Almost 3 million digital items – images, video, data, 3D items – from the Smithsonian’s collections are now available with a CC0 license. This license allows anyone to use, remix, transform, and share these assets without asking permission from the Smithsonian. According to the FAQ, the Smithsonian will release over 3 million items throughout 2020,…
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Shain Library Celebrates Open Education Week, March 2-6, 2020
Open educational resources have replaced traditional textbooks in many courses at the College resulting in significant cost savings for students. Faculty in biology, math, economics and other departments have adopted open textbooks. Professor Derek Turner, in the philosophy department, has written an open textbook, Form and Content: An Introduction to Formal Logic, for his introductory…
5th Annual Library Research Prize for Students
All currently enrolled undergraduate students are eligible. The work must have been completed for a credit course (not an honors project) in spring 2019, fall 2019, or it can be a work in progress in spring 2020. The research in question can be a traditional paper, but it could also be some other kind of…
New team member in Instructional Technology!
The Research Support and Curricular Technology team is very happy to announce that we have added a new member to our team! Kate Bengtson joined the college on August 12 in the role of Instructional Technology Specialist. Kate will be supporting a variety of instructional technologies, including Moodle, Digication and WordPress, and will be working…
CFP/Save the date: Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference, February 2020
We are partnering with Wesleyan University, Trinity College, Yale University’s DH Lab, and the University of Connecticut to co-host the first Connecticut Digital Humanities conference. The event will be held at Trinity College in Hartford on February 29, 2020, with a reception the evening before. If you are working on a digital project for your…
Introducing “Digital Connecticut College”
Yesterday we held a workshop to introduce Digital Connecticut College. Thanks to everyone who attended! What is Digital Connecticut College? Digital Connecticut College provides students, faculty, and staff with the opportunity to register a domain name and create a digital presence through various mediums such as blogs, portfolios, and wikis. You can easily install open source applications…
Mini-Grants Still Available!
Want to try that new quizzing app in class, but the fee stops you? Did you learn of an exciting new tool you can use in class, but just need some funding to get you started? Instructional Technology still has DELI mini-grants available! The mini-grant program provides funding for faculty members to explore and experiment…
Don’t Forget: Tempel Summer Institute Proposals Due Friday!
Were you thinking about attending Tempel Summer Institute this summer? If so, don’t forget that proposals are due on Friday! What is Tempel Summer Institute? It is an annual, one-week immersion program for faculty started in 2000 by a generous gift from Jean C. Tempel ’65. The Institute provides a pedagogical approach to the integration…
New Accessibility Features in iOS 10
Our Instructional Technology Student Assistant, Kristen Szuman, did some research into new accessibility features available in iOS10 (if you missed her first post on iOS accessibility, find it here). She turned up some interesting features, including a camera magnifier, color display adjustments, voicemail transcripts, and more. Read on! Apple has long been an innovator in…
Open Access Week 2016, Open in Action, Starts Today!
Today marks the beginning of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme is “Open in Action.” To celebrate, we are posting with the hashtag #ConnCollegeOA on Twitter throughout the week, multiple times a day. Follow us to learn about Open Access, why Open Access matters, how to participate and make your work more widely available….
