CU professor spotlight: A virtual expedition

Sept. 22, 2011

Elspeth Dusinberre poses insider her office in the Eaton Humanities Building on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday, April 4, 2011. She was instrumental in creating a video game that helps her students learn about archeology, specifically Egyptian. (ASSETT/Esteban L. Hernandez) A scholarly expedition to...

Whiteboard Animation to be used in Comm Courses

March 30, 2011

Many professors at CU are motivated to find new and creative ways to teach. Among them is Matt Koschmann, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, who has plans to use Whiteboard Animate as a creative way to orient students to his future courses. If you are not familiar...

Developmental Award Spotlight: A photo lab for art students

Feb. 8, 2011

When Lia Pileggi began conducting workshop classes for photographing artwork she noticed something. With a little help from the people she was helping, she realized her department was missing a resource of potential value for students. “In every single workshop, someone would ask, ‘Ok, this is great, now I know...

Class in U.S. Law benefits from integration of pictures with text

Nov. 2, 2010

Learning becomes fun and comprehensible with the integration of pictures and photos with texts. Pictures help provide tangible aspect to learning which texts alone cannot provide. Anne W. Costain, Director of Women and Gender Studies and professor at CU Boulder, is also fully aware of the importance of pictures in...

A Workshop Created to Empower Women's Voices

Sept. 10, 2010

Inuit Throat singing from parts of North America, particularly Alaska and Greenland, is not only fascinating, but a culture that empowers women by giving them voice to speak. A similar concept is also applied in the workshop created by Beth Osnes, a faculty member of the Dance and Theatre at...

French Again!: Review French at your own pace

Sept. 8, 2010

Learning French can require a lot of time and effort. For many students, proceeding to a higher level requires build on the knowledge that they have already acquired. Juliette Bourdier, a doctoral candidate at CU Boulder and Carmen Grace, a faculty member of French and Italian Department at CU, hope...

Announcing Spring 2010 ASSETT Development Awards

May 12, 2010

Congratulations to the members of A&S Departments and Programs who recently received ASSETT Development Awards to support their use of technology in teaching and learning. Look here over the coming semester to learn more about each of these proposals! Anne Costain, Professor, Political Science & Women and Gender Studies, “Bringing...

Digital notation for music appreciation

April 13, 2010

The programming software that professor Daniel Jones used for his honor’s music courses was a little outdated—the program was stored on floppy disks. With his students in mind, he decided to change his music notation software to Sibelius. Now, his students will benefit from a music tool with 21 st...

Video Conferencing Connects 鶹Ժ from CU, Ireland and Australia

April 12, 2010

鶹Ժ from Ireland and Australia can now interact in a classroom with students from CU Boulder . What is so intriguing about this you ask? It is the fact that these students are living in different spheres of the world while still interacting “face to face” with one another in...

Suite of Tools Transforms Intercultural Communication Class

April 8, 2010

How likely are you to hear “Alright students, take out your cell phones, we are going to mClk now!”? Chances are unlikely in most college classrooms. But, in Dr. Melinda Cain’s IAFS 4500 Intercultural Communication class, this is a common request. In her classes, Dr. Cain hopes to provide foundations...

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