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August 24, 2021
Volume 7, Number 1
Welcome Back
Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the 2021 Fall semester! I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am Dr. Bernadette Barton, Professor of Sociology, Director of Gender Studies, and the Interim Director for the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning. I am replacing Dr. Daryl Privott who left some big shoes to fill!

Those of us in the provost’s office hope you are well and experiencing a smooth start to the semester. We know everyone is fatigued with COVID, and appreciate all your work during what has, and continues to be, a trying time for the MSU community.

This is the 7th volume of the Teaching Tuesday newsletter. The previous volumes can be found here.

The FCTL is excited about the upcoming professional/educator development events that will be offered this semester. These include monthly workshops covering online learning, backward design, and student success. You can learning more about the FCTL's upcoming events here. We hope, and are planning, for these events to be face-to-face, but will pivot to online if need be. Please stay tuned for more information.

Wishing you a productive week and an excellent semester!

FCTL
Webinar: Understanding Intersectionality to Advance Postsecondary Education
Dr. Donald Mitchell will (re)introduce participants to the concept of intersectionality and examine how the intersections of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, physical ability, etc. might impact how students and faculty are viewed, understood, and treated. Discussion will focus on how institutions can use intersectionality to advance inclusion and equity for student success.

Date: August 31, 2021
Time: Noon ET
Cost: Free

You can learn more about this upcoming event here and register here.
Inside Higher Education
Preparing for a Fall of Caring for Students

Mays Imad of The Key offers advice for how educators can engage in the “pedagogy of healing” this fall.

Mays Imad looks both back at what students and instructors experienced during the past year and ahead at how they can prepare to teach, learn and support each other this fall.

You can listen here.
Self Care Strategies for Faculty

Janet Alexander & Beth Kelch discuss why those of us who work in higher education should purposefully attend to our important needs, even if only for a short time each day.

Read more here.
How Faculty Can Measure the Impact of Instructional Changes
For some faculty members, redesigning part or all of a course can feel overwhelming. Where do you start? How do you know that you’ve had a positive impact on student learning? As you finalize preparations for the fall, the following steps can provide a roadmap for designing and implementing a plan to improve student learning in your courses.

Elise Demeter, a senior assessment research analyst and associate graduate faculty at the University of North Carolina discusses this and more here.
What I Love About Teaching
"What I Love About Teaching" is a section of the FCTL's newsletter dedicated to posting your responses to that very question.

You can click on the link here to share your response.
Blackboard Buzz
Having trouble adjusting to Blackboard? Blackboard Inc. offers a wide variety of tutorials to help you adapt to the virtual teaching landscape! This tutorial will show you how to set your course entry point page and add a banner image to it.

Email msuonline@moreheadstate.edu for additional information and on-campus support.
Ambassadors for Excellence in Teaching
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