Curious about open pedagogy and what it means to practice open pedagogy in your classroom? In this free webinar sponsored by the New England Board of Higher Education you will hear from open education leaders Dr. Robin DeRosa from New Hampshire, Dr. Jennifer Van Allen from New York, and Dr. Heather Miceli from Rhode Island….
Google Chrome Tab Groups
As more and more of our daily lives moved to the computer during this past year, I found myself creating some bad, albeit unavoidable, habits. The worst of those was almost certainly the opening of countless browser tabs, often to the point of being unable to keep track of where I was supposed to be…
Ariella Rotramel Named Digital Scholarship Fellow
The DSCC is pleased to announced that Vandana Shiva Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies Ariella Rotramel is joining the Digital Scholarship Fellows Program to work on two projects related to sex work. As part of their research on casino cocktail waitressing in Atlantic City, Ariella will conduct an oral history project that…
Upcoming Event: Opening Up Knowledge: Wikipedia as a site of Collaboration and Learning
As part of Trinity College’s Art + Feminism CT virtual event, Ariella Rotramel will lead a workshop on Wikipedia editing this Thursday, March 25, from 1:00-2:00pm. The description and link registration is below – all are welcome! While some educators view citations from Wikipedia with suspicion, an increasing amount of faculty are incorporating Wikipedia editing…
New in Jamboard: Version History
Like with other Google products, you can now view previous versions of your Jamboards and revert to those versions or save them as separate boards. While you can see who made changes to your boards, you cannot see exactly what those changes were. Detailed instructions for finding previous versions can be found here.
Join Us in the Virtual International Exchange Leadership Institute
Are you interested in investigating how Connecticut College could continue to harness the power of technology to expand virtual global learning opportunities for students in the post-pandemic era? If so, please consider joining Amy Dooling and me as a third team member at the upcoming 2021 Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Virtual Exchange Leadership Institute!…
Using Notion to write a syllabus, build a bibliography, and create an image database
I used to rely on OneNote to jot down notes and draft essays, but now, with Notion, it has never been a more streamlined process for me to write, collect information, and organize various types of materials in one place. This semester, I created my first syllabus in Notion and published it online. Notion offers…
Midsemester Feedback – Reprise
This post was written and published by Kate Bengtston in 2019. After attending a CTL workshop on student feedback earlier this week, I thought it was time to republish as it is all still relevant for in-person and remote classes, modules and full semester courses. Enjoy! Midterm season is upon us! The half-way point of…
Opportunity to attend the University of Victoria’s Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DSHI) for free online in June
Each June, the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada hosts the largest, longest-running Digital Humanities Summer Institute, which offers about 40-50 intensive week-long workshops on a wide variety of tools, methods, and topics related to the digital humanities. As a two-time past participant, I can highly recommend this professional development opportunity for faculty interested…
Teach Remotely…. from Campus!
Do you miss campus – chatting in person with your advisees, grabbing a drink from the Blue Camel with a colleague? Are you tired of the distractions of home, or dealing with flaky internet? We have a solution! Media Services has created two temporary remote teaching spaces so you can teach remotely from campus. For…