OFD Newsletter: May 3, 2021

ITLC Online Lilly Conference

OFD and DELTA are pleased to offer NC State faculty, staff, post docs, and graduate students FREE registration for the ITLC Lilly Conference, occurring May 5 – May 26, 2021. The Lilly conference is focused on enhancing online, onsite and hybrid teaching and learning. Secure a free registration by filling out our registration form.

Writing Wednesdays: Virtual Faculty Writing Retreats (This Wednesday, May 5)

Do you have a writing task that you’ve been putting off? The Office of Faculty Development offers virtual writing retreats, Writing Wednesdays, designed to support you in getting it done! The OFD team has designed synchronous 2.5-hour mini-retreats using the Pomodoro method, held monthly via Zoom. Our next session will be held this Wednesday, May 5.

To learn more about Writing Wednesdays: Virtual Faculty Writing Retreats at our website. To register now, visit REPORTER.

Fulbright Fridays: One-on-One Advising

Every Friday from May 14 to Aug. 27
Fulbright Fridays is an opportunity for faculty and staff to get one-on-one advice on Fulbright programming and support for developing application materials. Fulbright Fridays is aimed at applicants at all stages of the process, whether you are contemplating applying or are working on materials. Learn more about Fulbright Fridays, including how to sign up, here.

OFD’s Unplugged Summer Reading Event (Register by Friday, May 7)

Registration is open now through May 7 for OFD’s Unplugged Summer Reading Event. Our selection is Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) edited by Susan D. Blum with a foreword by Alfie Kohn (West Virginia University Press, 2020, 288 pages).

The NC State University Libraries provide unlimited ebook access to Ungrading. For this special summer unplugged event, OFD will mail paper copies upon request so that you can step away from your devices and read wherever you’d like.

There will be three online, synchronous meetings via Zoom. When registering, please select your preferred meeting dates/time:

• Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m.: May 25, June 8, June 22
• Tuesdays, 2:00 p.m.: May 25, June 15, July 6
• Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m.: May 26, June 9, June 23
• Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m.: May 26, June 16, July 7
• Thursdays, 9:00 a.m.: July 1, July 15, July 29
• Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.: May 27, June 17, July 8

Register Here

Faculty Conversation Series: Addressing mis/disinformation through systems awareness and information literacy (This Wednesday, May 5)

The next installment of this semester’s Faculty Conversation Series, Addressing mis/disinformation through systems awareness and information literacy, will be held Wednesday, May 5 (11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.). Join special guests Anne Burke and Hannah Rainey (NC State University Libraries) for a discussion on critical approaches to understanding mis/disinformation, which were developed for an Honors course.

Participants will be invited to share their experiences and challenges with these topics, and collectively brainstorm strategies and methods for addressing them across disciplines.

For each session of the Conversation Series, faculty will read a relevant article/paper about the topic (optional), receive question prompts, engage in conversation around the topic with other faculty members, and reflect on how the conversation may have changed thinking on the topic. Conversations are facilitated by Dr. Maria Gallardo Williams, OFD SoTL Faculty Fellow.

Register Here

|RED| Applications Open: Core Teaching Certification and Inclusive Teaching Certification (Due May 14)

Applications for the Summer 2021 online cohorts of the Core Teaching Certification |CTC| and Inclusive Teaching Certification |ITC| are being accepted through May 14.

• To learn more about the Core Teaching Certification and apply, please visit go.ncsu.edu/red-ctc
• To learn more about the Inclusive Teaching Certification and apply, please visit go.ncsu.edu/red-itc.

Upcoming Events for Faculty

Tuesday, May 4

• Panopto Basics, 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 5

• Writing Wednesdays: Virtual Faculty Writing Retreats, 9:00, a.m.
• Faculty Conversation Series: Addressing mis/disinformation through systems awareness and information literacy, 11:30 a.m.
• Gamify Your Course with Moodle and our Gamification Module!, 1:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 6

• Open Lab: Moodle and More!, 2:00 p.m.

Monday, May 10

• Mindful Mondays, 9:00 a.m.