The UNC System Office is pleased to announce the availability of Designing Effective Online Courses, an online workshop to support faculty and staff across the System in moving their courses to an online format.

Registration is now open. The workshop is free, space is limited, and registration is required. This workshop will provide faculty and staff with information, tools, and experiences that will help them to be more successful—and more comfortable—teaching online. The material will be aimed at instructors who have minimal proficiency leading online learning environments, but experienced instructors will also find new tips, hot topics, and useful activities.

The workshop officially launches on 15 March. Participants can finish the work at their own pace, completing in two or four weeks.

Learn More and Register

The Office of Faculty Development invites you to apply for the 2021 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute (SoTL), a program designed with busy faculty members in mind who would like to explore teaching as a form of scholarly work. The SoTL Institute provides NC State faculty with skills, funding, mentorship, and support to conduct research in teaching and learning. Participants will learn about SoTL and discipline-based education research (DBER), as well as design and implement a research project to study teaching and learning in their course or courses.

The SoTL 2021 theme is Crafting Educational Innovation in Difficult Times. Let’s reflect on the hard lessons learned during this difficult year and turn them into innovative scholarship that can be published and shared.

Eligibility: Any full-time faculty member at NC State may apply to participate in this program.

Purpose: The purpose of the SoTL Institute is to support the development of a SoTL or DBER project. In the year-long experience, faculty will develop research questions for educational research, design a study using quantitative and qualitative assessment techniques, and gather evidence that can be used to answer these questions. In this program, participants will receive guidance from experienced SoTL researchers to:

1. 1. Develop an educational research agenda

   2. Lower barriers to presentation/publication

   3. Receive mentorship, funding, and support

   4. Belong to an educational research community

Program Dates: This is a 1-year commitment that begins with an intensive Virtual Institute held in mid-May. For this year, the dates are Monday, May 10, Wednesday, May 12 and Friday, May 14, 2021.There are 4 follow-up meetings in August 2021, October 2021, January 2022, and April 2022, all held on the last Monday of the month from 3:00-4:00 PM. Participants will present a poster with their findings at the 2022 Teaching and Learning Symposium held at the end of February 2022.

Funding: Each participant is eligible for a mini-grant for up to $1,250 that can be used for conference travel or other allowed project-related expenses.

Applications open Monday, March 1, 2021 and close at 11:59pm on Friday, April 9, 2021. Proposals to study topics related to the theme Crafting Educational Innovation in Difficult Times will be given priority in the selection process. If accepted, you must commit to attending all program sessions. Acceptance notifications will go out on Monday, April 19, 2021.

Apply here → go.ncsu.edu/sotl-2021

For more information contact:

Dr. Jennifer Stanigar jennifer_stanigar@ncsu.edu

Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams mtgallar@ncsu.edu

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Attend the Online Lilly Conference at No Cost

DELTA and the Office of Faculty Development are pleased to announce the purchase of a site license for the ITLC Online Lilly Conference, occurring May 5 – May 26, 2021 with asynchronous sessions available through August 31. The Lilly conference is focused on enhancing online, onsite and hybrid teaching and learning. Attendees will enjoy 4 full days of conference programming, conveniently scheduled across four Wednesdays to reduce disruption to your teaching schedule. The conference is geared toward faculty and administrators at various stages in their academic careers, representing nearly every discipline found in higher education. Attendees will enjoy a variety of 20-minute and 40-minute asynchronous sessions, traditional plenary addresses, synchronous facilitated discussions, and poster presentations addressing contemporary issues and include proven, innovative pedagogies.

The Call for Proposals is currently open with a deadline of March 31, 2021.

No Cost For The NC State Community

The NC State site license provides up to 150 free conference registrations for faculty, staff and graduate students using their NC State email addresses. Registration is normally $325 per person. Registration includes:

• Access to ALL conference presentations

• Synchronous sessions including Q&A with all 10 plenary presenters

• Synchronous sessions including Q&A in select sessions

• Asynchronous sessions and participate in discussion boards

• Poster gallery with audio introductions and discussion boards

• Networking with colleagues on discussion boards

• Conference workbook

• Exhibitor sessions with product discounts

• Raffles

How to Register

The Office of Faculty Development is managing registration for the conference and will gather registration requests and send them to Lilly Online in batches. If you want to attend the conference, complete the registration form. You will receive a confirmation of your registration from the Office of Faculty Development and later from ITLC Online Lilly Conference when we send them the batch registrations.

Remember there is no cost for registration and you can submit a conference proposal before being registered.

If you have questions about this opportunity or about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), please contact the Office of Faculty Development at faculty-development@ncsu.edu.