Join us for an engaging discussion on Work-Life Balance, and learn valuable insights from your colleagues about thriving in academia.
Hear from esteemed faculty members:
Brown Bag Panel Discussion—bring your lunch and join us!
We can’t wait to see you there!
Discover the resources available through our library that can support your teaching, research, and professional development. In this workshop, Mallory Jallas will provide an overview of key library services and tools to enhance your academic work. Additionally, she will be helping faculty explore the benefits and opportunities of open-access publishing and how faculty members can leverage these resources to increase the visibility and impact of their research.
Location: Zoom
Join Pattie Piotrowski and Mallory Jallas for an informative workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER). They will delve into what OERs are and how they can benefit both faculty and students. They will share insights from the Illinois Secretary of State's OER grant, including practical examples and best practices. Additionally, they will present survey data from UIS students, highlighting their perceptions and experiences with course materials
Join Dr. Hypatia Bolívar as she explores the Psychology Department's ongoing multi-year initiative to create a comprehensive handout and syllabus template rooted in social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion principles. In this engaging session, Dr. Bolívar will outline the collaborative process behind developing these materials, highlighting challenges faced and strategies employed to ensure they align with the core values of inclusivity and equity.
Join COLRS staff to learn about navigating the Canvas interface and the foundational tools for organizing and building a course at UIS. Topics covered include: navigating, communicating with students, creating modules and assignments, and gradebook.
Join COLRS staff at the Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium on November 8th. Registration is free!
COLRS will present at 2:30 p.m. on "Quality Assurance Tools for Accessible Canvas Content."
Get ready for an exciting film screening event that will take you on a thrilling journey into the world of artificial intelligence! Join us for a special screening of The Thinking Game, a captivating documentary that offers an unprecedented look inside Google DeepMind, one of the world's leading AI research labs!
Dr. Stokes (and his students) will share his experience with a transformative approach to teaching an upper-level biology elective, Plant-Animal Interactions, where student-led teaching has served as the cornerstone for engagement and learning.
The inaugural Towards Online Excellence: Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium is designed for educators, administrators, instructional designers, and technologists involved in online learning. Illinois thought leaders and practitioners with expertise in online teaching and learning will discuss the latest trends in online education, from innovative pedagogy to emerging technology.
Join the Office of Digital Accessibility and Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service to learn about the requirements for creating closed captions and how to add captions to a video in Kaltura Media, the UIS streaming video platform.