Program for the 2022 PDI

Mary Guiden,Jeff Dodge,Michael Humphrey

Other

Monday, January 10^th 2022

9:00 AM

50 minutes

Virtual Session

This is a presentation about writing for The Conversation, an independent nonprofit media outlet that publishes articles written by faculty about topics in the news or of interest to the general public. Many of these articles are republished by larger media outlets — including Popular Science, Salon and Scientific American — resulting in broad reach and significant exposure for CSU and the faculty member’s expertise. One of the top leaders of the outlet said recently that views on The Conversation’s site have increased to 25 million per month and that the site gained more readers due to the pandemic. In addition to providing a brief overview of how the pitching and writing process works, we will share some recent examples of faculty who had their articles published. We will also be joined by one of those faculty authors, Assistant Professor Michael Humphrey of the Department of Journalism and Media Communication. He will share his experience writing an article about Facebook for The Conversation in the fall.

The goals include raising awareness among CSU faculty about this opportunity to reach new audiences and showcase their expertise broadly, providing information about how the process works and giving tips on what makes for a good pitch. The target audience is CSU faculty and doctoral students.

Viviane Ephraimson-Abt,Monica Keele,Janelle Patrias

Other

Monday, January 10^th 2022

9:00 AM

80 minutes

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In this time of ongoing stress and multiple challenges, graduate students, faculty and staff are asking about ways to support student wellbeing (as well as their own). This session provides an overview of CSU students' mental health data and how it compares nationally. Discover new or updated resources, including digital and online tools, that are available to assist students with their well-being. We will also review grad-specific resources as well as those for staff and faculty. Learn about CSU's Wellbeing Tool Kit, an online resource that faculty and staff can use in academic environments. Learn about SilverCloud, a Cognitive Behavior Therapy tool, new functions of You@ CSU, and Nod an app focused on loneliness. Come with questions and leave with a bigger tool kit for undergrad and graduate students.

Individuals in teaching roles will have develop a greater understanding of the mental health needs of students and how to create the most supportive classroom environments. Faculty and staff will have increased understanding of relevant resources to improve wellbeing for self and others.

Stephanie Zee,Janelle Patrias,Viviane Ephraimson-Abt

Other

Tuesday, January 11^th 2022

9:00 AM

90 minutes

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In this time of increasing stress, and multiple challenges, faculty and staff are asking about ways to support student wellbeing. You will learn about the Well-Being in Academic Environments Tool Kit. We will spend some time looking at how you can incorporate this into your work with students and in teaching. This web-based resource has easy to implement strategies for fostering well-being, while creating effective learning environments. It is based on a successful initiative from the University of Texas Austin. You will also hear about additional digital resources for students, like an online cognitive behavioral therapy tool, an app that helps mitigate loneliness, and updated features of You @ CSU. We will also provide a brief overview of CSU students' mental health.

Anyone working with students.

Ashley Harvey,Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez,Meara Faw,Kevin Nolan,Jill Putman

Other

Wednesday, January 12^th 2022

9:00 AM

90 minutes

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The workshop is an extension of the First Four Weeks Initiative that specifically focuses on the use of Canvas tools for teaching teams (GTAs or faculty) to reach out to students early in the semester, especially those who are at risk of not succeeding in class. The workshop will provide tools for institutionalizing student outreach communications in Canvas courses so that these tools can easily be implemented by instructors and GTAs in future courses. In addition, training content is aligned with the Student Motivation domain of CSU’s Teaching Effectiveness Framework. Instructors participating in the Early Performance Feedback Program are encouraged to attend and will benefit from this workshop.

1. Highlight Canvas tools in MyAnalytics and the gradebook for identifying underperforming students. 2. Involve and empower GTAs in implementing student outreach communications and creating a sustainable structure for these communications. 3. Encourage teaching teams (faculty and GTAs) to set shared goals for student outreach. 4. Provide a sustainable structure within Canvas courses for recording student outreach communications such that they can be more easily implemented in future courses. 5. Guide Early Performance Feedback instructors on student outreach strategies.

Tonya Buchan,Jen Todd,Karen Falkenberg,Katy Little,Chris Geanious

Other

Wednesday, January 12^th 2022

1:00 PM

50 minutes

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Have you completed professional development (PD) since summer 2019? You may be able to use these experiences towards earning a Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF) domain in the Teaching Effective Initiative (TEI)!