OFD Newsletter: January 8, 2019

Teaching and Learning Symposium Poster Proposals Due Jan. 9!

The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) invites NC State faculty and professional staff to submit poster and session proposals for the 2019 Teaching and Learning Symposium, which will be held February 28 at the McKimmon Center. Proposals can deal with a wide variety of topics, including teaching with technology, innovative pedagogical techniques, creativity in teaching and learning, SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning), Scholarship of Community Engagement projects, sustainability in teaching, and more.

• Poster proposals should include an abstract of no more than 250 words that succinctly summarizes the poster content.
• Submissions are due by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. Proposals will be reviewed for relevance to Teaching and Learning.
• Presenters can make submissions, here.

Faculty Writing Retreat: January 17, 2019
OFD’s next Faculty Writing Retreat of the semester will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2019 (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) at the Hunt Library Faculty Commons (Centennial Campus). Sign up now to join faculty colleagues in this private and comfortable space where you can find uninterrupted time to write your article, grant proposal, book chapter, or dossier materials.

Coffee/tea/water will be provided.

Registration is for the full-day event, but please feel free to come and go as needed — join us all day, just the morning, just the afternoon, or even just an hour or two!

Sign up

Spring DELTA Workshops Going on Now!

Start your semester off on the right track, with opportunities to learn how to set up and maintain a model Moodle course, engage your students with tools and techniques, make grading easier and structured, and learn how to use Zoom, NC State’s new web conferencing tool.

See a full list of current opportunities and register. Only show courses with active Instances > click to toggle to Yes > Search

Moodle

• Moodle Open Lab: Course Content and Gradebook Setup  
• Getting Started with Moodle
• Best Practices for Designing your Moodle Course 
• Create Interactive Content in Moodle with H5P
• Rubrics: Making Assignments Easier for you and Your Students

Zoom

• Teach from Anywhere with Zoom
• Moving from Collaborate to Zoom

Additional Introductory and WolfWare related Workshops   

• Getting Started with My Mediasite
• An Introduction to Top Hat, NC State’s Student Engagement Platform
• Turnitin Feedback Studio: Instill Academic Integrity and Engage Students in the Writing Process
• Fostering Group Work with Collaborative Online Tools

We hope to see you there!