BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T140000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20250924T150921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T205221Z UID:10000769-1759928400-1759932000@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:New Faculty Mentorship Lunch DESCRIPTION:This is a closed event for new faculty and new faculty mentors. Details/RSVP sent from Aimee Pascale to participants; check your email! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/new-faculty-mentorship-lunch/ LOCATION:CoLab (Lamson Library 003) CATEGORIES:Closed Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T160000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20250909T164315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T175744Z UID:10000742-1759762800-1759766400@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Designing for Emergent Learning DESCRIPTION:During this 60-minute workshop\, we will explore how to design for emergent\, flexible\, and unpredictable learning\, particularly the kind inspired by cluster learning. \nThe CoLab will provide a brief presentation about the topic and possible approaches and will facilitate a larger conversation about how faculty are approaching this now\, what challenges they are facing\, and how those challenges might be met. \nBy the end of the workshop\, each participant will have come up with at least one approach to emergent pedagogy they would like to try. Optional follow-up meetings with the CoLab are available to all participants to continue to talk about this topic. \nSnacks and beverages provided URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/designing-for-emergent-learning/ LOCATION:CoLab (Lamson Library 003) CATEGORIES:Cluster Learning,Designing Forward Davis Grant,Instructional Design ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T170000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20250113T144557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T170719Z UID:10000628-1747728000-1747760400@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Spring Pedagogy Institute (SPIN) DESCRIPTION:Join the CoLab for a day of conversations and presentations about teaching learning. Details about the schedule and registration are forthcoming. In the meantime\, save the date on your calendar! URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/spring-pedagogy-institute-spin/ CATEGORIES:SPIN ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T141500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20250113T153115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T153115Z UID:10000631-1744293600-1744294500@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:(Re)Considering Instructional Design Fast Blast DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the Designing Forward Davis Grant\, how you can get involved\, and how the program will foster a conversation across campus about the intersection of instructional design and Cluster Learning.Oops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/reconsidering-instructional-design-fast-blast-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Six Pack ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T091500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20250113T152917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T152917Z UID:10000630-1743584400-1743585300@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:(Re)Considering Instructional Design Fast Blast DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the Designing Forward Davis Grant\, how you can get involved\, and how the program will foster a conversation across campus about the intersection of instructional design and Cluster Learning.Oops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/reconsidering-instructional-design-fast-blast/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Six Pack ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T170000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20250114T194347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T212522Z UID:10000634-1743003000-1743008400@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Access and the Poor College: A Conversation with Matt Brim and Danica Savonick DESCRIPTION:What does “access” mean for underfunded schools? How have inequities in funding shaped scholarship and disciplines? What is the future of education in an ever-more-unequal America? \nWe will be joined by Matt Brim\, author of Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University (Duke University Press\, 2020) and Danica Savonick\, author of Open Admissions: The Poetics and Pedagogy of Toni Cade Bambara\, June Jordan\, Audre Lorde\, and Adrienne Rich in the Era of Free College (Duke University Press\, 2024) to explore these and other questions important for anyone working in public higher education right now. \nCopies of Poor Queer Studies and Open Admissions will be available to in-person attendees on a first-come basis. \nMatt Brim is Professor of Queer Studies in the English department at the College of Staten Island and an affiliate faculty in the Women’s and Gender Studies M.A. Program at the CUNY Graduate Center\, where he is also the Executive Director of CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies. In addition to Poor Queer Studies\, he is the author of James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination (University of Michigan Press\, 2014) and co-editor of Queer Precarities in and out of Higher Education: Challenging Institutional Structures (coedited with Churnjeet Mahn and Yvette Taylor; Bloomsbury Academic\, 2023)\, Queer Sharing in the Marketized University (coedited with Yvette Taylor and Churnjeet Mahn; Routledge 2023)\, and Imagining Queer Methods (with Amin Ghaziani; NYU Press\, 2019). \nDanica Savonick is an Assistant Professor of English at SUNY Cortland\, where she teaches courses on multicultural and African American literature\, feminist theory\, and digital humanities. In addition to publishing Open Admissions\, she has had research appear in MELUS\, American Literature\, Modern Fiction Studies\, Keywords for Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities\, Digital Humanities Quarterly\, and Hybrid Pedagogy as well as Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Education. She is currently working on a project about the radical writers and artists who taught at Livingston College (part of Rutgers University) in the 