CEILS Monthly Newsletter | Issue #86 | Aug 3, 2022 | ceils.ucla.edu

Join the CEILS Summer Scientific Teaching Institute Aug 24 - 31

CEILS SUMMER SCIENTIFIC TEACHING INSTITUTE: Foundations of Equitable Course Design & Inclusive Teaching  August 24 - 31, 2022 (excluding the weekend)  9:00am - 4:00pm | In-person Apply Now! The CEILS Scientific Teaching Institute is designed to introduce you to evidence-based strategies for inclusive teaching and course design. The experience is facilitated by CEILS staff and other UCLA faculty; and you will receive feedback on your daily assignments, culminating at the end of the week with a syllabus draft, assessment plan, sample lesson plan, and embedded feedback strategy. Tips, strategies, and resources for equity, accessibility, and remote/online design will be integrated into the workshops and course site resources. Top 5 Reasons to Apply: See other people and have professional conversations about teaching IN PERSON! Are you way past the point of Zoom fatigued and ready to be social again? So are we! Come and be in community where you will get your fall course planned out and hopefully also have a bit of FUN! Be proactive and get your fall course preparation started in August, rather than procrastinating until the week before classes! Finalize your syllabus, assignments and activities with strong support and feedback from peers. Review some best practices for course design and teaching and learn some new ideas. Daily workshops provide an overview on some of the evidence-based teaching practices that you can incorporate into your course design. Consult and brainstorm with peers on how to improve your course. Don't sit alone at your desk drafting your syllabus, come and be in community! We will have ample opportunities to give feedback and exchange ideas. Get a bit of practice being a "student" in BruinLearn. Our daily activities and resources will utilize BruinLearn, and our facilitators can help you get more comfortable with different tools and features you might want to incorporate into your own course site.

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Planning For Fall Quarter

Join CEILS this fall to review and strengthen teaching skills and strategies. Our offerings include:

BRUIN LEARN Prep Session for Fall Quarter September 7, 2022 9:30am - Noon | Hershey Hall 158 RSVP Today **CCLE WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED THIS FALL AND NO LONGER AVAILABLE AFTER NOV 18, 2022. SEE DETAILS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION BELOW** CEILS Annual Faculty Workshop on Best Equitable Practices in Teaching September 14, 2022 9:00am - 4:00pm (followed by reception) | Hershey Hall 158 View full details and RSVP Two-Day Active Learning Bootcamp September 15 - 16, 2022 View full details and RSVP 3-Part Series: Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator  Multiple Days (see link) 2:00pm - 4:00pm View details and RSVP here.

Announcements

Now Recruiting: Peer-Assisted Reflections on Student Learning (PAROSL) Participants for Fall 2022 Peer-Assisted Reflections on Student Learning, or PAROSL, is a program designed to help faculty boost their teaching dossier and hone their pedagogy. PAROSL focuses on equitable teaching: student-centered instruction and inclusive practices. Faculty participate in pairs to support—not evaluate—each other through reciprocal observation of lessons and the implementation of an innovative teaching strategy. Engagement in PAROSL spans a quarter, and faculty typically spend a total of about thirteen hours supporting each other and improving their own practice. Participants receive a certificate of completion, as well as assistance writing a research-based description of the teaching innovation they implemented. The PAROSL program is administered by the Center for the Advancement of Teaching. Space is limited. If you’d like to learn more, please check out the PAROSL website or contact the CAT team at [email protected]. Sunset Timeline for CCLE One of the final steps in the LMS Transformation process is to decommission CCLE and SSC Moodle. Please see below for important dates in the CCLE sunset timeline that are coming in the months ahead. Schools, departments, and units using CCLE must fully transition to Bruin Learn by the start of the Fall term. Access to CCLE will continue through mid-Fall, after which course material will be stored in an archive with limited formatting and available only by request to Bruin Learn Support at [email protected]. The following are critical dates:   September 10, 2022  After summer sessions end, no additional courses or collaboration sites will be created on CCLE and SSC Moodle. No further changes should be made to existing courses on these platforms after this date. Any updates made in CCLE or SSC Moodle after September 10, 2022 may be lost. Submission of student assignments after this date (e.g., to address incompletes) should be handled by instructors outside of CCLE. If assistance is needed in identifying alternative options, please contact Bruin Learn Support at [email protected].  September 26, 2022  A final course migration refresh from CCLE to Bruin Learn will begin, including courses specifically requested by faculty and Summer ‘22 courses. Instructors may request inclusion of specific courses that have not been automatically migrated (earlier than Spring 2019) or have been recently updated, by reaching out to local support or emailing Bruin Learn Support with the link to the CCLE course(s) at [email protected].   November 18, 2022  After 5:00 p.m., CCLE will no longer be available for general use. Note that local units may choose to sunset CCLE support before November 18 based on their resources and needs. Please watch for further messages from your local support team on this topic. Faculty should reach out to local support or CCLE Home by October 24, 2022 if they need assistance with manually obtaining or viewing material from CCLE.   Course content and student data will be stored in an archive prior to the sunset. Going forward, instructors will be able to request retrieval of archived CCLE data from Bruin Learn Support. However, the archive will store only content and not formatting. For this reason, instructors are encouraged to request migration of old courses they might need to Bruin Learn and review any content already migrated that they wish to compare with the CCLE version.   After December 16, 2022, all support requests should be sent to Bruin Learn Support at [email protected]. CCLE support email addresses will no longer be monitored. Please reach out to your local support or academic unit leads (AULs) for further support in this transition and let us know of any questions by contacting Bruin Learn Support at the email address above.   Ally Tool for Accessibility Now Available in Bruin Learn Exciting news – Ally, an EdTech tool, is now available! Ally assists with digital accessibility and has already been used by in Spring and Summer courses. Learn more about this LTI by accessing the Introduction to Ally site.

