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Higher Ed Disrupted: Upcoming virtual conference will address the future of learning
OVERLAND PARK – The KU Edwards Campus is host of this year’s Virtual Big 12 Teaching and Learning Conference. Higher education instructors are invited to this June 10-11 conference to engage in discussion around how to enhance student learning, the effect of COVID-19 on teaching and learning, inclusive teaching practices, the latest educational research and more.
KUIA awards 10 grants for research and collaboration abroad
LAWRENCE — KU International Affairs has awarded more than $49,000 in travel grants to nine University of Kansas faculty members and one graduate student to support research and collaboration abroad. Through these funds, researchers will travel to nine countries to conduct research, access archives, collaborate with colleagues and strengthen international partnerships.
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Contact: Hannah Lemon, KU Edwards Campus, 913-897-8755, [email protected], @KUEdwardsCampus
Higher Ed Disrupted: Upcoming virtual conference will address the future of learning
OVERLAND PARK – The KU Edwards Campus is host of this year’s Virtual Big 12 Teaching and Learning Conference. Higher education instructors are invited to this conference in June to engage in discussion around how to enhance student learning, the effect of COVID-19 on teaching and learning, inclusive teaching practices, the latest educational research and more.
Many colleges and universities have reported difficulties in knowing how to build upon today’s ability to collaborate with individuals around the globe and access diverse opportunities to learn from one another. Big 12 colleagues will share how to best keep students engaged through alternative course delivery formats and its potential lasting influence on the future of higher education.
The conference features two days full of presentations, interactive workshops, lightning rounds, keynote speakers and more, all offered online. For a full schedule of the two-day conference, visit the conference schedule.
The conference is a timely event for higher education educators to connect with peers and dive into strategies to create enriched learning opportunities and to engage students.
“This conference will provide a platform for faculty, staff and administration to come together and talk about best practices related to assessment, teaching and student learning,” said Ben Wolfe, associate dean of the School of Professional Studies. “This is especially prudent as we navigate the changing landscape of higher education and student learning as brought about by the pandemic.”
The two main events of the conference will be the keynote speaker Brian Beatty, associate professor of instructional technologies at San Francisco State University, and the plenary session by Adrianna Kezar, Wilbur Kieffer Endowed Professor and Dean’s Professor of Leadership, University of Southern California, director of the Pullias Center and director of the Delphi Project.
Beatty will focus on the Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Course Design, which is currently being used in many institutions around the world to teach both classroom and online students in the same courses, with the same instructor, and allow students the choice of participation mode. He will highlight the strategic values of HyFlex delivery, four fundamental design principles and a recommended design process.
Kezar’s session will explore some of the unintentional lessons from the COVID-19 crisis, during which campuses ramped up professional development for teaching online. One of the byproducts of this effort was enhanced support for lecturers and adjuncts at many campuses.
The Virtual Big 12 Teaching and Learning Conference takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 10-11. Those interested in attending can visit the registration page.
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Contact: Christine Metz Howard, International Affairs, [email protected], @KUintlaffairs
KUIA awards 10 grants for research and collaboration abroad
LAWRENCE — KU International Affairs has awarded more than $49,000 in travel grants to nine University of Kansas faculty members and a graduate senior to support research and collaboration abroad.
These competitively awarded funds were dispersed among faculty and students in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and schools of Journalism & Mass Communication and Social Welfare. Through these funds, faculty and students will travel to nine countries on four continents to conduct research, access archives, collaborate with colleagues and strengthen international partnerships.
Recipients will use the funds between now and June 30, 2022.
FACULTY GRANTS
South, Southeast and East Asia Fund
The South, Southeast and East Asia Fund develops, strengthens and maintains institutional exchanges and academic collaborations between KU and counterparts at selected postsecondary institutions within Asia. Grant recipients include:
Michael Krueger, professor of visual art, who will travel to Japan to build relationships and develop creative projects in tandem with international partners. This visit will result in a co-curated exhibition for U.S. artists in Tokyo and a co-curated exhibition of contemporary Japanese artists in Kansas City, Missouri.
Deborah Smith, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, who will travel to the Philippines to sample and research the diversity of stingless bee species across major islands. Her research will provide significant insights into conservation and the biogeography of island species.
Akiko Takeyama, associate professor of women, gender & sexuality studies, who will travel to Tokyo to conduct archival research, participant observations and in-depth interviews to examine the often invisible and silenced lives of poverty-stricken single parents in contemporary Japan.
Hong Vu, assistant professor of journalism & mass communications, will travel to Vietnam to collaborate with colleagues at the Academy of Journalism and Communication and Vietnam National University. The team will research the adoption of digital technologies in newsrooms in Vietnam and how that is changing journalistic practices in different news organizations in the country.
KU-UCR Exchange Support Fund
The KU-UCR Exchange Support Fund, administered by International Affairs, prioritizes support for faculty exchange development between KU and the University of Costa Rica. The fund can also be used to support KU faculty research in Costa Rica or elsewhere in Latin America. Grant recipients include:
Vitaly Chernetsky, associate professor of Slavic and Eurasian languages & literatures, will travel to Brazil to research writers of Slavic or East European origins who were displaced to Latin America. The research is for an upcoming monograph.
Mugur Geana, associate professor of strategic communication, will travel to Chile to conduct health communication research with colleagues at Pontifical Catholic University.
International Travel Fund for Humanities Research
The International Travel Fund for Humanities Research supports KU faculty pursuing international humanities research abroad. The funds are intended for summer research projects and provides funding for airfare and related travel expenses. Grant recipients include:
Marie Brown, associate professor of Middle East history, will travel to England to consult research materials at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University and the Sudan Archive at Durham University for her next book project, “A World of Color: Adventures in Romance in Imperial Sudan.”
Kris Imants Ercums, curator of global contemporary and Asian art, will travel to China to gather archival materials and engage self-identifying queer creatives through a hybrid methodology that merges structured interviews with the iterative strategies of the curatorial studio visit.
Mehrangiz Najafizadeh, associate professor of sociology, will travel to Azerbaijan to conduct fieldwork including in-depth dialogues to compile narratives of women in the Republic of Azerbaijan who were forcibly displaced from their homelands three decades ago due to the Nagorno-Karabakh War and who, due to the recent 2020 war and liberation of those homelands, now face the prospect of finally being able to return home.
GRADUATE GRANTS
Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant
Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants support six- to eight-week trips for preliminary dissertation field activities taking place in Latin America. The grant recipient is:
Linda Banda, a doctoral student in social welfare, will travel to Africa to conduct preliminary research on the impact of implementation of child marriage related laws, including evidence-based initiatives to promote sustainable practices in ending child marriage in Malawi.
For more information visit international.ku.edu.
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