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Renewal, Promotion, and Tenure
This site represents a compilation of the information needed by faculty at SUNY Oneonta who are anticipating applying for renewal, tenure or promotion. The site includes a calendar of relevant deadlines; the SUNY Board of Trustees and SUNY Oneonta renewal, tenure and promotion policies; a glossary of relevant terms and a description of the renewal, promotion and tenure processes at SUNY Oneonta.
Related Session Recordings:
This site has useful information for adjunct promotion and evaluation.
Faculty Success - Formerly Digital Measures
Faculty Success is a recently implemented system, and your feedback is appreciated as we seek to enhance it. We are currently using it for the Faculty Activities Reports. Please contact Diana Mosemen (Diana.Moseman@oneonta.edu) of the TLTC with questions.
Teaching Resources
Essential Forms:
Overview for Essential Forms Spring 2023
Inclusive Pedagogy Resources:
Introduction to Continuous Program Improvement
Equity Minded Syllabus
Transparent Assignment Template
Creating A Welcoming Syllabus Powerpoint
Building Community & Student Well-being:
Top 10 Classroom Techniques for Building Community
Guidebook on Student Well-being
Two-Minute Teaching Tips - University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas Well-being Website Overview Presentation
Trauma Informed Pedagogy:
- Trauma-Informed Practices for Postsecondary Education: A guide
- Podcast on Teaching in Higher Ed by Mays Imad (45 minutes)
- Article in Inside Higher Ed by Mays Imad
- Webinar by Mays Imad on the Intersections of Equity, Trauma Informed Pedagogy and Student Learning. (Start about minute 13)
Peer Observation Guidelines for Reviewing Online Courses
These Guidelines were created by the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center and the Faculty Center to support Peer-to-Peer review processes.
Eberly Center (Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation) Solving a Teaching Problem
This site provides practical strategies to address teaching problems across the disciplines. These strategies are firmly grounded in educational research and learning principles.
Faculty/Staff Mental Health Recorded Workshop
Promoting Effective Course Reading - Brown University
Applied Learning
SUNY Approved Applied Learning Criteria
Resilience
Milne Library Services
The Milne Library continues to be committed to providing excellent online services. Many library collections and resources are available online and Library staff are available online to help you. Our enhanced services include:
Ask Us! Library Help Desk and chat service Live online help from 7:30 AM - 9:00 PM, Monday - Friday, Noon - 9:00 PM Saturday - Sunday, plus an every-growing Library Help Desk Knowledgebase
Digitization Services for converting print reserves to electronic course reserves
Remote Check Out of library materials for campus pick up
Online Student Research Guide a comprehensive library research guides for students, including resources, instructions, and video demonstrations; easy to link in Brightspace
The Library Unbound: Library News and Updates
Library Research & Course Guides, we will create customized course guides for faculty
Streaming Video Collections including JoVE Science Education Library; easy to link in Brightspace
See the Library Continuity page for all the above links and more
UUP
Additional Resources
Teaching in a Digital World
Teaching Online Website - This publicly available website has over 200 posts as resources for the design, development, and delivery of online courses. The articles, tutorials, and even a podcast are created and curated by the ASU instructional and learning design community
Americans with Disabilities Act - basic background information on ADA and regulations
Universal Design for Learning - basic background information on UDL
ADA checklist for Brightspace Content - prepared by TLTC, this document reviews content from the Best Practices class on accessibility in Brightspace
Ally - A link to a video that explains this tool available in Brightspace to help make documents more accessible
ADA (captioning video and readable text documents) - This excellent resource provides tutorials with video on how to craft accessible course materials. Developed by the University of Wisconsin
20 Best Practices and Expectations in Online Teaching - Tips from Canvas
Attendance in Online Classes - This website contains a list of methods for recording attendance in an online course
The resources below were culled from the web by former Faculty Center Graduate Assistant Cassie Carl. Cassie is enrolled in one of our online programs and has noted under each resource the value she finds in it as an online student.
15 Rules of Netiquette for Online Discussion Boards - It’s very basic, but I have also been on enough discussion boards where folks have no idea what they’re doing that it might be necessary.
