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Experiential Learning for Today's Teaching Modalities - A Lunchtime Discussion

Sponsored by:
Center for Teaching, Learning and Research
Faculty colleagues from across the disciplines and teaching in a range of formats (fully online, hybrid, and in-person) will share how they are incorporating experiential learning into their respective modalities, what strategies and approaches are best suited to each modality, and what possibilities are encompassed under the broad notion of experiential learning. We hope these current examples will inspire your thinking and planning for Winter and Spring Term Courses.

Faculty Development Workshop

Sponsored by:
Center for Teaching, Learning and Research
“Groove Camp” is for anyone who wants to write or to focus in any other quiet way on things that are work-related. There are no disciplinary restrictions, and there is no expectation that you will show what you have been working on to anyone present.

Davis Family Library 105A

Closed to the Public

Do I Have to Use Technology in My Classroom?

Sponsored by:
Center for Teaching, Learning and Research
Part of the Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts Series, in this session we’ll tackle the digital elephant in the room by taking a look at our assumptions and experiences around technology in the classroom. By using the challenge of the tech-distracted student as an opportunity to look at our own teaching, we’ll identify strategies for creating inclusive learning environments that support focused, authentic, present-in-the-moment learning — even in the presence of digital devices. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by January 2nd.

Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

Closed to the Public

Digital Fluencies Series: The Technology & Ethics of Social Media & Web Harvesting-Patrick Wallace

Sponsored by:
College Libraries, Center for Teaching, Learning and Research, Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry, and Digital Liberal Arts (DLA)
Patrick Wallace (Digital Projects & Archives Librarian) will introduce a selection of current techniques used to harvest web and social media content for preservation and research. Rather than a user tutorial or deep dive into technical arcana, the discussion will draw on examples from Special Collections’ digital projects to illustrate how popular websites and mobile applications—such as Twitter and Facebook—confound historical memory through legal and technical means.

Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

Digital Fluencies Series: Speculative Computing-Michael J. Kramer

Sponsored by:
College Libraries, Center for Teaching, Learning and Research, Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry, and Digital Liberal Arts (DLA)
The switch from the term “humanities computing” to “digital humanities” will turn 15 (approximately) next year. This conversation offers an opportunity to take stock of the field by focusing on the surprising dimensions of actual scholarship in digital humanities that often happen below the surface of the administrative faddishness and hype about the field.

Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

Digital Fluencies Series: Speculative Computing-Michael J. Kramer

Sponsored by:
College Libraries, Center for Teaching, Learning and Research, and Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry
The switch from the term “humanities computing” to “digital humanities” will turn 15 (approximately) next year. This conversation offers an opportunity to take stock of the field by focusing on the surprising dimensions of actual scholarship in digital humanities that often happen below the surface of the administrative faddishness and hype about the field.

Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

Closed to the Public

Digital Fluencies Series: Misinformation & Bots/Sockpuppets-Amy Collier

Sponsored by:
College Libraries, Center for Teaching, Learning and Research, Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry, and Digital Liberal Arts (DLA)
What role do bots (automated fake social media accounts) and sockpuppets (human-operated fake social media accounts) play in our digital information environments? How do you spot a bot or sockpuppet and try understand their influence? In this session, we will discuss the traits of bots/sockpuppets, how they infiltrate digital “public” spheres, and how to combat them. Lunch will be served. Please sign up at the URL.

Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

Digital Fluencies Series: Digital Publishing, Problems & Possibilities-Mike Roy

Sponsored by:
College Libraries, Center for Teaching, Learning and Research, Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry, and Digital Liberal Arts (DLA)
This session broaches the topic of digital publishing. What does it mean to be publishing scholarship online? How do new modes of digital publishing and scholarly communication relate to older print and face-to-face models? What is worth preserving from older systems and what begs for radical transformation and reinvention? How are both the financial and status economies of academia changing with the transition to digital publishing?

Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

Open to the Public