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…
Plot.ly Data Visualizations
This week I attended a Plotly data visualization workshop by PhD Candidate Matthew D. Lincoln from the Department of Art History at the University of Maryland. Plotly is a free web-based graphing tool for making data visualizations from small-to-moderate user-provided datasets. Groups can collaborate on projects directly through their Plotly accounts without having to send…
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…
What is Open Access?
Do you know what open access is? There are many myths surrounding open access. Take a minute (or a few) to learn about open access by watching these brief but informative videos. Have 8 minutes? Watch Open Access Explained! by Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen. Only have one minute? Watch The Library Minute: Open Access from…
Happy Open Access Week!
Happy Seventh Open Access Week! This week is a global celebration of the open access movement in scholarly research. Throughout this week I will use this blog to share information about open access. But first, why should you care about open access? The price of access to scholarly research, the same research that you produce,…