Alicia Peaker, Northeastern University on Monday, April 28
Her presentation included reflections on the exciting opportunities presented by the digital liberal arts and a hands-on workshop on using new digital tools.
Professor of Psychology and Vice President for Planning & Assessment Susan Baldridge on Tuesday, April 22
Susan described what she learned from her investigations of how technology is transforming higher education. She provided an overview of online education in its many forms, and considered the implications of these developments for teaching and learning in a liberal arts context and beyond.
Saturday, April 19- Screening of No (2012, Chile, directed by Pablo Larrain, starring Gael Garcia Bernal). A blu-ray dvd of this film is also available on 1 day reserve at the Circulation Desk of the Davis Family Library for home viewing. Tuesday, April 22-discussion of the film with lunch.
Winner of the Art Cinema Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, No dramatizes political turmoil in late 1980s Chile. When military dictator Augusto Pinochet is pressured into a referendum in 1988, Rene Saavedra leads the advertising plan for the opposing left devising the powerful “No” campaign. “A cunning and richly enjoyable combination of high-stakes drama and media satire” writes Liam Lacy, Globe and Mail. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Technology’s Horizon: Predicting the impact of technology on higher education
Joe Antonioli, LIS, April 15
New technologies are continuously introduced to the education environment, having an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry. The Horizon Report, released jointly by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative, looks at trends, challenges and emerging technologies that are likely to have an impact on learning, teaching and creative inquiry in education in the next one to five years.
See the entire Spring 2014 Academic Roundtable schedule at go.middlebury.edu/roundtable
Members of the Ad Hoc Assessment Committee: Susan Baldridge, Chair; Amy Morsman; Amy Yuen; Bill Peterson; Michael Newbury; Damascus Kafumbe; Hang Du. Friday, April 25
The Ad Hoc Assessment Committee described the initial work done to create a framework for assessing students’ progress toward the faculty-endorsed College-wide learning goals. They shared the lessons learned during their evaluation of oral presentation skills at the Spring Symposium.
See the entire Spring 2014 Academic Roundtable schedule at go.middlebury.edu/roundtable