1970s. \nOops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/access-and-the-poor-college-a-conversation-with-matt-brim-and-danica-savonick/ LOCATION:Hybrid (Lamson 003 and Zoom) CATEGORIES:Six Pack END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T141500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20250114T193853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T193854Z UID:10000633-1741788000-1741788900@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Towards a Poor College: Shaping Our Priorities in an Era of Austerity DESCRIPTION:In the United States\, there are schools with large endowments and immense financial resources … and there are other types of schools such as underfunded regional public universities. The truth is\, most American students go to poor colleges\, not rich ones. Instead of seeing the poor college as a place of lack\, might we find some benefits in such an environment? Drawing on ideas from Virginia Woolf\, Jerzy Grotowski\, and\, especially\, the work of Matt Brim and Danica Savonick\, Matthew Cheney teases out some ideas about what really matters in education and how we might position ourselves as proud members of a poor college movement. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/towards-a-poor-college-shaping-our-priorities-in-an-era-of-austerity-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Six Pack ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T091500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20250114T193647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T193647Z UID:10000632-1741251600-1741252500@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Towards a Poor College: Shaping Our Priorities in an Era of Austerity DESCRIPTION:In the United States\, there are schools with large endowments and immense financial resources … and there are other types of schools such as underfunded regional public universities. The truth is\, most American students go to poor colleges\, not rich ones. Instead of seeing the poor college as a place of lack\, might we find some benefits in such an environment? Drawing on ideas from Virginia Woolf\, Jerzy Grotowski\, and\, especially\, the work of Matt Brim and Danica Savonick\, Matthew Cheney teases out some ideas about what really matters in education and how we might position ourselves as proud members of a poor college movement. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/towards-a-poor-college-shaping-our-priorities-in-an-era-of-austerity/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Six Pack ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T110000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20241014T174306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T174306Z UID:10000620-1733475600-1733482800@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Justice & Security AU Meeting: Retention and Persistence DESCRIPTION:This is a closed meeting for members of the Justice & Security AU and the CoLab. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/justice-security-au-meeting-retention-and-persistence/ LOCATION:CoLab (Lamson Library 003) CATEGORIES:Closed Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T144500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240813T184949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T185013Z UID:10000442-1731421800-1731422700@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Rehydrating the Classroom: Getting through the Final Month DESCRIPTION:Presenters: Hannah Mallon & Martha Burtis\, PSU Open CoLab \nAs we enter the final weeks of the semester\, it can feel like everyone’s energy is depleted. The CoLab staff will present a few ideas for re-energizing the classroom and getting over the finish line.  \nLook for another offering of this session on November 4th.  \nOops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/rehydrating-the-classroom-getting-through-the-final-month-2/ LOCATION:Microsoft Teams Meeting CATEGORIES:Six Pack END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241104T133000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20241014T181918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T181919Z UID:10000621-1730721600-1730727000@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:New Faculty Lunch DESCRIPTION:This is a closed lunch event for new\, full-time faculty at PSU. If you received an invitation\, please register below.Oops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/new-faculty-lunch/ LOCATION:CoLab (Lamson Library 003) CATEGORIES:Closed Event ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241104T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241104T110000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240813T184700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T185007Z UID:10000441-1730716200-1730718000@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Rehydrating the Classroom: Getting through the Final Month DESCRIPTION:Presenters: Hannah Mallon & Martha Burtis\, PSU Open CoLab \nAs we enter the final weeks of the semester\, it can feel like everyone’s energy is depleted. The CoLab staff will present a few ideas for re-energizing the classroom and getting over the finish line.  \nLook for another offering of this session on November 12th.  \nOops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/rehydrating-the-classroom-getting-through-the-final-month/ LOCATION:Microsoft Teams Meeting CATEGORIES:Six Pack END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T144500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240813T182219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T182308Z UID:10000440-1729607400-1729608300@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Teaching Academic Reading: Beyond Highlighters and Sticky-notes DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Kenneth Logan\, PSU English \nReading academic texts is different from reading fantasy novels and Instagram posts. We will cover practical approaches to supporting students in tackling multisyllabic words\, grasping complex syntax\, navigating unfamiliar text structures\, and monitoring their own reading comprehension. \nLook for another offering of this session on October 14th.  URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/teaching-academic-reading-beyond-highlighters-and-sticky-notes-2/ LOCATION:Microsoft Teams Meeting CATEGORIES:Six Pack ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T104500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240813T182031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T182257Z UID:10000439-1728901800-1728902700@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Teaching Academic Reading: Beyond Highlighters and Sticky-notes DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Kenneth Logan\, PSU English \nReading academic texts is different from reading fantasy novels and Instagram posts. We will cover practical approaches to supporting students in tackling multisyllabic words\, grasping complex syntax\, navigating unfamiliar text structures\, and monitoring their own reading comprehension. \nLook for another offering of this session on October 22nd.  URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/teaching-academic-reading-beyond-highlighters-and-sticky-notes/ LOCATION:Microsoft Teams Meeting CATEGORIES:Six Pack ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241005 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240424T195741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240424T195741Z UID:10000429-1727049600-1728086399@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Design Forward: Introduction to Pedagogy DESCRIPTION:More information coming soon! URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/design-forward-introduction-to-pedagogy/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Design Forward ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T141500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240813T181539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T152136Z UID:10000438-1726840800-1726841700@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Building Bridges Across Deep Divides DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Alberto Ramos\, PSU IDEA Center \nEntering into election season\, it’s no secret that our country is deeply divided. This session will focus on strategies to build bridges in the classroom amongst deeply divided perspectives. \nLook for an additional offering of this session on September 12th. \nOops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/building-bridges-across-deep-divides-2/ LOCATION:Microsoft Teams Meeting CATEGORIES:Inclusion,Public,Six Pack ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T101500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240813T181253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T152120Z UID:10000437-1726135200-1726136100@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Building Bridges Across Deep Divides DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Alberto Ramos\, PSU IDEA Center \nEntering into election season\, it’s no secret that our country is deeply divided. This session will focus on strategies to build bridges in the classroom amongst deeply divided perspectives. \nLook for an additional offering of this session on September 20th. \nOops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/building-bridges-across-deep-divides/ LOCATION:Microsoft Teams Meeting CATEGORIES:Inclusion,Public,Six Pack ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T170000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240222T171542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T171601Z UID:10000421-1715677200-1715706000@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Spring Pedagogy Institute 2024: Teaching (in) GenZ DESCRIPTION:Join the CoLab for the first Spring Pedagogy Institute (SPIN) on May 14th from 9AM to 5PM. This year\, the focus will be on “Teaching (in) GenZ: Our Changing Information Ecosystem.” We will be joined by Dave Cormier of the University of Windsor and author of Learning in a Time of Abundance: The Community Is the Curriculum. He will offer a brief\, virtual provocation about how learners today are adapting to the changing landscape of information and technology. \nIn the afternoon\, PSU faculty are invited to present about their own teaching successes and challenges during a series of 15-20 minute “fast blasts.” \nAfter the formal SPIN program has ended\, the event will continue with “Bonus Track: Focus on HoME” during which faculty of HoME will lead a series of sessions designed to help us take the HoME program to the next level. \nMore information (including registration and presentation submissions forms) are available on the SPIN website. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/spin24-2/ LOCATION:Heritage Commmons CATEGORIES:HoME,Information Literacy,SPIN END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T160000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240318T172941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240424T191836Z UID:10000426-1714057200-1714060800@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:CANCELLED The AI Challenge: A Wrap-Up Conversation DESCRIPTION:The CoLab invites anyone participating in our AI Challenge April “play along” to join us for one of two synchronous\, online events to discuss the work of the module. This is an opportunity to meet with others who participated in the program and discuss what you learned\, what questions you have\, and how you see yourself using or not using AI in your own teaching. \nBoth events will be held on Thursday\, April 25th. The morning one will be at 10AM EDT and the afternoon one will be at 3PM  EDT. Please register below for the afternoon event. If you prefer to attend in the morning\, please visit the page for that event. \n  URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/the-ai-challenge-a-wrap-up-conversation-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:AI,Design Forward ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T110000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240318T172736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T173801Z UID:10000425-1714039200-1714042800@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:The AI Challenge: A Wrap-Up Conversation DESCRIPTION:The CoLab invites anyone participating in our AI Challenge April “play-along” to join us for one of two synchronous\, online events to discuss the work of the module. This is an opportunity to meet with others who participated in the program and discuss what you learned\, what questions you have\, and how you see yourself using or not using AI in your own teaching. \nBoth events will be held on Thursday\, April 25th. The morning one will be at 10AM EDT and the afternoon one will be at 3PM  EDT. Please register below for the morning event. If you prefer to attend in the afternoon\, please visit the page for that event. