When you become faculty in the IU School of Nursing at Indianapolis, you are an instructor as well as a scholar, researcher, and clinician—sometimes simultaneously; sometimes with extra roles added in. We have resources to support you in any or all of those roles.
A multi-faceted team supports faculty and courses offered by the IUSON's two academic departments. In addition to general clerical and administrative support, the team provides:
The Resource Center for Innovation in Clinical Nursing Education (the learning lab) staff assist faculty who teach clinical skills. Through the flex space (for fundamental and assessment skills), fully-equipped examination rooms, and the simulation area, faculty guide students in "moving to the next level" of clinical professionalism. Resources include:
The IU Indianapolis Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) supports faculty using a collaborative model to advance teaching excellence. Their wide variety of educational offerings and modalities make it easy for you to find what works best for you. The consultants help you to excel in the implementation of innovative teaching and learning strategies by providing consultations, equipment loans, classroom observations, and focus group facilitation. The Faculty Crossing provides a space for faculty to network and collaborate in an informal environment.
Within the school, the instructional designer works with faculty to design new courses or re-tool existing ones by implementing active learning techniques, evaluation methodologies, and new curricula. Existing online courses are supported by the online course coordinator who is an expert in the learning management system used at Indiana University, Canvas, and works as the second level of support in the three-tiered support model implemented within the school. He is also a liaison with University Information Technology Services (UITS) for more advanced issues. Faculty wanting to learn more about audio- and videoconferencing including Kaltura and Zoom can work with the school's technology coordinator.
The Office of Research Support (ORS) supports both faculty and student researchers. You will work collaboratively with ORS staff to move projects through grant application and development, mock reviews, and the submission process. The Office also provides support for researchers through faculty research groups, think tanks, and individual faculty consultations. After external funding has been awarded, the Office links investigators with school, campus, and university resources such as the Office of Research Administration, financial services, human resources, and other units to support project implementation. Other services provided by ORS include statistical consultation, data management, and editing.
A dedicated librarian from University Library supports faculty, students, and staff at the school with research needs. You may contact the librarian directly for assistance, explore the plethora of available resources, or request a visit to your classroom – virtual or physical.
IUSON and IU Indianapolis are technology-rich environments. The technology infrastructure supporting our campus is both broad and deep. High-speed campus networks with wireless access, provides smooth access to resources. IUware, a software distribution cloud service, offers a wide variety of software applications including site-licensed products from Adobe and Microsoft, to faculty, staff, and students at no charge, while IUanyWare offers cloud-based access to a variety of applications.
The school's in-house technology team supports workstations and laptops for faculty and staff use, and liaisons as needed with university technology services who maintain the classrooms and computer lab. Our team:
