| Greetings Colleagues,
As we step into the new academic year, I am thrilled to extend a warm welcome back to each of you. The Center for Faculty Excellence is excited to support your teaching and professional growth with a range of new opportunities and resources.
One event you definitely won't want to miss is our inaugural Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Symposium, taking place on October 31 and November 1, 2024, with events on both the Omaha and Phoenix campuses. This is a fantastic opportunity to fuel your passion for education and
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engage with fellow colleagues. We are honored to have Dr. Todd D. Zakrajsek (pictured below) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as our keynote speaker. His session on “Teaching so Everyone Learns: Immediate Applications to Help More Students Thrive in Higher Education” promises to be both inspiring and insightful.
The symposium will also feature poster presentations, roundtable discussions, faculty-led presentations, and numerous networking opportunities designed to showcase innovative teaching and assessment practices and foster professional development.
Please mark your calendars now and make sure to set aside this time for what promises to be an enriching experience. Looking forward to a fantastic year ahead!
Sincerely,
Lou Jensen, OTD, OTR/L
Associate Vice Provost, Center for Faculty Excellence
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| Call for Posters:
Teaching, Learning, & Assessment Symposium
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Creighton colleagues, faculty, and staff of curricular and co-curricular areas are invited to share your individual or departmental work at Creighton’s Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Symposium virtual poster session. Share your innovative teaching strategies, scholarship of teaching and learning research, or assessment from your teaching and learning practices. More details are available here.
Submit proposal for virtual poster session. Deadline to submit is Sept. 24, 2024.
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Over 50 faculty and staff gathered in the Center for Faculty Excellence, Coffee & ConverStations event in Omaha last week. They had the opportunity to connect or reconnect as colleagues, explore the CFE's collaborative spaces, and learn about some of our new initiatives.
Phoenix colleagues, drop in to PHSC 604 on Sep. 5 from 8:30-10:00 a.m. MST for coffee & bagels!
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The CFE launched a new faculty consultation process. This initiative connects faculty and staff with others with expertise in a specified area and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among colleagues. If you have questions, ideas or need resources, please submit a request. The CFE will match you with the most suitable resources to meet your needs.
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Call for Nominations: Distinguished Educator in Teaching as Scholarship |
| Call for Proposals: eLearning Innovation Grant |
The eLearning Innovation Grant supports the development of innovative solutions addressing instructional challenges in online, hyflex, hybrid/blended, or web-facilitated learning, in collaboration with instructional designers from the CFE eLearning team. Read full call for proposals. Submit proposal by Application deadline: Sept. 26, 2024. Award notification: Oct. 15, 2024
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CFE invites faculty and professional staff who teach, as a part of your ongoing formation experiences, to actively engage with a community of scholars in teaching excellence. When we join together as a collaborative, educational community, we encourage and are able to celebrate the best of Creighton’s educational experiences.
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Sept. 4: The Active Learning Community of Practice with Brooke Kowalke, PhD, Departments of English and Medical Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences and School of Medicine, CFE Faculty Associate
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Sept. 5: Navigating Your First Years in Academia with Peggy M. Rupprecht, PhD, Associate Professor of Journalism, Department of Computer Science, Design and Journalism, College of Arts & Sciences, CFE Faculty Associate & Chris Johnson, PT, DPT, EdD, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Pre-Health Professions, CFE Faculty Associate
- Sept. 10: Difficult Conversations: The Stories We Tell About Healthcare with Angel Ogbeide, DDS, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, CFE Faculty Associate
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Sept. 11: Generative AI Reading & Discussion Group with Jacob Rump, PhD, Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences, CFE Faculty Associate
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Sept. 12: From Chess to Jedi: How to Make Students Learning Masters with Ethan Schroeder, PhD, Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, CFE Faculty Associate
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Sept. 17: Panel Discussion: Using Generative AI for Instruction with Molly Hines, MS, Instructional Designer, Center for Faculty Excellence
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Sept. 17: Writing Better Student and Program Learning Outcomes with Guy McHendry, PhD, Communication Studies, College of Arts & Sciences, Timms Endowed Professor and Director of the Magis Core Curriculum, CFE Faculty Associate
