicts.
• Ten tips for engaging in healthy conflict.

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Happy Fall quarter! You are invited to join the first official Assessment Fellows/Divas/Friends meeting of the year. This is a great opportunity for assessment participants from the 2017 and 2018 training cohorts to mingle, share assessment and accreditation updates, and collaborate about ways to rock this new academic year. We look forward to connecting! 

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Happy Fall quarter! You are invited to join the first official Assessment Fellows/Divas/Friends meeting of the year. This is a great opportunity for assessment participants from the 2017 and 2018 training cohorts to mingle, share assessment and accreditation updates, and collaborate about ways to rock this new academic year. We look forward to connecting! 

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Join us for an informal open lab where ePortfolio adopters will be provided with tutorials for leveraging tools within the DU Portfolio application to enhance reflective practices, and an opportunity to work through implementation and design challenges (when using any ePortfolio application) with colleagues, peers, and experts.

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Happy Fall quarter! You are invited to join the first official Assessment Fellows/Divas/Friends meeting of the year. This is a great opportunity for assessment participants from the 2017 and 2018 training cohorts to mingle, share assessment and accreditation updates, and collaborate about ways to rock this new academic year. We look forward to connecting! 

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Please join us in exploring how to incorporate the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning into the balance of your work at DU. Blending your teaching and research agendas is a great way to invigorate your course design through a systematic approach.

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community will meet approximately every 3 weeks to engage in discussion around systematically studying our teaching and student learning.

We will be using  the following two texts:

Chick, N.L. (2018). SoTL in action. Illuminating Critical Moments of Practice. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Bishop-Clark, C. & Dietz-Uhler, B. (2012). Engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning. A guide to the process, and how to develop a project from start to finish. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Please join us if you are new to this topic or have been involved for years. 

Online

The 14-Day Challenge is an opportunity for you to experiment with daily writing, online community, and supportive accountability. It's very simple:

1. You commit to write every day for at least 30 minutes.
2. At the beginning of your writing time, you login to our online community, start the timer, complete your writing, and post your progress at the end.
3. You take 5 minutes to support other writers in your group by commenting on their progress.

This is NOT for you if: 1) you don't want to post your progress on a daily basis and/or 2) you don't want to interact with other people.

If you're up for the challenge, then we can't wait for you to join us!

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Do you struggle with program assessment? Do you feel overwhelmed and confused about where to even begin with program assessment? If you answered "yes" to either question, congratulations! You are not alone. Please join us for an Assessment Meetup. The first 15 minutes consists of a just-in-time assessment tutorial. Afterwards, you are welcome to use this space and time in whatever ways will make assessment meaningful and manageable. The Meetup will include delectable snacks and guided support from DU friends who can offer assessment consultations. We look forward to seeing you! 

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

This session covers foundational theoretical frameworks to understand how bias presents as microaggression and how this hinders cognitive engagement in learning environments. Participants will learn research-based strategies for recognizing, assessing, and responding to microaggressions in real-time. Space is limited. 

The Loft (Anderson Academic Commons 340)

CRISPA: Turning Ordinary Classrooms into the Extraordinary

In this workshop we will explore a teaching/learning method called CRISPA, which is an acronym that stands for Connection, Risk-taking, Imagination, Sensory Experience, Perceptivity, and Active Engagement. Through these elements, instructors are encouraged to explore their craft in thoughtful, engaging ways that enliven the classroom experience. These six elements should be thought of as an artist's palate, where instructors pull from each element when appropriate to create engaged learning experiences. 

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title).  The Conversations are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and facilitated by OTL Faculty Teaching Fellow, Professor Paul Michalec from the Morgridge College of Education. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a positive and constructive space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time. Prior to each meeting an agenda and brief reflective reading is sent out.

Bring your lunch.  Come late or leave early.  This is an invitation for self-care.  No guilt necessary.

Dean's Conference Room (AAC 370B)

• Are you stressed?
• Do you feel devastated when your articles and/or grant proposals get rejected?
• Is the pressure of publishing/funding your work making you sick?

If any of this sounds familiar and you have difficulty managing the negative energy and rejection in your environment, please join us to learn:

• The impact that stress and negativity can have if they are not managed
• Identify the most common areas of stress in academic life
• Concrete strategies for managing the physical, emotional, and attitudinal effects of stress

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

Please register if you plan to attend, but also feel free to drop by if you aren't able to register ahead of time!

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title).  The Conversations are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and facilitated by OTL Faculty Teaching Fellow, Professor Paul Michalec from the Morgridge College of Education. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a positive and constructive space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time. Prior to each meeting an agenda and brief reflective reading is sent out.

Bring your lunch.  Come late or leave early.  This is an invitation for self-care.  No guilt necessary.

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title).  The Conversations are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and facilitated by OTL Faculty Teaching Fellow, Professor Paul Michalec from the Morgridge College of Education. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a positive and constructive space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time. Prior to each meeting an agenda and brief reflective reading is sent out.

Bring your lunch.  Come late or leave early.  This is an invitation for self-care.  No guilt necessary.

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title).  The Conversations are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and facilitated by OTL Faculty Teaching Fellow, Professor Paul Michalec from the Morgridge College of Education. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a positive and constructive space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time. Prior to each meeting an agenda and brief reflective reading is sent out.

Bring your lunch.  Come late or leave early.  This is an invitation for self-care.  No guilt necessary.

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title).  The Conversations are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and facilitated by OTL Faculty Teaching Fellow, Professor Paul Michalec from the Morgridge College of Education. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a positive and constructive space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time. Prior to each meeting an agenda and brief reflective reading is sent out.

Bring your lunch.  Come late or leave early.  This is an invitation for self-care.  No guilt necessary.

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title).  The Conversations are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and facilitated by OTL Faculty Teaching Fellow, Professor Paul Michalec from the Morgridge College of Education. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a positive and constructive space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time. Prior to each meeting an agenda and brief reflective reading is sent out.

Bring your lunch.  Come late or leave early.  This is an invitation for self-care.  No guilt necessary.

OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)

The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title).  The Conversations are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and facilitated by OTL Faculty Teaching Fellow, Professor Paul Michalec from the Morgridge College of Education. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a positive and constructive space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time. Prior to each meeting an agenda and brief reflective reading is sent out.

Bring your lunch.  Come late or leave early.  This is an invitation for self-care.  No guilt necessary.