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teach coding? learn about a tool for integrating enhanced jupyter notebooks into your teaching
dec. 6, 2021—as part of a course improvement grant project, associate professor of biomedical engineering will grissom been using pathbird, a tool that runs enhanced jupyter notebooks (in python, julia, or r). it allows students to navigate to their site with no additional setup, and the instructor can interleave autograders, multiple choice questions, and short answer questions with...
workshop: teaching with case studies
nov. 1, 2021—case studies are a signature pedagogy throughout the professions and increasingly across all liberal arts disciplines. when used effectively, they can motivate students to learn deeply through meaningful, complex, and real-world scenarios, elevating anything from analytical thought to ethical reasoning, applied practices to theoretical critique. this workshop will explore how case studies are or can...
workshop: decolonizing our teaching
oct. 26, 2021—the exhortation to “decolonize” our syllabi and our teaching more generally has become increasingly common across higher education in recent years. for its many advocates, decolonization can include a wide variety of practices, such as the acknowledgement of indigenous land claims, understanding how the culture of colonialism has shaped our disciplines, diversifying the canons of...
digital presence: academic podcasting
oct. 6, 2021—why start a podcast as an academic? in this “digital presence” panel, we will learn about three academic podcasts, each with a different mission and audience. law professor ed cheng is the producer of excited utterance, a long-running podcast featuring interviews with scholars in his research area (evidence and proof). kate stuart produces the beyond...
new resource on leading synchronous online discussions
oct. 26, 2020—check out the latest page on leading synchronous online discussions posted within the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分’s online course development resources website. heather fedesco, cft assistant director, provides suggestions for effective ways to incorporate group discussions into zoom class sessions. you can learn more about setting expectations for zoom discussions, establishing community norms to ensure these...
all about recording zoom meetings – new guides for faculty!
oct. 8, 2020—have you been wondering about recording your live class meetings? we have several new guides available on our on-demand resources page that will walk you through some commonly asked questions. should i record my live class meeting? new! how can i record and share my class meetings with my students? new! how can i record...
liberating zoom: strategies for better online discussions
aug. 19, 2020—friday, august 21, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. join the robert penn warren center for the humanities this friday for a highly interactive, hands-on exploration of strategies that help build more inclusive and engaged teaching and research communities, online and in person. liberating structures, led by anna jackson and fisher qua, is a methodology grounded in the idea that the strategies commonly...