We are happy to announce the availability of our “winter newsletter”, with a faculty feature on Tracy Hamilton. Professor Hamilton talks about her use of Google Cardboard and how it enhanced her classes in art history. On page 2, you can also learn about our upcoming events, including guest lecturer Audrey Watters on 2/2!
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Featuring Don Forsyth, Michelle Hamm, and Erik Craft, come enjoy a faculty discussion and Christian’s pizza, salad and dessert on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 12 noon as we discuss a specific teaching strategy that might be of benefit to you! In this discussion, we look at Flipped Learning. Flipped learning comes to Higher Education from K-12 and can be defined as “Flipped classroom is an instructional strategy and a type of blended learning that reverses the traditional learning environment by delivering instructional content, often online, outside of the classroom.” (Wikipedia) Michelle Hamm (Chemistry), Erik Craft (Economics), and Don Forsyth (Leadership Studies) share their struggles and successes with this particular strategy. Catered pizza, salad and dessert from Christian’s Pizza provided, but registration required.
On Friday 10/21 at 2:30 PM in Boatwright Library room 311, come watch a webinar that will focus on “The Making of Makerspaces”. Ian Roy (Brandeis University), Bryan Alexander (educational futurist), and Timothy Randolph (Williams College) will be the panelists for this session.
Have you ever wanted to hide old courses? Ever wanted to get rid of the “home page”? Want to thin out your course menu or customize what it says? What’s is “Qwickly” and how do I best use it? These are easy fixes you will learn, plus many more ways to make Blackboard more efficient, easier to navigate and look great. Amaze your colleagues with the best-looking Blackboard course on campus!
The Rein in Blackboard hands-on workshop will be held on two different days, to give you a choice to better suit your schedule. Register for one today!
Can’t get to either one? Let us schedule this session for your department or a group of colleagues! E-mail Mike Dixon to schedule a custom session.
We are happy to announce that lynda.com, the premiere online library of instructional videos teaching the latest software tools and skills, is now available at no cost to all UR faculty, staff and students taking courses for credit (full-time and part-time). Taught by accomplished instructors and recognized industry experts, lynda.com is a high-quality resource that offers 24/7 learning, thousands of courses, exercise files to use while learning, full text transcriptions, certificates of completion, and all of it is mobile-friendly.
Visit http://lynda.richmond.edu to log in. When you log in for the first time, you will be asked if you already have an account. If you do, you can choose to merge the two (and stop paying if you currently have an active individual account). Un-merging is possible when a student graduates or an employee leaves. Note that everyone gets the equivalent of a “Lynda Pro” account, which includes practice files.
If you have any questions, reach out to your CTLT liaison, e-mail the CTLT assistant director, Mike Dixon or CTLT director Kevin Creamer. And thanks to Boatwright Memorial Library which helped fund this service for the University community!