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/the-ai-challenge-a-wrap-up-conversation/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:AI,Design Forward ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240402 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240222T172349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T172349Z UID:10000422-1711929600-1712015999@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:The AI Challenge DESCRIPTION:Join the CoLab for a month-long exploration of The AI Challenge\, a new Design Forward module about the use of generative AI for teaching and learning. Starting on April 1st\, we will be working through the module for the entire month\, covering a topic each week\, with an expected time commitment of about 1-3 hours per week. We invite anyone who is interested (at PSU or beyond) to register for this opportunity. We will stay in touch with registrants by email to provide reminders and (just a little) nudge for accountability if it helps. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/the-ai-challenge/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:AI ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240223T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240223T173000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20231218T175423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231218T192207Z UID:10000418-1708704000-1708709400@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:A BOThersome Challenge: Developing A Framework with Generative AI in Teaching and Learning DESCRIPTION:This interactive discussion will explore some of the challenges and considerations that faculty are navigating as they reconcile the rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence tools and the implications for their work\, their teaching\, and their students.  The session will include opportunities to learn from other faculty\, interact with generative AI\, evaluate its outputs\, and develop some initial approaches to the challenges and opportunities that generative AI represents in higher education.  Participants should come prepared with a willingness to share their use-cases and concerns as well as  laptops to engage with generative AI as part of the session. \nSpeaker Bio \nLance Eaton is the Director of Faculty Development & Innovation at College Unbound\, a part-time instructor at North Shore Community College\, and a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts\, Boston with a dissertation that focuses on how scholars engage in academic piracy. His work engages with the possibility of digital tools for expanding teaching and learning communities while considering the various deep issues and questions that educational technologies open up for students\, faculty\, and higher ed as a whole. He has given talks\, written about\, and presented at conferences on artificial intelligence generative tools in education\, academic piracy\, open access\, OER\, open pedagogy\, hybrid flexible learning\, and digital service-learning. His musings\, reflections\, and ramblings on AI and Education can be found on his blog: https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/ \nThere will be a cash bar at this event\, so please bring money if you would like to enjoy an adult beverage! Snacks will be served as well! \nOops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/a-bothersome-challenge-developing-a-framework-with-generative-ai-in-teaching-and-learning/ LOCATION:Frost Commons CATEGORIES:AI END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240224 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20240124T174039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T174039Z UID:10000419-1707696000-1708732799@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Design Forward: Tech & Tools DESCRIPTION:See https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/design-forward/ for info! URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/design-forward-tech-tools-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Design Forward ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230224T170000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20230131T183525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T183525Z UID:10000377-1676275200-1677258000@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Technology & Tools (Design Forward Module) DESCRIPTION:This module is for faculty who want an opportunity to consider technology tools through a more intentional lens–and to consider how their choice of technology and tools can support or thwart their teaching and design philosophies. \nThe format for this program is asynchronous and online. Participants will receive details about how to access and participate in the program after they have applied and are accepted.  URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/technology-tools-design-forward-module/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Closed (PSU Only),Design Forward ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T123000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20221212T153618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T155711Z UID:10000375-1674118800-1674131400@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Technology Jumpstart 2023 DESCRIPTION:Join the CoLab and ET&S for a half-day of programming related to digital pedagogy and academic technology. \n9:00am-10:00am – Emerging Considerations in Technology & Pedagogy\n \nWondering what’s going on with Musk’s Twitter and what you should know about it? Concerned about the latest AI tools that everyone is talking about and what they mean for your students? Thinking you may want to jump into the waters of Plymouth Create and build digital fluency more organically into your courses? This one-hour overview will provide an overview of the latest technology news and trends that may impact your students and your pedagogy. \nSession Registration: Emerging Considerations\nCoLab Event Registration: Technology Jumpstart 2023\, 01/19/2023\n\n\nName\n \n First\n \n Last\n \nThis event is restricted to PSU community members. Please be sure to enter your Plymouth email address to submit this registration. This event is restricted to USNH community members. Please be sure to enter your UNH\, GSC\, Keene\, or Plymouth email address to submit this registration. PSU Email Address\n \n USNH Email Address\n \n Email Address\n \n From your email address\, it looks like you may not be affiliated with Plymouth State University. Please tell us in a sentence or two about your interest in this program. \n\nYour Attendance Preference\nThis is a hybrid event. You may choose to attend in-person or via an online meeting room. Please indicate which format you intend to use. NOTE: You will receive a confirmation email with the in-person and virtual locations.