| | We’re happy to announce that a Top Hat Classroom Pro license will cost only $10 per student per semester for the 2024–25 academic year—a savings of $23 compared to the retail price. Top Hat can make classes more interactive, facilitate class discussions, guide lectures, and allow for polling. Order through the ICON Direct Order Tool by Monday, July 29, to use Top Hat in your fall 2024 courses. | | | ICON Direct is the University of Iowa's initiative for ordering digital content from specific publishers and delivering it to students to address rising textbook costs. During the 2023–2024 academic year, 1,030 course sections with 20,507 students used ICON Direct to deliver course content, with the average amount saved being $200. The order period for summer 2024 ends Monday, April 15, and fall 2024 orders are due by Monday, July 29. Place orders using the ICON Direct Order Tool. | | | | ChatGPT has a reputation for generating hallucinations, or false information. So can an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform be trusted to assist in a literature review? Yes, if the tool you are using is the right one for the job. Try these five AI platforms to assist you in your literature reviews and academic research. | | | Digital Desk, the current solution for Scantron bubble sheets, will be decommissioned, and the Exam Scoring service will be replaced with Gradescope Bubble Sheets for fall 2024. This change is part of the ITS Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology’s ongoing commitment to enhance the educational tools offered by the University of Iowa and was made after interviewing instructors, speaking with governance committees, and performing a service review. | | | | Mark your calendars for the 2024 Unizin Virtual Summit on Tuesday, April 2, and Thursday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Whether you’re an educator, an academic technology enthusiast, or a curious learner, this summit is a great opportunity to learn, connect, and collaborate with peers from higher education. Join this free summit to dive into critical topics such as AI and the future of teaching and learning and tools and platforms to support student success. | | | This year's Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA) recipient is building an AI-enabled teaching assistant. Ibrahim Demir, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, was awarded $53,623 for the third phase of the AI Enabled Intelligent Assistant (AIIA) for Personalized and Adaptive Learning and Advising project. | | | | Join us on Tuesday, March 19, from 2 to 3 p.m. for a celebration of the incredibly versatile, easy-to-use Pressbooks. This software allows you to create eBooks, handbooks, student work collections, portfolios, anthologies, and more. This event will showcase a diverse range of projects from University of Iowa faculty and staff, including Ted Neal, Irene Lottini, Jason Rantanen, eden Jones, and Rachel Klevar. | | | Sometimes you learn the most when things don't go as planned. Join this session on Monday, April 1, from 2 to 3 p.m. to share stories and strategies with other instructors and learn how to foster resilience and creative solutions through past technological challenges. | | | | In this virtual session on Thursday, April 4, from 2 to 3 p.m. we will consider ways to use ICON and other technology tools to apply Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to how students interact with course material and express what they've learned. | | | Are you looking for a way to enhance your teaching, save your students money, and contribute to the global knowledge commons? If so, you should consider applying for the OpenHawks grant program, which supports the adoption, adaptation, and creation of Open Educational Resources at the University of Iowa. The application deadline for the 2024–2025 academic year is Friday, April 26, 2024.
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