Fall 2016 | Innovation Pit Stops
Location: ATLAS 105
If youre 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. Well have a presenter at each session who will discuss teaching strategies or technologies they use to泭increase student engagement and promote active learning.
- : An Essential Element of my History Course泭泭Friday, September 11, 2015, 2:00 3:00 pm
- If youre 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,泭 is a free collaborative online reading tool that has become an essential teaching and learning element of Phoebes history courses.
- Creating an Online Community using Friday, October 9, 2015, 2:00 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. Students are also more likely to cite research and class readings.
If youre looking for a tool that can help create an online learning community, Janet Casagrand will facilitate a discussion about her use of Google+ Communities.泭 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 D2Ls 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. Students are also more likely to cite research and class readings.
- as a Learning Portfolio Tool Friday, November 13, 2:00 3:00 pm
- We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience (John Dewey). 泭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.泭 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 ASSETTs Teaching and Learning Consultants, Amanda McAndrew and Jacie Moriyama. Well look at a few free quizzing technologies that let students respond in class using multiple devices.
- Designing learning experiences that cultivate critical information practices 泭Friday, 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 tools that permeate their authentic information landscapes. Facilitated by Alison Hicks and Caroline Sinkinson.
- Friday, March 11, 1:00-2:00 pm
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