\n \n In Person\n \n Virtual\n \n I’m not sure\n \nCAPTCHAEmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nΔ \n\n \n Session Registration\n \n10:00am- 11:00am – Course Design and Organization  \nThis session will go over making your Canvas course more aesthetically appealing. We will go over how to make a home page and add images\, as well as how to select a pre-designed course template.  This session will also cover general course organization   \n \n Session Registration\n \n11:00 am- 11:30am- Setting Up Your Gradebook  \nLearn about grading in the Canvas Gradebook – how to set up the Gradebook\, weight grades\, and hide grades\, and set up missing and late policy. \n \n Session Registration\n \n12:00pm- 12:30pm- Microsoft OneDrive LTIs – Leverage the differences for impact and engagement  \nIn this 30-minute hands-on demonstration\, we will compare key differences and best practices for the O365 and MS OneDrive LTIs. There are several tools that you can take advantage of that will help both you and your students improve workflow and make the process of sharing documents and submitting work much more streamlined. \n \n Session Registration URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/technology-jumpstart-2023/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Closed (PSU Only),Pedagogy,Technology,Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221208T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221208T160000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20221128T192004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221128T192010Z UID:10000371-1670509800-1670515200@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Mastodon Migration Extravaganza DESCRIPTION:Join the CoLab for a workshop on moving off of commercial social networking platforms (like Twitter) and onto the open-source tool Mastodon — or learn how to just add Mastodon as another communication tool in your kit. We will talk about both the philosophical and technical differences between Mastodon and commercial providers\, and participants will have an opportunity to get signed up and get started. \n  \n  \n Oops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/mastodon-migration-extravaganza/ LOCATION:Hybrid (Lamson 003 and Zoom) CATEGORIES:Closed (PSU Only),Workshop ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221111T170000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20220525T150158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220525T183513Z UID:10000342-1667203200-1668186000@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Formats & Modalities (Design Forward Module) DESCRIPTION:This module is for faculty who are exploring a change of course modality (switching between F2F\, hybrid\, online asynch\, online synch\, hyflex\, etc.). We will talk about the experiences and affordances of different formats and how to create courses that respect these differences. Throughout\, we will make sure our design and preparation reflect our own personal teaching and design philosophies. It is part of the larger Design Forward program offered by the CoLab; participation is by application and all participants must also register for and attend the Design Forward Orientation module. A limited number of stipends are available. \nThe format for this program is asynchronous and online. Participants will receive details about how to access and participate in the program after they have applied and are accepted.  \n  URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/formats-modalities-f22/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Closed (PSU Only),Design Forward ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T170000 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20211215T144739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220713T152412Z UID:10000164-1664179200-1665162000@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:Introduction to Pedagogy (Design Forward Module) DESCRIPTION:This module is designed for faculty who are newer to teaching and would like the opportunity to think more about pedagogy in a supported\, collegial environment. It is part of the larger Design Forward program offered by the CoLab; participation is by application and all participants must also register for and attend the Design Forward Orientation module. A limited number of stipends are available. \nThe format for this program is asynchronous and online. Participants will receive details about how to access and participate in the program after they have applied and are accepted.  \n  URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/introduction-to-pedagogy-f22/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Closed (PSU Only),Design Forward ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T121500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20220713T151305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T124822Z UID:10000351-1663243200-1663244100@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:15in15: Make Your Home on the Web DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of getting signed up and started on Plymouth Create\, PSU’s own Domain of One’s Own initiative. Use it to set up a simple website\, share your syllabus\, or create a course resource.Oops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/make-your-home-on-the-web/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:15in15,Closed (PSU Only) ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220912T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220912T121500 DTSTAMP:20260505T051253 CREATED:20220713T150503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T141308Z UID:10000348-1662984000-1662984900@colab.plymouthcreate.net SUMMARY:15in15: Give Your Course a Visual Facelift DESCRIPTION:Get oriented to Canva\, an online tool for designing just about anything. Refresh your syllabi\, overhaul a resource or handout\, or get ideas for incorporating design assignments into your courses. Oops! We could not locate your form. URL:https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/event/give-your-course-a-visual-facelift/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:15in15,Closed (PSU Only) ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Burtis":MAILTO:mfburtis@plymouth.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR