Armory building, room 428

Do you ever feel a disconnect between how much you and your students care about the material or assignments in a course? To increase students' motivation, it is key to recognize how assignments and activities can relate to real situations that matter to your students. Come learn how theories of motivation can help you design authentic activities that give students the opportunity to become self-motivated learners in your classroom.

This is a TA-to-TA workshop, offered by one of CITL's Graduate Affiliates.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

room 428, Armory Bldg.  Enter from the far southwest corner of the building.

Bring your laptop and set-up your Adobe Spark login (no cost, nothing to download) to join in a friendly hands-on competition to create a well designed, pedagogically innovative, multimodal assignment prompt.  Prizes for best prompt in each discipline, best overall design, and best first-time web designer.  This workshop will enable us to practice what we are preaching about transformative pedagogies and leave with a tangible, sharable assignment prompt.  Follow these simple steps to set up your free, online Adobe Spark account the day before the faculty retreat.

Simple steps for setting up an Adobe Spark Account the day before the retreat. No later than Thu Feb 21:

1. All staff/faculty who want access to Adobe Cloud need to go through the following offer (https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=3420&shopby=2) to enroll in the AD group that provides access through the Adobe Portal.  After completion, I believe it takes 30 minutes for netid to propagate to the Adobe portal and then access allowed without issue using Enterprise ID.

2. go to http://spark.adobe.com

3. select "login in" in the top-right corner

4. click "Log in with school account"

5. follow the U of IL enterprise log-in steps

6. when you see "Welcome to Spark" you are in and ready to create!

* contact Robert Baird (r-baird@illinois.edu) at CITL if you need help.

Illini Union Rooms ABC

At the retreat, we will take the opportunity to highlight and engage in conversation the stories and experiences of our exemplary teachers who offer creative and innovative learning environments for student success. We will feature video vignettes, interactive theatre, teaching simulations, and examples of technology-enhanced learning.

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As scholars and practitioners in the fields of healthcare and health communication, it is critical for us to understand the current challenges inherent to healthcare practice and research as well as share the newest innovations overcoming these barriers.

Armory building, room 428

Learn to respond to student writing in ways that are efficient, consistent, and valuable to students. You will consider goals and how your response can be a part of your teaching method. A toolkit of strategies will help you tackle a daunting pile of term papers, essays, lab reports, etc.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

A remix is a piece of media (songs; photographs; videos) which has been altered from its original state by adding, combing, and/or redefining portions of the original.  This workshop will explore how to develop remix assignments to challenge your students to not only consume popular media, but to contribute to our cultural landscape by examining and re-purposing existing media messages.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate, the Teacher Scholar Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Additional Post-Retreat workshops include:

• Wednesday February 27^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Visual Storytelling: Theory and Practice
• Monday March 11^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Multimodal Assignments with Adobe Spark
• Thursday March 14^th  12:00 – 1:00 pm Sound Advice: Audio Storytelling for Everyone
• Tuesday March 26^th 4:00 – 5:00 pm Building the Past: Using Design Applications and Virtual Reality in the Social Studies Classroom
• Thursday March 28^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Leverage High-Impact Learning with ePortfolio

G8A Foreign Languages Building

This course will show you how to run the most common bivariate statistical analyses in SPSS. Topics covered include:

1. Chi-square
2. T-Tests
3. One-way ANOVA
4. Bivariate Correlation
5. Bivariate Regression
6. Multivariate Regression

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

This presentation will discuss how to create multimedia projects that have cinematic imagery and engaging stories. This workshop will take you through the entire media production process: from initial concept to final professional product, highlighting the technical and instructional resources available at the Media Commons @ the UGL.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate, the Teacher Scholar Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Additional Post-Retreat workshops include:

• Tuesday February 26^th 4:00 – 5:00 pm Remix Your Assignments: Student-Centered Remixes Across Genres, Across Discipline

• Monday March 11^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Multimodal Assignments with Adobe Spark

• Thursday March 14^th  12:00 – 1:00 pm Sound Advice: Audio Storytelling for Everyone

• Tuesday March 26^th 4:00 – 5:00 pm Building the Past: Using Design Applications and Virtual Reality in the Social Studies Classroom

• Thursday March 28^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Leverage High-Impact Learning with ePortfolio

Armory 428

Join us in Armory 428 on February 27 to learn about the basic use of Compass 2g. We'll cover the introductory aspects of how Compass works, how to get started with your course, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Please bring a laptop, if possible.

TechHub - Armory Room 151A

CITL Innovation Spaces are hosting a variety of hands-on emerging technology topics for beginners. Workshops are open to everyone. (Note: This workshop counts towards the Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching.)

All workshops are free and scheduled to last one hour. Details are listed, below.

3D Scanning with Structure – Wednesday, February 27th at 3pm at the TechHub (151A Armory)

• Learn how to scan real life objects with the Structure scanner in the TechHub and the possible uses for digital models. Participants will scan an object/person in 3D and send themselves the digital model.
• Requirements: none

Room 428 Armory Buildling (Southwest corner of the building)

Workshop Series: Preparing to Take the EPI

These four workshops are designed for Graduate Students who plan to take the EPI. The workshops are free, but registration is required. Space is limited, so register early at http://go.illinois.edu/EPI_Workshop_Registration. First-time test-takers and students re-taking the EPI are eligible to attend. Each workshop will focus on a different part of the EPI, including the EPI's structure, how it's scored, preparation tips, definition of terms, responding to open-ended questions, strategies for effective interviewing, and activities and resources you can use on your own to prepare for the EPI. During each session, you'll also have time to practice what you've learned and receive brief feedback. Detailed information about the EPI can be found at http://citl.illinois.edu/citl-101/measurement-evaluation/english-proficiency-interview.

Questions? Email us at citl-epi-info@illinois.edu.

Location: Room 428, Armory Building  (Southwest corner of the Armory Building)

G8A Foreign Languages Building

This course will show you how to run the most common bivariate statistical analyses in SAS. Topics covered include:

1. Chi-square
2. Independent Samples T-Tests
3. One-way ANOVA
4. Bivariate Correlation
5. Bivariate Regression
6. Multivariate Regression

Join us on Friday, March 1st between 10a.m. and 3p.m. for refreshments, a tour of the newly modernized armory, and to learn about the services that CITL offers faculty, staff, and students. 

Armory building, room 428

Most of us rely on visual content and resources in the classroom and online, but how can we be sure our classes are engaging and accessible for students with visual disabilities? In this fun and interactive workshop we’ll explore the benefits of universal design to improve student learning, and work in groups to modify common course materials and make them more accessible. Bring your laptop and any course materials including syllabus, documents, power point slides, and websites. Be prepared to download useful apps; all other handouts and resources provided. This workshop counts toward CITL teaching certificates.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

G8A Foreign Languages Building

After attending the R workshop, you will be able to understand:

1. Basic R syntax

2. Common R packages

3. Importing data sets from other software such as SPSS, Excel, and Stata

4. Computing new variables and recoding variables

5. Creating frequency and contingency tables

6. Obtaining univariate statistics

7. Handling output

Armory 428

Join us in Armory 428 on March 6 to learn about the basic use of the iClicker and to receive an introduction on incorporating the iClicker into the pedagogy of your course. We'll cover how to set up and use the clicker, how to get clicker scores into your LMS gradebook, how to handle some common problems, and then go into some interesting expanded use of the clicker to enhance your course.

Armory building, room 428

In this workshop, participants will be review active learning and it's benefits. Participants will then explore a number of active learning techniques.  Finally, participants will plan how to incorporate these techniques into their teaching. 

This is a TA-to-TA workshop, offered by one of CITL's Graduate Affiliates.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

With the rise of Virtual/Augmented reality experiences and 360 cameras many consumer level tools are becoming available to work with audio in an immersive, object-based context. The most accessible and widely adapted of these tools is Ambisonic Audio. This workshop will give a brief overview of the history and theory of Ambisonic Audio then dig in to the hardware, software and workflows to incorporate it into your VR and traditional media projects.

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

Spark is a suite of free, cloud-based applications that allow you to easily incorporate multimodal assignments within your course. Whether you want students to work with text and imagery, build their own webpages or create a simple video, Adobe Spark removes the learning curve and tech support typically required. Registration required, bring your own device.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate, the Teacher Scholar Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Additional Post-Retreat workshops include:

• Tuesday February 26^th 4:00 – 5:00 pm Remix Your Assignments: Student-Centered Remixes Across Genres, Across Disciplines
• Wednesday February 27^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Visual Storytelling: Theory and Practice
• Thursday March 14^th  12:00 – 1:00 pm Sound Advice: Audio Storytelling for Everyone
• Tuesday March 26^th 4:00 – 5:00 pm Building the Past: Using Design Applications and Virtual Reality in the Social Studies Classroom
• Thursday March 28^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Leverage High-Impact Learning with ePortfolio

Armory building, room 428

Using copyrighted materials in class? Using copyrighted materials in research? If the answer to one or both of these questions is “yes” then this workshop is for you. Come and discuss how to use materials in your courses and research in a lawful manner.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate, the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching, or the Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching.

G8A Foreign Languages Building

This course will show you how to run the most common bivariate statistical analyses in R. Topics covered include:

1. Chi-square and Fisher's exact test
2. Two-Independent samples t-test
3. One-way ANOVA
4. Bivariate correlation
5. Bivariate regression
6. Multivariate regression

Armory building, room 428

The use of humor is effective in motivating students, relieving anxiety, and building rapport.  It is also awesome.  We’ll talk about why you should bring humor into your class, the types of humor available to you, the types of humor to avoid, and more!  Absolutely no giraffes or harmonicas permitted!!

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

The Illini Gadget Garage is a collaborative repair center that assists consumers with troubleshooting and minor repairs for personally-owned electronics and small appliances. Join us to learn how to fix your own devices during this free Pop-In Repair Clinic offered in CITL’s Innovation Studio (Armory 172).

An additional Pop-Up Repair Clinic is scheduled for Friday April 26^th 3:00 – 5:30 pm. 

Interested in scheduling an individual consult with Illini Gadget Garage staff, please email jwentwor@illinois.edu

Armory building, room 428

What is this thing you’re supposed to include in your application? Some institutions call it a teaching philosophy, some a teaching statement, others a teaching philosophy statement, but more and more places require such a document from applicants for faculty positions.

I’ll be honest with you: your teaching philosophy statement is difficult to write, and different institutions want different things out of it. But there are some general rules you can follow to help your statement do its job of telling your future colleagues what kind of teacher you are and will be.

Come to this workshop to begin the process of identifying your teaching philosophy, deciding which parts of it belong in your statement, and avoiding common mistakes.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

Dr. Andrew Wilson, a teaching associate at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School, will demonstrate some of the approaches that he has developed in his own courses and discuss the practical application of Design and VR-inflected pedagogy in the humanities. Building on his own experiences teaching in secondary education, Dr. Wilson will discuss the hardware (HTC Vive and the Google Cardboard virtual reality systems), applications (Tinkercad, Google Earth VR, Poly, and Tilt Brush), and theoretical approaches (project-based and student-centered) that illustrate his approach to using virtual reality in the humanities classroom.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate, the Teacher Scholar Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Additional Post-Retreat workshops include:

• Tuesday February 26^th 4:00 – 5:00 pm Remix Your Assignments: Student-Centered Remixes Across Genres, Across Disciplines
• Wednesday February 27^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Visual Storytelling: Theory and Practice
• Monday March 11^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Multimodal Assignments with Adobe Spark
• Thursday March 14^th  12:00 – 1:00 pm Sound Advice: Audio Storytelling for Everyone
• Thursday March 28^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Leverage High-Impact Learning with ePortfolio

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

Having one or more portfolios focused on learning can give students a huge advantage in understanding their learning style and retaining access to the evidence of their learning while at the University of Illinois. In this workshop we will introduce you to Digication, an ePortfolio tool provided free to all faculty, staff and students, and discuss some ways to think about ePortfolio creation in and out of the classroom.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate, the Teacher Scholar Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Additional Post-Retreat workshops include:

• Tuesday February 26^th 4:00 – 5:00 pm Remix Your Assignments: Student-Centered Remixes Across Genres, Across Disciplines
• Wednesday February 27^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Visual Storytelling: Theory and Practice
• Monday March 11^th 12:00 – 1:00 pm Multimodal Assignments with Adobe Spark
• Thursday March 14^th  12:00 – 1:00 pm Sound Advice: Audio Storytelling for Everyone
• Tuesday March 26^th 4:00 – 5:00 pm Building the Past: Using Design Applications and Virtual Reality in the Social Studies Classroom

TechHub - Armory Room 151A

CITL Innovation Spaces are hosting a variety of hands-on emerging technology topics for beginners. Workshops are open to everyone. (Note: This workshop counts towards the Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching.)

All workshops are free and scheduled to last one hour. Details are listed, below.

3D Printing/Design with Thingiverse, Tinkercad, and Ultimaker – Friday, April 26th at 11am at the TechHub (151A Armory)

• Find out the many ways to create, get, and share 3D print models from borrowing modifying other people’s designs to creating your own. Participants will design and print a small 3D model that they can take with them.
• Requirements: Laptop, free Thingiverse and Tinkercad accounts

Armory 172 (Innovation Studio)

Throughout your life you will, almost certainly, give presentations. We’ve all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform our students the best? Is it only about the PowerPoint or are there other techniques that leave a lasting impression on the audience? In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand. http:/go.illinois.edu/presentation

Note: This workshop counts towards, the Graduate Teacher Certificate, the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching, or the Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching.

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

Come learn the basics of soldering electrical components with the help of the Illini Gadget Garage. This quick, hands-on workshop will introduce you to common soldering tools and techniques while putting together your own small soldering project.

Armory building, room 428

In this workshop, we will discuss all the steps necessary for providing a fun, interactive learning experience to all the students in your laboratory class. Topics include: course planning, group work, providing effective demonstrations, experiment review and more. 

This is a TA-to-TA workshop, designed for TAs and offered by one of CITL's Graduate Affiliates.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Armory building, room 428

It’s actually pretty common to teach material that might be a bit of a stretch for you.  Perhaps you are teaching a large survey course, and you haven’t kept up with the recent developments in every sub-field of your discipline (nor could you).  Or perhaps a colleague is on sabbatical and you are stepping in for a semester to teach something in an area adjacent to, but not quite in, your area of expertise.  Maybe you want to connect your material to other fields, but of course you aren’t an expert in that other field yourself.  Using ideas from Therese Huston’s excellent book Teaching What You Don’t Know, we’ll discover some strategies for comfortably and confidently teaching material that is not your specialty.

This workshop counts towards the Graduate Teacher Certificate or the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching.

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

Dexter is a free chatbot platform that uses the RiveScript, an easy to learn AI scripting language. It allows users to quickly create chatbots for multiple uses, including both web and hand-held interfaces as well as Alexa apps. In this presentation, you'll learn the basics of RiveScript, how to create an account in Dexter in which to develop and deploy a chatbot by the end of the session.

TechHub - Armory Room 151A

CITL Innovation Spaces are hosting a variety of hands-on emerging technology topics for beginners. Workshops are open to everyone. (Note: This workshop counts towards the Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching.)

All workshops are free and scheduled to last one hour. Details are listed, below.

Virtual Reality and 360° Cameras with HTC Vive, Oculus Go, phone-based viewers, flat screens, and GoPro Fusion – Friday, April 26th at 11am at the TechHub (151A Armory)

• Learn the many ways to dive into the world of virtual reality. Get hands on action with HTC Vive, Oculus GO, and Virtual Reality through a smartphone.
• Learn to capture 360 spherical images and videos. From this content, create your own virtual reality experiences. Participants, in groups, will record a 360° video which we then experience in an HTC Vive virtual reality headset.
• Requirements: none
• Register below:

Armory Room 172 - Innovation Studio

The Illini Gadget Garage is a collaborative repair center that assists consumers with troubleshooting and minor repairs for personally-owned electronics and small appliances. Join us to learn how to fix your own devices during this free Pop-In Repair Clinic offered in CITL’s Innovation Studio (Armory 172).

Interested in scheduling an individual consult with Illini Gadget Garage staff, please email jwentwor@illinois.edu