Tag: technology
Valpo’s Honor Code and AI
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL Faculty are increasingly encountering AI in the classroom, whether they want it there or not. Not surprising, then, that there is an increase in the number of Honor Council (HC) cases involving...
Virtual Reality in Nursing Classes
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL A nursing student wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset as they take the vitals of a virtual patient? This scenario is not science fiction but science fact at our College of Nursing...
Helping your Students Thrive with Slate for Student Success
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL This fall Valpo is debuting a new student retention system called Slate for Student Success. You can access the system now via this link: https://shine.valpo.edu/portal/faculty-staff. Slate for Student Success replaces the Starfish...
Christ College’s First Year Program Transitions to Canvas
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL Sam Graber, Director of Christ College’s First-Year Program (FYP), oversaw the program’s move from Blackboard to Canvas this past fall. This article, based on an interview, describes that transition, and how Canvas...
January Teaching Tools Symposium
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, CITAL conducted a half-day Symposium on Teaching Tools. Faculty learned from their colleagues and CITAL staff about some of the best online teaching tools available to enhance...
The Power of Leadership in Learning
By Ed Finn, Executive Director, CITAL I was fortunate to attend the 26th Annual International Leadership Association (ILA) Global Conference in Chicago, November 7-10. The impact of leadership in higher education cannot be overstated. In this article, I will mention...
Two Responses to AI and An Innovative Approach to Teaching Ethics
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL In this blog I will share with you three more sessions from the recent Lilly Conference that could be helpful for your own teaching. The first two sessions have very different approaches...
What is Your Favorite Feature of Canvas?
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL Many of you are trying the Canvas LMS for the first time this semester. So we asked you what features of Canvas you have found work best for teaching and learning in...
What is New in ValpoScholar?
By Jon Bull, Associate Professor of Library Science What is ValpoScholar? Since 2011 ValpoScholar has been Valpo’s institutional repository, hosted by the Christopher Center Library. In short, the platform tries to collect the university’s intellectual output in one place. That...
Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies
By Cynthia Rutz, Director of Faculty Development, CITAL Half-way through the semester, both you and your students can start to feel run-down and overworked. Yet some faculty are unaware of the many resources at Valpo for mental, physical, and spiritual...