IU Northwest is committed to faculty development and career success.  In order to foster the professional growth and career success of faculty, Academic Affairs and the Center for Innovation and Scholarship in​ Teaching and Learning will host these sessions, which will be devoted entirely to the concerns and questions that faculty may have regarding the promotion and tenure process.

Upcoming sessions 

Special Guest  – Linda Galocy, Assistant Dean and Program Chair for Health Information Management

Tuesday, March 8 | 11am – 11:45 am 

Tenure Track 

Special Guest  – Micah Pollak, Associate Professor of Economics

Wednesday, March 9 | 2pm – 2:45 pm

 The “Quality Matters: Applying the Standards at IU” workshop introduces you to the foundational concepts behind Quality Matters, as well as to the eight General Standards that make up the QM rubric. It is a hands-on workshop in which you will practice applying the Specific Review Standards of the QM Rubric to an online course in Canvas.

This introductory workshop will help you think critically about your course design, be it online, hybrid, or face to face. Upon successful completion of this workshop, you will have the prerequisite to enroll in the Quality Matters Peer Reviewer Course, and could potentially become a QM-Certified Peer Reviewer.

The workshop lasts about 6 hours total. It may be offered as a single-day workshop or may be offered over three days. It is led by a certified Quality Matters facilitator from IU. Because of the in-depth nature of the workshop, registration is required.​

Upcoming offering: September 12, 2022

CISTL’s new Preparing for QM Review, training course is a twelve week course for faculty who are experienced in online design and teaching, and seeking Quality Matters certification for at least one of their courses. 

The enrollment is selective and capacity is limited.  Those selected to participate will work with Dr. Chenfeng Zhang, an experienced QM Peer Reviewer, to revise one of their online courses to ensure the course meets each of the Quality Matters standards, as specified in the QM Rubric 6th Edition. 

Participating faculty are required to submit the reviewed course for Internal and External QM Review within six months of the completion of this training. There is also a stipend for participants that successful complete this training course.   

Please direct your questions regard course content to Dr. Chenfeng Zhang, instructor of this training course at chezhan@iu.edu. 

For all other questions please contact, Tameka White, Program Coordinator at tamwhite@iu.edu.

Next offering: TBA 

This twelve-week training course helps instructors understand who our students are, how to develop a course using the Quality Matters rubric, ADA accessibility guidelines, internet copyright and fair use, and how to match the appropriate technology and assessment for the course with weekly learning objectives through the Backwards by Design instructional design theory. Those who participate in this training will develop an actual online course. During six-weeks of actual class time faculty will be encouraged to learn and develop a quality online course.

Faculty teaching technology-enhanced and hybrid courses may also be considered.