Partner Events and Opportunities

New Faculty Teaching Engagement (NFTE) The Center for the Advancement of Teaching is pleased to host the fifth annual New Faculty Teaching Engagement (NFTE) event on-site at UCLA on Monday, August 29 and remotely via Zoom on Tuesday, August 30.  View detailed session descriptions and RSVP for NFTE here by Friday August 19:  https://teaching.ucla.edu/faculty-programs/new-faculty-teaching-engagement/  The NFTE program welcomes all faculty and lecturers new and relatively new to UCLA, regardless of their level of teaching experience. This year’s program will open on August 29 with remarks from UCLA’s incoming Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell M. Hunt and Dean of Undergraduate Education Adriana Galván, followed by an interactive session exploring strategies for emphasizing reflection and growth in teaching practice. Other highlights include:    Faculty perspectives on teaching at UCLA Workshops on student-centered teaching practices that help foster equity and optimize learning Happy hour with campus organizations that support teaching and learning For questions, please contact us the CAT team at [email protected] For a list of July events and trainings offered by CAT, please visit the following link: https://teaching.ucla.edu/events/

Ready, Set, Teach! Fall 2022 Panel September 21 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm   EPIC’s signature Ready, Set, Teach! event invites the community of Humanities instructors at UCLA to come together for practical discussions on topics in teaching and learning. This fall’s event will include an undergraduate panel on learning experiences from the 2021-22 academic year on September 21, 2022, 11 am-12 pm. The audience will be graduate student instructors and faculty members who wish to learn about undergraduate students’ experiences. For a list of June events and trainings offered by EPIC, please visit the following link: https://epic.ucla.edu/events/

Upcoming MOOC: The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, an NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program, is hosting a six-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from October 3 - November 22, 2022 via edX. Join our community of nearly 6,000 faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and staff, and register for our online course this fall. By participating in this course, you will learn how to:   Advance your awareness, self-efficacy, and ability to cultivate inclusive classroom environments; Support your development as a reflective, inclusive practitioner; Engage in reflection and discussion around topics of equity and inclusion across a variety of institutional contexts; Implement inclusive teaching methods in your classes which will remove common barriers and enhance learning in STEM for all students. Visit the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project website to learn more.

Bruin Learn Resources

Upcoming Trainings  Live Trainings: Topics include:   Quickstart: Preparing to Teach in Bruin Learn  Set Up Your Bruin Learn Site with Migrated CCLE Content  End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn & MyUCLA  Build Your Bruin Learn Site from Scratch Using a Template  Office Hours are also available for individuals to drop-in to discuss advanced topics or design considerations.

References for Fall Check out these references to get you started at your own pace: Prepare Your Courses for Fall 2022 Course Readiness Checklist Recorded Webinars Self-Paced Training Support Over Zoom Virtual trainings and office hours are available! View the full and updated schedules below: Live Training Office Hours

Reminders: 24/7 Help is available through live chat and via phone. Once logged in click on "Help" from the global navigation to view all of the instructional support resources and to connect to a live person. Bruin Learn Support Site

Connect with UCLA's Center for Education Innovation & Learning in the Sciences For more information about CEILS events and resources, including a list of STEM education events from previous mailers, please visit the CEILS website at www.ceils.ucla.edu or stop by our CEILS office in 222 Hershey Hall.  If you wish to be added to the CEILS mailing list for future newsletters and special announcements, please send your request to [email protected]. Please note, this monthly newsletter is circulated through many departmental listservs. Most other CEILS correspondence, including special event announcements and reminders, are sent to CEILS mailing list recipients only. If you have questions or have difficulty reading this newsletter, please email us at [email protected]. Thanks!