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CIE Grade-athon: come grade in community May 7

Everyone has grading to do—why not make it fun! The Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) invites you to join us on Wed., May 7, 1-4:30 p.m. in WALC 1087 for a Grade-athon! Purdue instructors: bring your teaching team, final exams/projects/essays (anything that needs to be graded), and grade in community surrounded by snacks, destressers, and CIE support.

This event is open to all Purdue faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and staff in West Lafayette, Indianapolis, and Purdue Polytechnic schools statewide. No registration required, just show up! Come for part or stay a while! Download flyer.

Questions may be emailed to Frances Sobolak fsobolak@purdue.edu or Emma Callahan ejcallah@purdue.edu.

CIE is a member of Innovative Learning, Purdue’s hub approach to connect instructors in Indianapolis and West Lafayette to the resources they need to engage students, develop courses in any instructional modality, and enhance learning across the University. Members include the Center for Instructional Excellence, Libraries and the School of Information Studies and Purdue University Online. To learn more, visit www.purdue.edu/innovativelearning or email InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu.

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Instructors invited to weekly online Pedagogy Circles

The Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) invites all Purdue instructors to join weekly Pedagogy Circles, informal one-hour online discussions led by Purdue’s Student Pedagogy Advocates (SPAs). The Pedagogy Circles will take place every Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 12 via Zoom. Each session of Pedagogy Circles will feature topics for conversation, such as how to create scaffolded learning structures while also encouraging students to embrace challenges and uncertainty.

Please complete this short Qualtrics survey to join the conversations this semester. You will receive email updates on topics and summaries of the discussions. Questions may be emailed to Dan Guberman (dguberma@purdue.edu). 

CIE’s SPA program matches instructors with undergraduate students interested in enhancing teaching and learning at Purdue. SPAs serve as a catalyst, helping instructors think through potential class structures and activities, observing and reporting back on the class to the instructor, and supporting communication between instructors and students enrolled in the course. Email Guberman for more information. 

CIE is a member of Innovative Learning, Purdue’s hub approach to connect instructors to the resources they need to engage students, develop courses in any instructional modality and enhance learning across the University. Other members include Libraries and the School of Information Studies and Purdue University Online. To learn more, visit www.purdue.edu/innovativelearning or email InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu. 

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Join Problematizing Education & Digital Technology Community Discussion Feb. 19

Researchers, educators, activists, parents, and students are invited to come together on Wed., Feb. 19, to discuss some of today’s most pressing questions about the future of education technology (EdTech), including:

• What are some issues regarding EdTech in the Greater Lafayette area?
• What harms are we seeing with digital technology in our schools and universities?
• What role are Big Tech companies or policymakers playing?
• And finally, what possibilities and hopes do we have for the future?
  
  

Purdue’s Tech Justice Lab (TJL), Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Innovation Hub, and Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) invite you to attend this discussion as part of the Critical Studies of Education and Technology (CSET) 2025 worldwide event. This is a hybrid event, onsite at the Klondike Branch of the Tippecanoe County Public Library and on Zoom.

Please register and join us for the following three short (5-minute) presentations, followed by an interactive discussion:

• Anjali Bhati, Purdue, UX Design, “Transdisciplinary Approaches to Critical Teaching with AI”

• Daniel S. Schiff, Purdue, Political Science, “Do You Know Where Your Children Are? Deepfakes in the Classroom”
• Lucas Wiese, Purdue, Computer & Information Technology, “Guiding the Next Generation: Teaching the Ethics of AI”

All are welcome and snacks will be provided! Those who pre-register will receive optional pre-readings and more details about the services available through the Tippecanoe County Public Library. Children are welcome, but no childcare is offered.

Problematizing Education & Digital Technology
a Critical Studies of Education and Technology discussion
Wed., Feb. 19, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Tempest Room, Tippecanoe County Public Library – Klondike Branch
3062 Lindberg Rd, West Lafayette or via Zoom
Register here

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