This is the first of a three-part series Writing as a Social Practice Small Group Workshops Productive Discomfort Writing as a Social Practice I was fascinated with the earliest poems I read and heard that gave insight into all the secret territories of the human spirit, our relationships with one another. Somehow those glimpses felt […]
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Meet the TLW 2020 Faculty Mentors
Kathryn Sederberg, German Studies Rick Barth, Mathematics & Assistant Provost Christina Carroll, History Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Religion Elizabeth Manwell, Classics Santiago Salinas, Biology Brittany Liu, Psychology
A Team Meeting about Joining and Running Team Meetings – Alyce Brady, Josh Moon, and Rick Barth
Everything You Wanted to Know About Teams but Were Afraid to Ask! This video features a meeting in which we discuss how to start or join a meeting in Microsoft Teams, how to participate through features such as raising a hand, muting and unmuting video or audio, or chatting on the side, how to share […]
Five Things: Indoor Air Quality in Classrooms at K
**August 20, 2020 Update** A more detailed version of this information has been published at the College Covid 19 Site. I had a really informative meeting with Susan Lindemann, Director of Facilities Management, about the ventilation systems in our classroom buildings and steps being taken to prepare for on-campus classes this fall. The College is […]
Student Surveys in Moodle using the Feedback Activity
At the beginning of my course, I ask students to complete a survey to provide me with some information I need to make the course best fit their needs. Especially with online content, it is important for me to know about time zone differences, technology needs, and student preferences about what name to use when […]
Getting Started with Teams for Your Class
Here are a selection of short videos from Microsoft showing some initial steps for getting Teams going for use in your class Getting your team up and running **start here** Guide for you as a team owner Overview of Teams and Channels Work on a document together with your class Post a message in multiple […]
Moodle FAQ
Wait, I thought we just rolled out Teams? Why I am using Moodle? Teams is not designed to replace Moodle. Moodle and Teams can compliment one another. Moodle is an open-sourced, community-supported product that has decades of experience in traditional Learning Management System functions like receiving Assignments, distributing Files, and organizing a course. Though Microsoft […]
Google Jamboard for Whiteboarding with my Organic Chemistry Class — Dwight Williams
In this video blog I share my thoughts on how I’ll use digital whiteboarding in my class this fall. I teach organic chemistry, a discipline that is rooted in drawing chemical structures — lots of pictures! To help students understand this discipline, its helpful to do this work together. I plan to run my class […]
First Year Seminar — Chuck Stull
I think incoming First Year Students will need more structure, so their asynchronous work will have deadlines Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This daily work will be a combination of readings, my videos, and their written responses. Bigger papers will be continue over several days or weeks. Synchronous activities: On Monday and Wednesday, I will meet […]
Econ275/Busn 275 Industrial Organization and Public Policy — Chuck Stull
I taught this class in the Spring, so the online backbone is already in place. This is a combination of my videos, readings, responses to the videos and readings, quizzes, industry research, and some optional materials. This part is all asynchronous. These will be opened Monday morning and due Sunday night. The new part will […]