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…
Author: Kate Bengtson
Google Productivity Tool Updates Spring 2024
In a recent Teaching with Technology workshop, we covered some of the most noteworthy Google updates to enhance your productivity in teaching and research. Here are some of our favorite new features across the Google Workplace suite: Google Drive Tools for tidying your Storage The College has a new storage policy that puts limits on…
The Students Have Spoken: Data-Based High Impact Moodle Practices for Your New Year (Part II)
Based on our recent student survey data, the Curricular Technology team has created a list of six low-lift practices you can implement at the start of the new semester that will enhance your students’ experience with Moodle. What We Recommend: Make Your Site Visible Digital learning spaces such as Moodle are extensions of your physical…
The Students Have Spoken: Data-Based High Impact Moodle Practices for Your New Year (Part I)
We have entered another new year and are standing at the brink of another new spring semester! Perhaps there is, hidden amidst our resolutions for 2024, a goal or two pertaining to teaching and learning at Connecticut College. Ramping up your Moodle page might even be on this list of excellent aspirations. It is in…
Critical Instructional Design Reading Group Wrap-Up Report
As the semester sprints feverishly towards its end, we in Instructional Technology wanted to take a moment to reflect back upon our overall experience with our colleagues in the Critical Instructional Design Reading Group. We walked away with new knowledge and potential strategies for teaching and learning in the fall, and we are excited to…
Critical Instructional Design Reading Group Halftime Report
By Group Co-Facilitators Kate Bengtson and Karen Pezzetti The Critical Instructional Design Reading Group that we announced back in February has met twice, marking the halfway point for this project which was funded by a grant from the Center for the Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE). This milestone seems an opportune moment to…
8th Annual Library Research Prize for Students
We are receiving applications for the 8th Annual Library Research Prize for Students! All currently enrolled undergraduate students are eligible to apply through this Moodle Campus site. Submissions must include answers to some reflective application questions, a bibliography, the work completed by the student, and a faculty support form. The work must have been completed for…
Sign Up Today for Our Critical Instructional Design Reading Group!
The Instructional Technology Team is excited to announce the formation of a Reading Group focused on Compassionate and Critical Learning Design! This group will convene four times in the Spring 2023 semester to discuss essays from two anthologies compiled by Hybrid Pedagogy, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing critical digital pedagogy. Faculty and staff from…
Talking Teaching: Moodle/Google Recap!
Members of the Instructional Technology Team participated as discussants in the Center for Teaching and Learning’s most recent Talking Teaching event. We met with an enthusiastic group of faculty to discuss Moodle and Google tips and tricks that can make the semester easier for instructors and students. In order to continue the discussion, we thought we’d…
New Google Appointment Schedule
The appointment lot feature of Google Calendar has always been one of our favorite tools, and its use was particularly important over the past few semesters. We are excited to share that Google has rolled out a brand new version of appointment slots called “Appointment Schedules”. If you are an avid appointment slot user, you…