Actually, we’ve been here all summer long but we’re back posting on the blog. Here’s a preview of exciting things to come this semester. Stay tuned for more detailed blog posts over the coming weeks! Some changes to Moodle Expanded, updated and instructionally robust online library research subject guides Connecticut College’s first ever online library…
Author: Jessica McCullough
Blogging Vacation!
We are taking the month of July off! While we will still be in the office, our time will be focused on projects and planning for the upcoming academic year. We had a great year, thank you for keeping up with us. Since we started the blog in July 2013, we’ve published 129 posts in…
“Eye Want Change”: Video for learning, immersion and transformation
Recently faculty have been clamoring to effectively incorporate video and other multimedia assignments into their courses. This, in addition to the huge number of classes that require video for content delivery, has made video a hot topic on campus. Ariella Rotramel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, sent me this NPR story about…
What happened at Tempel Summer Institute?
We hosted the 16th annual Tempel Summer Institute last week. It was a great week devoted to solving pedagogical problems through technology and exploring new technologies to improve student engagement and learning. We had some great discussions, experienced many ah-ha moments, ate lots of dessert, experimented with new technologies, revised existing courses and worked on…
On the Road! What we learned at the Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts conference
Last week 7 faculty and staff from Connecticut College took a road trip to Bryn Mawr for the Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts conference to present the Technology Fellows Program (TFP). During the two day conference, we learned a lot listening to the presentations, talking to each other and to colleagues at other institutions. Here are…
Social Media in Academia: Using Facebook to Support Student Research, Student Life
This post is written by Ana Campos-Holland, Assistant Professor of Sociology. At the onset of my faculty status, I decided to separate my personal from my professional social media use. This means that I have a personal Facebook account from which I manage a “Prof. Campos-Holland” public profile. Since I am still figuring out how to…
Breakfast and tour tomorrow!
Join us at 9:30am in the Davis Lab on the main floor of the library for a tour of the renovated Shain library. Carrie Kent and Chris Penniman will describe the process behind the design and show new spaces, technologies, resources and services. You will leave with an understanding of how the library supports student…
Shain Reopening Events for Faculty
If we have been quiet on the blog it can be attributed to the busy, final preparations to reopen Shain Library a full five months early! We are very excited to welcome everyone back into the building (it is lonely in here!) and share all the new and exciting changes. After break we will offer…
The Wonder of Wunderlist
The past month has taken a toll. Between snow days, an extended conference (snow related of course), an ill-timed but much needed vacation, and illness, keeping on top of everything has been a struggle. Enter Wunderlist. Wunderlist is a cloud-based list-making application and I found it especially helpful last month to stay on track despite all the…
Amazing New Streaming Media Resources!
Last week we held the last Teaching with Technology workshop before Shain library reopens and we focus on new resources and services in the renovated building. The topic was new streaming media resources available through the library to the Connecticut College community. If you missed the workshop, here are the resources we covered: Kanopy and…