Thanks to everyone who participated in the 6th annual Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium last week. You are invited to view the materials from the sessions:

• Lightning and SoTL Presentations materials are available through SOAR
• Keynote Session Resources: Slides, Pandemic equity checklist, and Presentation recording from "Responding to Exhaustion: A Mental Bandwidth Approach to Increasing Learning and Success" by Dr. Tina D. Bhargava

Open Class Celebration: Faculty Visiting Faculty (OCC) provides faculty members with opportunities to open their classes and to visit these classes and see colleagues in action. Please sign up to visit a class before the open class date - space is limited. Here is this week's open class schedule:

• Tuesday, February 15, 12:00-1:15 pm: Trent Engbers, POLS 332 Statistics and Data Analysis
• Tuesday, February 15, 1:30-2:45 pm: Kevin Valadares, IPH 356 Ethics and Health Care
• Thursday, February 17, 10:30-11:45 am: Sabinah Wanjugu, MKTG 355 Digital Marketing.
• Thursday, February 17, 10:30-11:45 am: Xue Han, CS 321 Computer Organization and Architecture. Topic: Exam Review via Zoom using an iPad
• Thursday, February 17, 1:30-2:45 pm: Jill Oeding, BLAW 263 Legal Environment of Business
• Friday, February 18, 11:00 am-12:50 pm: Rob Millard-Mendez, ART 104 Design in Materials. Topic: Art critique using gamification.

Learn how OCC works and how to participate. The purpose is to promote collaboration, learn from each other, share effective ways of teaching and engaging students, discuss challenges, and share experiences. The program is part of CETL’s focus on “Making Teaching & Learning Visible." 

Thursday, February 17 at noon, Zoom link 
Primary Sources in the USI Archives—Learn about the different primary sources, UASC research guides, and the University Archives with Rice library University Archivist Jennifer Greene.

Are you interested in gathering student mid-semester feedback to improve your course this semester, rather than waiting for course evaluations at the end of the semester? Would you like to foster rapport with your students?

Through the Formative Assessment of Classroom Teaching (FACT) program, trained Consultants facilitate guided discussions with your students and then share their anonymous feedback with you. This is available for both face-to-face and online classes (via Zoom or asynchronous).

Learn more about the FACT program and request a FACT by February 21.

Ball State University - Faculty Summit: A Commitment to Inclusive Excellence
Thursday, February 17 from 11 am-4 pm and Friday, February 18 from 9 am-2 pm

The keynote "Bandwidth Tax of Uncertainty: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Capacity Post-COVID and Beyond" will be presented by Dr. Cia Verschelden, author of Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization. The program includes workshops and presentations on inclusive teaching.

IUPUI's E.C. Moore Symposium on Excellence in Teaching
Friday, March 4 from 9 am-2:30 pm

The Symposium brings together stakeholders in the higher education community across Indiana to examine teaching excellence and innovative pedagogies that encourage student learning. The keynote speaker is Dr. Mays Imad from Pima Community College, who will be speaking about trauma-informed pedagogy and pedagogy of care.