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…
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Textbook Costs and Student Equity
On Tuesday, April 18 Information Services hosted a lunch presentation, Textbook Costs and Student Equity. We were thrilled to have over 20 faculty and staff attend. The purpose of the lunch was threefold. First, we presented the results of the Fall 2022 student textbook survey in which we partnered with ten other liberal arts colleges…
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…
International Open Access Week: New Guidelines for Federal Grants
Welcome to International Open Access Week 2022! To promote Open Access at Connecticut College, we are publishing one new post a day this week. The Open Access movement continues to grow. (Wait, back up! What is open access?) In addition to increased visibility and access, openness promotes research integrity, allows for wider and interdisciplinary collaboration,…
CFP: Brown University hosts NEH Institute on Born-Digital Publishing through University Presses
Brown University Library has announced a call for participants for an NEH-funded Institute, Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Roadmaps, hosted by the Library’s Digital Publications Initiative. Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Roadmaps supports scholars who wish to pursue interpretive projects that require digital expression and are intended for publication by a scholarly press, but who lack resources and…
Grant Opportunity from the Connecticut Open Educational Resource Coordinating Council
The Connecticut Open Educational Resources Coordinating Council has announced the Call for Proposals for the 2022 Connecticut Open Educational Resources Grant Program. Grants are available for adoption of OER as well as creation of new material. Many Connecticut College faculty have received grants through this CT sponsored program and we encourage you to apply. There are two information sessions: November 9th at 1pm…
Digital Scholarship Fellows Program Supports the “Just Futures New London” Oral History Project
We are excited to announce that Assistant Professor of Psychology Nakia Hamlett and Professor of Psychology Jefferson Singer joined the Digital Scholarship Fellows program this semester to continue work on their Just Futures New London project. The three-year project is part of the multi-institutional Crafting Democratic Futures: Situating Colleges and Universities in Community-based Reparations Solutions…
Funding Available for Digital Projects
Following Monday’s post on services available in the Digital Scholarship & Curriculum Center, we would like to spotlight the funding available through the Digital Scholarship Fellows Program. In collaboration with the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the DSCC supports faculty scholarship involving digital tools and open publishing. Past and current projects include oral…
OER Grant Information Session Friday!
Interested in applying for an OER Adoption grant? Join our information session Friday at 11am to learn what the grant is all about. Hear from previous grant recipients – Michelle Dunlap, Emily Kuder, Derek Turner, and Karolin Machtans – and have your questions answered. Register for more information including the Zoom link.
Open Educational Resources and the Open Pedagogy Connection
We are making great progress toward expanding the use of open educational resources at Connecticut College. After years of advocating for OER on campus, Information Services is currently offering an OER grant for faculty to fund the exploration, adoption, and creation of open access materials. Faculty may receive up to $1,500 to explore and implement…
