The first two workshops in September focus on productivity. We will spend time organizing and developing new strategies to keep our email and Drive from overwhelming us, allowing us to focus on more important tasks. Registration is recommended (food is provided), but not necessary. Please join us! Take Control of Your Google Drive Monday, September…
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Help Students Out: Syllabi as PDF or Google Drive Link
Do you upload your syllabus to Moodle? Is it a Word document? A Pages document? You may not realize it, but there are students who do not have these programs on their computers. Already I have spoken with two students who do not have Microsoft Word (or PowerPoint, or Excel…), but they must access syllabi…
Announcing Fall 2016 Reading Group – Join Us!
We are excited to announce that this semester’s reading group book is Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field (2015) by Julie Thompson Klein. Looking back over 65 years of scholarship, Interdisciplining Digital Humanities provides an overview of definitions and practices in the emerging field of digital humanities. As the library ramps up efforts to…
MIT OpenCourseware for Course Inspiration
During a recent consultation with a faculty member where we explored affordable online resources for a new Conn Course, I shared related course materials available through the MIT OpenCourseware website. If you are developing a new course, looking for inspiration to update an old one, or trying to incorporate different disciplinary approaches and content, MIT Open…
Back to School Basics Online Workshop Tuesday, August 23
Welcome back! We had a productive summer and are very excited to begin a new academic year. Are you ready for classes? Whether you are on campus or still traveling, we invite you to join us online for our Back to School Basics workshop. In this virtual workshop we will cover essential elements of preparing…
Summer (blog) Reading
Happy summer! Graduation was one month ago and you are probably settled into your summer routine (which may be no routine at all!). This is also a good time to catch up on the blog posts you didn’t have time to read during the semester. To get you started, here are the most popular posts…
Help Diversify the Largest Encyclopedia in the World through Wikipedia Assignments
Last week several librarians, instructional technologists, and faculty met virtually with a representative, Samantha Erickson, from the Wiki Education Foundation. This is the same organization that Ariella Rotramel and Andrea Lanoux worked with on their recent Wikipedia assignments. The meeting was inspirational! Wikipedia is the 7th most visited site in the world with content from…
Teaching with Technology Reading Group 2015-16 Recap
We held our first Teaching with Technology Reading Group last semester (Fall 2015) with Michelle D. Miller’s book Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (Harvard University Press, 2014). The book catalysed discussions about such issues as how to handle disruptive or disengaged student behavior in the classroom as a result of spending too much time…
17th Annual Tempel Summer Institute
Tempel Summer Institute, our immersive one-week instructional technology program for faculty, ended over a week ago. While we weathered some unusual challenges – illness, broken bones and sprained ankles – it was a productive and fun week for all. Read on to hear some faculty participant comments, or click on the image above to relive the…
Camp Teach & Learn Workshops and Discussions
As always, the sessions at Camp Teach & Learn look to be exciting and inspiring. We (Instructional Technology) are helping to organize the following workshops and discussions. When not facilitating one of these, we will be attending other sessions. We look forward to seeing you there! Improving Quality and Saving Time: Scaffolding Techniques for Digital Assignments from the…