Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

Please join us for a DLA Behind the Scenes talk by Will Nash, Professor of American Studies and English and American Literatures. Nash will describe his original DLA objective, an electronic edition of Helen Thoreau’s anti-slavery scrapbooks, and discuss how his exposure to a broad array of digital tools and methodologies shifted his focus from the digitization of a print text to the creation of digital texts that built on the original artifact and opened new areas of inquiry.

Sayaka Abe presents her analysis of Japanese emotion concepts drawn from mangaas a possible medium for language pedagogy. In contrast to traditional textbooks, her research imagines authentic materials such as manga as rich sources of social situations captured through words, images, and stories.

Please sign up. Lunch will be served.

In this session, Jim Berg (ENAM, FYS) and Shawna Shapiro (WRPR, LNGT) will discuss how they respond to students at various phases in the writing process. We will share activities and tools that can be used during or outside of class, by both instructors and peers. We will also address common questions, such as: What kinds of response are most useful to students? How can I respond in a timely and efficient way? How can I encourage students to transfer what they learn from one assignment into the next?

As educators, we know that challenges make learning last, and so we bake them into our teaching in big ways and small. Do the challenges, questions, and problems we pose to our students involve all the essential components for deep learning and growth? Are they building critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills as well as deep content knowledge?