Student Discussion Board Tweet - This might be a little saucy for some profs, but I also fully support putting people on blast for their discussion board nonsense.
Excelsior Online Writing Lab - Discussion Board Content - This is a mildly interactive resource that breaks down a few example comments and explains what’s good/bad about them.
AI Syllabus Policy Examples
Faculty at SUNY Oneonta are taking a range of approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the classroom. Some courses might prohibit the use of these tools, while others might permit or require them for specific assignments. We encourage faculty to be clear about course expectations from the beginning of the semester by including an AI Course Policy statement in your syllabus. The Faculty Center staff has curated a set of examples that fall along a spectrum of AI engagement. You can explore the statements, below, and modify them to fit the needs of your course.
Generative AI use is not permitted in this course
- Please prepare and submit your own original work for this course. Do not use generative AI tools to complete any portion of an assignment or examination. Any use of AI tools will be considered plagiarism. Please contact me with any questions.
- “All assignments should be fully prepared by the student. Developing strong competencies in the skills associated with this course, from student-based brainstorming to project development, will prepare you for success in your degree pathway and, ultimately, a competitive career. Therefore, the use of generative AI tools to complete any aspect of assignments for this course is not permitted and will be treated as plagiarism. If you have questions about what constitutes a violation of this statement, please contact me.” (UT-Austin CTL)
Generative AI use is permitted in specific situations
- In this course, some assignments will invite you to engage with AI tools from a critical perspective. Individual assignment handouts will provide more information, including guidance on how to cite text generated by AI tools such as ChatGPT. Any other use of generative AI constitutes plagiarism. Please contact me in advance with questions about appropriate AI use.
- You may use generative AI tools to prepare and polish your work throughout this course. For instance, you might use AI tools such as ChatGPT to help you brainstorm ideas, create an outline for a project, or revise and edit an essay. Please submit only your own original writing, however—in other words, do not copy and paste or directly reproduce AI-generated text—and use MLA- or APA-style citations to indicate when and how you’ve engaged with generative AI.
Generative AI use is encouraged
- I encourage you to use generative AI tools such as ChatGPT in this course. You might use these tools to brainstorm, outline, edit, and generate text for any assignment. If you do, be sure to highlight AI-generated text in an alternate color and include MLA- or APA-style citations. You should also check AI text for accuracy. You are responsible for the content of your work.
- “I expect you to use AI (ChatGPT and image generation tools, at a minimum), in this class. In fact, some assignments will require it. Learning to use AI is an emerging skill, and I provide tutorials in Canvas about how to use them. I am happy to meet and help with these tools during office hours or after class.
Be aware of the limits of ChatGPT:
If you provide minimum effort prompts, you will get low quality results. You will need to refine your prompts in order to get good outcomes. This will take work.
Don’t trust anything it says. If it gives you a number or fact, assume it is wrong unless you either know the answer or can check in with another source. You will be responsible for any errors or omissions provided by the tool. It works best for topics you understand.
AI is a tool, but one that you need to acknowledge using. Please include a paragraph at the end of any assignment that uses AI explaining what you used the AI for and what prompts you used to get the results. Failure to do so is in violation of the academic honesty policies.
Be thoughtful about when this tool is useful. Don’t use it if it isn’t appropriate for the case or circumstance.” (Ethan Mollick, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Additional Policies
- Crowdsourced policy bank: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RMVwzjc1o0Mi8Blw_-JUTcXv02b2WRH86vw7mi16W3U/edit#heading=h.1cykjn2vg2wx
- UT-Austin Center for Teaching and Learning: https://ctl.utexas.edu/chatgpt-and-generative-ai-tools-sample-syllabus-policy-statements
Student Engagement
Student Learning Center
Time Tech and Taming your Space
Best Practices in Assessment
Using Assessment Techniques to Drive Student Engagement
Webinars from Faculty Center
Using Teams for Small Group discussions in Online Synchronous Sessions
Online Office Hours: Getting Students to Interact
Alternative Assessments Online – Best Practices for Engaging Students
Meeting with your Students Synchronously Using Bb Collaborate
Departmental Resources
Profiles
