Vice President's Office - MIIS

As of 2020, at least a third of all data passes through the cloud, and within five years, there will be over 50 billion smart connected devices in the world. 5G and increased bandwidth will enable machines, robots, and autonomous vehicles to collect and transfer more data than ever, leading to advances in the area of the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart machinery. The recent Russian cyber attacks through SolarWinds serves notice that with these technological advances come great concerns regarding data privacy, data security, and how cyberspace should be governed.

Teach-in on Democracy Series: Why did January 6 happen? What’s next?

The first event will be held on Thursday, February 11 from 12:15PM – 1:45PM and will feature Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism.

2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: High Impact Pedagogies for Quality, Equity, and Student Engagement In this workshop by Timothy Eatman, Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community and Associate Professor of Urban Education in the College of Arts & Sciences at Rutgers University, participants will consider what new ways of knowing and being are called for in our current moment at Middlebury, in higher education, and in the world we are preparing our students to enter.

2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Voices from the Writing Center: A Roundtable Discussion with Faculty and Peer Writing Tutors This discussion on writing in courses and course-based peer tutors will benefit faculty exploring writing options for their courses generally but especially those teaching a writing-intensive CW (College Writing) or FYS (First Year Seminar) course.

2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Designing Engaging Writing Assignments

2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Broadening the Conversation: Communicating to Non-Experts About Your Work Guest speaker Joshua Tucker from New York University and co-author of The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage will lead us in a discussion on how we speak to a general audience about our research. Whether the topic is data science, climate change, policy, history, or art, it can seem difficult for those of us steeped in the details of a subject to present our work in ways that are accessible to non-experts.

2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Profound Learning and Full Participation: Utilizing High Impact Practices for Student Success Pivoting on a full participation framework, Timothy Eatman, Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community and Associate Professor of Urban Education in the College of Arts & Sciences at Rutgers University, will share the evidence-based research demonstrating a positive relationship between student participation in high-impact practices (HIPs) and improved student outcomes.

2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Teaching Public Humanities and Lab Classes

2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Universal Design for Learning: An Introduction

With guidance from Caitlin Keller, Instructional Designer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, this session will discuss the key elements of designing a PBL learning experience in flexible course settings by effectively utilizing technology for both faculty and students. The workshop is open to all faculty, but it will spotlight the unique challenges that arise when implementing PBL in online or hybrid STEM courses.