Did you know that over 39 faculty and 1,900 students in 181 courses have participated in Instructional Technology’s Digitally Enhanced Learning Initiative (DELI)? The DELI program provides digital devices to all students enrolled in an academic course when the devices will be used to enhance learning outcomes and/or increase student engagement. Our reading day Teaching…
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Great lynda.com Courses for Completing Assignments
Do your students need a little extra technical know-how to better complete their assignments? Empower your students to find the answers to technical questions themselves. If you are assigning a video project, presentation, or other assignment that requires use of specialized software, lynda.com may have the answers and tips they need to effectively use that…
Advising Week Tip: Use Google Calendar Appointment Slots
Because it is advising week, and because I had a request (thanks, Emily Morash!), this post is all about automating the process of setting up meeting times with students. I’m using the Appointment Slots feature in Google Calendar that is available to anyone with Google Apps for Education. Appointment slots allow you to create periods…
Workshop Recap: Technology Fellows Curricular Innovations III
Anthony Graesch focused his presentation on his Introduction to Archaeology class which enrolls about 30-40 students. Assignments in this class position students as primary data collectors. Hands-on research experience provides students with an in-depth understanding of the research process in which archaeologists are involved (similar to Ann Marie Davis’s assignment in History). In this case,…
Workshop Recap: Technology Fellows Curricular Innovations II
Our second presenter at last week’s Technology Fellows presentations was Joe Schroeder from the Psychology department. Joe focused on two experimental changes he is trying this semester. First, instead of relying on a textbook, Joe has replaced the textbook with freely available online educational resources (OERs). The materials he selected, such as animations produced by…
Workshop Recap: Technology Fellows Curricular Innovations I
A special thank you to the Technology Fellows who presented at our event last week. I think each presenter deserves his/her own blog post because the projects presented were so different and interesting. Here’s the first recap. Ann Marie Davis (History) shared new assignments she is developing in collaboration with library, special collections, and…
Don’t Miss This!
Thank you for keeping up with the daily posts last week celebrating Open Access Week! We had a great time writing the posts and finding fun and informative materials to share. There is still much to explore on this topic… but we will take a break and focus on our upcoming workshop. On Wednesday, Ann…
Open Access Day 5: Teaching Open Access
This week we’ve talked about what open access is, how we promote open access at Connecticut College, and how to maintain rights over your intellectual property. This is a teaching blog, so I’d like this last post to focus on educating students about open access. Our students today are the scholars of tomorrow. Promoting open…
Open Access Week Day 4: Is Your Work Still Yours? Author’s Rights
We have made it to the fourth day of Open Access Week! At this point, we helped answer the questions What is Open Access? and What are we doing at Connecticut College? We only have two more days left and there is still so much to discuss! This post will be devoted to author’s rights…
Local to Global Open Access
How are we promoting open access here at Connecticut College? How can you get involved in this global movement on a local level? You already are! Connecticut College is one of a few progressive institutions that have formally adopted an open access policy. In 2013 faculty approved the “Open Access Policy of the Connecticut College…