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Sept. 18: Research From All Angles: Cancer with Julie Strauss-Soukup, BS, PhD, Associate Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship, Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
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Sept. 24: Difficult Conversations: The Stories We Tell About Healthcare with Angel Ogbeide, DDS, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, CFE Faculty Associate
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Sept. 25: Hyflex Learning: How to Optimize Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning with Ashley Fecht OTD, OTR/L, BCP, CFE Faculty Associate, SPAHP & Natalie Boulton MSEd, Instructional Designer, CFE
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Oct. 3: Using Inclusive Gender/ed and Disability Language with Erika L. Kirby, PhD, Communication Studies, College of Arts & Sciences, CFE Senior Faculty Associate & A.F. Jacobson Endowed Chair in Communication
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| Creighton University School of Medicine
Distinguished Lecture Series |
FEATURING:
Kathryn N. Huggett, PhD, is the Robert Larner Professor in Medical Education, Director of the Teaching Academy, and Assistant Dean for Medical Education Larner College of Medicine. Dr. Huggett is presenting Mentoring, Sponsoring, Coaching: Comparing Models for Faculty Support and Success on Sept. 5; 12:00-1:00 p.m. CDT/10:00-11:00 a.m. MST.
Learn more and register
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Research and Scholarship Programs |
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Sept. 18: Research from All Angles; Omaha campus: 3:30-5:30 p.m. CT; in-person; Skutt Student Center Ballroom; Phoenix campus: 1:30-3:30 p.m. MT; virtual; zoom; for details, reference the flyer.
- Sept. 27: Research & Scholarship Fellows Showcase; 12:30-2:00 p.m.; Skutt Student Center 105 or virtually; for details, reference the flyer.
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University Resources: Vevox, AI resources |
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Vevox, the #1 rated cloud-based polling and Q&A platform for student engagement. Faculty and staff can set up polls, quizzes, word clouds, and more for use in their online, in-person, and hybrid classes, trainings, and meetings. Vevox Login Page(Sign in with NetID and password). Resources, training, and more on Faculty Guides: Vevox.
- Generative AI Resources- Learn to use AI Tools for Instruction.
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eLearning: Spotlight & Resources |
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| eLearning Staff Spotlight:
Dengjiu Zhao, MS, Instructional Designer |
I started with Creighton as an Instructional Technology Specialist in Phoenix campus in June 2022, right after I graduated with my master’s degree in Information Management from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining Creighton, I worked part-time as an Instructional Design Assistant at Gies College of Business. This job opportunity made me familiar with this field. I also learned knowledge and skills required for an instructional design professional and gained valuable experience. Working as an Instructional Technology Specialist at CFE currently, I help faculty and staff improve the instructional experience through researching technological advances and effective pedagogical principles for their online courses. And I do enjoy teaching them how to use and apply different technologies to make their courses better.
Outside of work, I love hiking, traveling, going to live concerts, and collecting limited edition music CDs and Vinyl Records from different countries.
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Occasionally, an instructor may need to adjust the time limit for an individual to take a quiz or grant another attempt. This feature is called "moderating" and is available on graded quizzes & surveys. Refer to the corresponding tab on the following pages in the BlueLine Faculty Guides:
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Introduction to Digital Learning & Academic Technologies |
The Introduction to Digital Learning and Academic Technologies course provides skills for effectively teaching in a digital environment. If you are preparing to teach an online or hybrid course for the first time or would like a refresher, click on the following link to self-enroll: Intro to Digital Learning & Academic Technologies 2.0.
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| Assessment Focused Faculty Development Opportunities |
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Both programs facilitated by Guy McHendry, PhD, Communication Studies, College of Arts & Sciences, Timms Endowed Professor and Director of the Magis Core Curriculum, CFE Faculty Associate
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Why Do We Assess Student Learning? |
Do you wonder why we assess our students at the program level? Are we just meeting accreditation requirements or is assessment good for student learning? A recent National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) Viewpoint article provides a good overview of what we can achieve for students, faculty, and staff with assessment. Visit NILOA at and enjoy this quick viewpoint. Why Are We Assessing?
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