Upcoming Events

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Winter Break Virtual Mindfulness Workshop

Monday, December 30, 2024 11:00am to 12:15pm
Virtual
Intro to Mindfulness® is an evidence-based curriculum specifically designed for teaching mindfulness, meditation, and stress management to college students and other young adults. The Intro to Mindfulness program is… taught in four weekly 75-minute classes (a brief model to accommodate busy student schedules) structured with daily homework of a mindfulness log and 10 minutes of mindfulness practice taught in small groups Register here: https://studentwellness.uiowa.edu/programs...
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Winter Break Virtual Mindfulness Workshop

Monday, January 6, 2025 11:00am to 12:15pm
Virtual
Intro to Mindfulness® is an evidence-based curriculum specifically designed for teaching mindfulness, meditation, and stress management to college students and other young adults. The Intro to Mindfulness program is… taught in four weekly 75-minute classes (a brief model to accommodate busy student schedules) structured with daily homework of a mindfulness log and 10 minutes of mindfulness practice taught in small groups Register here: https://studentwellness.uiowa.edu/programs...

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, January 13, 11:00am to Monday, December 8, 2025 12:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
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Winter Break Virtual Mindfulness Workshop

Monday, January 13, 2025 11:00am to 12:15pm
Virtual
Intro to Mindfulness® is an evidence-based curriculum specifically designed for teaching mindfulness, meditation, and stress management to college students and other young adults. The Intro to Mindfulness program is… taught in four weekly 75-minute classes (a brief model to accommodate busy student schedules) structured with daily homework of a mindfulness log and 10 minutes of mindfulness practice taught in small groups Register here: https://studentwellness.uiowa.edu/programs...
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Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFE): Basic ICON Tips

Monday, January 13, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
Join us to learn some basics to help make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. This session will be focusing on how to improve some easy-to-fix challenges in site design, such as usage of headings, tables, or color contrast, so you can make sure any user can navigate and use your site with ease. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone. Register to attend. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides...

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event link...
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Copy Cat Academy: The Art of the Course Copy

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
Learn how to copy an ICON course for a new semester in this step-by-step workshop. We'll cover settings, integrated tools, and common pitfalls to avoid. Register for the event. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data, and advanced classroom and instructional technology. To learn more about the services we offer, please visit our website at teac...
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Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFE): Alternative Text

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual
Join us to learn some basics to help make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. This session will be focusing on how and why to use alternative text in your course site. We'll talk about why alternative text is important and practice writing alt text for images for your courses. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone. Register to attend. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and...
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Rocklin Teaching and Learning Speaker Series: Dr. Bryan Dewsbury

Thursday, January 16, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
We will revisit a more comprehensive view of what is possible from a high-quality education experience. While subject matter expertise will always be important, college classrooms afford us an opportunity to engage the whole student in ways that prepares them to be respectful, engaged, and open-minded members of an evolving democracy. For this to happen we must define our teaching as an opportunity to walk students from their current state of readiness to a place where they can view and work...
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Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFE): Video Captions and Audio Transcriptions

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual
Join us to learn some basics to help make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. This session will be focusing on ensuring your video and audio materials are usable by all your students. We'll talk about creating captions for videos and offering transcriptions for audio. By making these changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone. Register to attend. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to...