Location: ATLAS 105
If you鈥檙e interested in hearing how your colleagues are integrating some kind of innovation into their courses, take a break at our Innovation Pit Stop to refuel your inspiration, and invigorate your courses. We鈥檒l have a presenter at each session who will discuss teaching strategies or technologies they use to听increase student engagement and promote active learning.
- : An Essential Element of my History Course鈥櫶�撎鼺riday, September 11, 2015, 2:00 鈥� 3:00 pm
- If you鈥檙e looking for a tool that can help students develop critical learning skills, Phoebe Young will facilitate a discussion about her use of NotaBene. Notabene, or NB,听 is a free collaborative online reading tool that has become an essential teaching and learning element of Phoebe鈥檚 history courses.
- Creating an Online Community using 鈥� Friday, October 9, 2015, 2:00 鈥� 3:00 pm
- Are you looking for a way to build a class learning community where students can have a presence, engage with one another and with the course materials, and develop a stronger class community? Do you want to encourage students to read and reflect on other perspectives and respond to those perspectives, or to engage a larger number of students in discussions, especially those who may be intimidated by face-to-face class discussions? Online Discussion Boards have many benefits and can be a valuable tool for encouraging students to participate more regularly and in a more thoughtful manner than they typically would in a face-to-face class, are reflective in nature, give students the opportunity to read and respond to other perspectives, and help students develop a stronger class community. 麻豆淫院 are also more likely to cite research and class readings.
If you鈥檙e looking for a tool that can help create an online learning community, Janet Casagrand will facilitate a discussion about her use of Google+ Communities.听 Google+ Communities are a part of the Google Apps suite, freely available to members of the CU Boulder community, and a user-friendly alternative to D2L鈥檚 discussion board.
- Are you looking for a way to build a class learning community where students can have a presence, engage with one another and with the course materials, and develop a stronger class community? Do you want to encourage students to read and reflect on other perspectives and respond to those perspectives, or to engage a larger number of students in discussions, especially those who may be intimidated by face-to-face class discussions? Online Discussion Boards have many benefits and can be a valuable tool for encouraging students to participate more regularly and in a more thoughtful manner than they typically would in a face-to-face class, are reflective in nature, give students the opportunity to read and respond to other perspectives, and help students develop a stronger class community. 麻豆淫院 are also more likely to cite research and class readings.
- as a Learning Portfolio Tool 鈥� Friday, November 13, 2:00 鈥� 3:00 pm
- 鈥淲e do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience鈥� (John Dewey). 听Reflection is a key ingredient to move knowledge from short-term to long-term memory and serves as an essential piece to convert covered academic material into reflective and meaningful learning opportunities. Join Berit Jany in a discussion of VoiceThread as a learning portfolio tool.听 VoiceThread is an interactive sharing tool that allows students to create video portfolios reflecting on learning experience in the classroom.
- Friday, January 29, 1:00-2:00 pm, UMC 415
- Need a quick break to refuel your inspiration and replenish enthusiasm in your courses? Explore clicker alternatives with ASSETT鈥檚 Teaching and Learning Consultants, Amanda McAndrew and Jacie Moriyama. We鈥檒l look at a few free quizzing technologies that let students respond in class using multiple devices.
- Designing learning experiences that cultivate critical information practices 鈥撎鼺riday, February 26, 1:00-2:00 pm
- Are you wondering how to design learning experiences that cultivate critical information practices? Come hear a bit about Information Literacy theory as well as some sample activities that engage students with emerging education technologies 鈥� tools that permeate their authentic information landscapes. Facilitated by Alison Hicks and Caroline Sinkinson.
- Friday, March 11, 1:00-2:00 pm
