Looking for a new assignment idea that empowers your students to contribute to public scholarship while honing their research and writing skills? Join us to learn about leveraging open pedagogical practices through Wikipedia editing assignments. Professor Ariella Rotramel will share their scaffolding strategies and past experience using the support services offered through the Wiki Education…
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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…
Just Added: Wikipedia Workshops
We’ve received a lot of interest in Wikipedia editing assignments. Wiki Edu, a non-profit organization, makes it easy for instructors to create and integrate Wikipedia assignments into classes. They are hosting free webinars for faculty. The first date offered is February 7 but additional dates are available; view additional dates by clicking on the registration…
Technology and Course Materials Preparation for Spring 2022
As we plan for a remote start to the semester, and the hiccups and disruptions that we now understand are part of teaching in COVID-times, the Research Support & Curricular Technology team is here to support you. Contact us at teachtech@conncoll.edu with your questions or to schedule an appointment. Zoom: Maybe it’s been awhile since…
Plan Your Open Access Week Schedule Now!
Learn something new for your teaching or research every day during Open Access Week! All workshops will be online; join us from the comfort of your office or home. MONDAYData Visualization I: Explore and Clean Data with OpenRefineMonday, Oct 25th at 1:15pm This workshop will introduce OpenRefine, a powerful but user-friendly program for exploring and…
New Resources for Diversity and Inclusion Research
Tomorrow at 2pm Kathy Gehring is leading us on a journey through new library resources that support research from a variety of perspectives. Some new additions include online access to the NAACP Papers, Historical Black Newspapers, Women and Social Movements, Disability in the Modern World and North American Indian Thought and Culture. Come learn about…
Domains & Websites Virtual Workshops
Join us this Wednesday, October 6 for another Domains and Websites workshop! Register here. Faculty, students, and staff are welcome to join. The informal workshop is tailored to what participants come to learn or do!
Announcing the Connecticut Digital Scholarship Exchange
The Connecticut Digital Scholarship Exchange is a year-long collaborative program hosted by Connecticut College and Trinity College. Designed to create opportunities for faculty to learn about digital scholarship, both institutions will host workshops, tours, and other events to introduce faculty to different digital scholarship tools and approaches and discuss core competencies in project management and sustainability. Workshops this fall include mapping with ArcGIS…
New Workshop Today: Tools & Strategies for Including Remote Students in your Physical Class
Are you grappling with the best methods for engaging your students who are in isolation or quarantine but well enough to participate in class? We have developed this workshop to share a wide variety of techniques and concrete strategies for including all students in class remotely and in-person, synchronously and asynchronously. We highly recommend this…