Working with the Wyles Family Western Reserve Collection of letters in Special Collections & Archives and the Digital Scholarship & Curriculum Center, students in Kris Klein Hernández’s Borders, Empire, & Immigration History course this semester developed Beyond the Archives: Documenting Erasure, Survivance, and Dispossession from CT’s Western Reserve as a digital archive and scholarly website. Professor Hernández replaced his…
CFP: Connecticut Digital Humanities 2025 Conference
After a few years’ hiatus, we are delighted to announce that the third Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference (CTDH) will take place on February 21-22, 2025 at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. The conference will also mark a return to the in-person format after a virtual version in 2021. We seek participation from a broad range…
The State of ePortfolios @ Conn
Spring 2024 has been another exciting semester for ePortfolio at Connecticut College! A small but mighty group of ePortfolio champions met each week in January and February to discuss current practices and future aspirations for the program. Read on to learn more about our community of practice’s findings! Students define ePortfolios a lot of different…
Profiles in Open: Adam Kleman
Adam Kleman, Visiting Lecturer in Chemistry, created 10 pre-lab video lectures for the laboratory component of General Chemistry I (CHM 103). The videos replaced the typical pre-lab lecture usually given in person with a chalkboard. The videos provide detailed, close-up demonstrations of equipment and techniques that aren’t always possible in person. The videos are licensed…
Profiles in Open: Di Luo
Di Luo, Chu-Niblack Assistant Professor of Art History and Architectural Studies, in collaboration with her students across several courses, first published Asian Art and Architecture: An Open Educational Resource in 2021. The image database continues to grow with each iteration of Luo’s courses. The database consists primarily of thematic mini-exhibitions authored by students in Luo’s…
15-Minute Open Education Talks
Join the Open Education Talks Working Group, a collaboration between the University of Calgary, Thompson Rivers University, and the University of Alberta for quick overviews of fascinating topics in the open ed movement. Register for the 2024 Open Education Talks Here! These 15-minute talks will cover open pedagogy and learning, utilizing open educational resources, and integrating open strategies…
Douglass Day 2024 Recap
Thank you to our community for contributing to the Douglass Day project! Over 90 faculty, staff, and students showed up to transcribe Frederick Douglass’ correspondence. Together, with other participating organizations around the world, we transcribed over 6,500 full documents! You can read about the event on the Connecticut College website. The “Yours Truly, Frederick Douglass” transcription…
Introducing the Kaltura App: Upload Videos Straight from Your Phone
Information Services has recently adopted the use of Kaltura Mediaspace Go, the smartphone app for Kaltura. With the app, you are able to upload videos directly from your smartphone to your own Kaltura My Media library. Once stored in My Media, they become easily shareable on your course Moodle page or on the college’s Mediaspace…
Profiles in Open: Midge Thomas
Faculty members like Midge Thomas, Sylvia Marx Professor of Music, are embracing Open Educational Resources in their courses. Professor Thomas’s journey began by exploring the wealth of OER available in the field of music theory, where Thomas saw the potential to improve the learning experience for her students and decrease costs. Encouraged by the positive…
Reduce the Distractions! Use Kaltura to Share Youtube Videos
You may already know that Kaltura Video Resources can be added to your Moodle page to share videos that you have created and uploaded yourself or are available through the library’s Shared Repository. But did you know that you can also use Kaltura to share Youtube content? Most commonly, Youtube content is shared in a…