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About Us
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The Office for Academic Excellence and Assessment (AEA) at Creighton University provides ongoing support and resources to enhance teacher effectiveness and student learning.
To learn more about faculty development programming, assessment, course design, student learning processes and/or effective teaching methods, or the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), contact Mary Ann Danielson at 402.280.2535.
To help us all CONNECT, please forward your suggestions for materials to be included, as well as your awards and honors, to Danielson at maddam@creighton.edu. As a campus, we should be celebrating our teaching and student learning successes!
Find past issues of this newsletter here.
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Assessment Workshop Certificate Series Established
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An Assessment Workshop Certificate series, hosted by the University Assessment Committee and the Office for Academic Excellence and Assessment, is designed to assist faculty and professional staff in developing goals and objectives, refining assessment plans, producing evidence of student learning, and/or analyzing and reflecting on the data in ways that improve our students’ learning. An expected outcome of these workshops is the strengthening of our campus assessment collaborations and peer learning. Therefore, all program assessment champions are strongly encouraged to attend — to learn from and to share with your campus colleagues our “best practices” in student assessment.
This year’s Assessment Certificate series will consist of two half-day workshops, during which participants will bring their program goals, assessment plans, curriculum maps, evidence, reports, and/or supporting documents and work with facilitators to advance their assessment work. The topics addressed in the Oct. 29 workshop included: educational goals and objectives, curriculum mapping, and review and selection of appropriate performance measures. The topics addressed in the spring workshop, scheduled for March 25, 2013, will include: collection and analysis of assessment data, analyzing and reporting on assessment results, and using the results to inform the program’s continuous improvement plan.
If you have questions regarding the workshops, participation expectations, and/or requirements, please contact Mary Ann Danielson, maddam@creighton.edu.
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IISSAM/SoTL Updates
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Save The Date
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The 2013 IISSAM Faculty Development Institute will be held May 30-June 2 at Loyola Marymount University. Given its Los Angeles location, the "storytelling" theme promises exciting contributions by local media/film storytellers, as well as an array of SoTL scholars. Look for the Scholars' Call in our December 2012 newsletter.
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SoTL Bibliography
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Mick Healey, a higher education consultant and active SoTL scholar, has compiled a rich array of bibliographies and resources. This month, we feature his Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; A Selected Bibliography as we encourage you to begin planning your scholars' proposals and SoTL journal submissions.
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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
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Online Teaching Course
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The Creighton Office of Online Learning (COOL) is pleased to announce the availability of the Foundations of Effective Online Teaching and Learning certificate course. The course encompasses foundational knowledge and skills necessary for successful online course facilitation. This course is designed for anyone currently teaching or planning to teach an online or hybrid course for Creighton University. Faculty new to teaching online at Creighton should complete the course; all other faculty are welcome, as well. Approximately eight to 10 hours are required to complete the course. An overview of the Foundations Course is available by contacting COOL@creighton.edu.
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Online Development
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Sloan Consortium and WCET are both great resources dedicated to improving the quality of distance education. Creighton has an institutional membership, so take advantage of these resources.
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Distance Education
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A resource page that includes information on distance-education journals and distance-education scholarship is available on the COOL website.
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Library Partnership
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| The Reinert Alumni Memorial Library partners with both COOL and AEA to offer campus-wide subscriptions. Take advantage of the great resources found in the October issues of the Teaching Professor and the Online Classroom. Contact Sally Gibson, 402.280.2228, for more information. |
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Solidarity Lecture Series
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The Solidarity Lecture Series is an opportunity for Creighton faculty to share research and work in areas of diversity and multiculturalism with the Creighton community throughout the academic year. The Solidarity Lecture Series has two goals: (1) Participants will gain knowledge and discuss issues of diversity and (2) Presenters will share current research in areas of social justice, diversity and multiculturalism. For more information on this program or if you are a CU faculty member interested in participating, please contact Luz Colon-Rodriguez.
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Requests for Proposals
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CU hosts conference
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Creighton will host the next international conference on justice in Jesuit higher education, Aug. 1-4, 2013. For more information, contact Roger Bergman, rbjps@creighton.edu.
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Call for Grant Proposals
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The Office for Academic Excellence and Assessment (AEA) invites proposals for 2013 grants to support newly initiated or "early stage" assessment of student learning and/or Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) faculty development projects. Review of applications will begin Nov. 19 and notification of awards will be made no later than Dec. 21. View the grant application and previous granted projects.
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Manuscripts Wanted
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The Journal of Catholic Higher Education is now accepting manuscripts focused on how Catholic mission and identity are embodied in teaching, learning and service at Catholic colleges of nursing. Details of the call and manuscript submission guidelines may be found here. The submission deadline is Jan. 31, 2013. You may also contact Lorraine Sloma-Williams.
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publications
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2013 Conferences
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Mark Your Calendar
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ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (ACCU), Feb. 2-4, 2013, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Registration information.
VIRGINIA TECH 5th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION PEDAGOGY (CHEP), Feb. 6-8, 2013, The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, Blacksburg, Va. Registration information.
THE SoTL COMMONS 6th ANNUAL CONFERENCE, hosted by The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (CTLS), Georgia Southern University, Savannah, Ga., March 27-29, 2013. Registration information.
6th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ONLINE LEARNING (ET4Online), April 9-11, 2013, Planet Hollywood Resort, Las Vegas, Nev. Conference information.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION (AALHE) 3rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE, June 3-5, 2013, Hilton Lexington/Downtown, Lexington, Ky. Calls for proposals scheduled to open in November. Conference information.
BLENDED LEARNING 10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE, July 8-9, 2013, Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee, Wis. Call for presentations scheduled to open in November. Conference information.
19th ANNUAL SLOAN CONSORTIUM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ONLINE LEARNING, Nov. 20-22, 2013, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Fla. Call for presentations scheduled to open in February. Conference information.
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