The President’s Course brings together students on the Middlebury and Monterey campuses

“Water in an Insecure World” is to topic of the first President’s course, which will be convened for the Spring semester by President Laurie Patton. Taught by  Dan Brayton, Associate Professor of English and American Literatures, Middlebury College, and Lyuba Zarsky, Professor of International Environmental Policy, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, the course brings together faculty from…Continue Reading The President’s Course brings together students on the Middlebury and Monterey campuses

Digital Annotation for Learning and Scholarship

From January 23 – February 3, the Office of Digital Learning will offer a special digital learning opportunity: a facilitated online experience called Digital Annotation for Learning and Scholarship. This experience is designed to give teachers, instructional designers and technologists, students, and others an introduction to digital annotation as both a means to greater engagement with…Continue Reading Digital Annotation for Learning and Scholarship

Grants Awarded for Faculty Development that Crosses Program Boundaries

The One Middlebury Fund, administered by the Office of the Provost, provides resources that faculty from all Middlebury Programs (the College, the Institute, and the Schools) may use to engage in collaborative curricular, co-curricular, and scholarly endeavors with colleagues in other programs. This fall, ten proposals received funding to collaborate on a range of projects,…Continue Reading Grants Awarded for Faculty Development that Crosses Program Boundaries

Distance Collaboration Conversation a Success!

On Friday, November 11, the Office of Digital Learning, in partnership with the Digital Learning Commons and the ACTT, facilitated a community-initiated conversation about distance collaboration and remote work. A summary of the meeting has been posted to the Office of Digital Learning blog. The conversation was attended by more than 30 people—at both campuses…Continue Reading Distance Collaboration Conversation a Success!

Collaboration News

Collaboration across Middlebury programs takes many forms, some more visible than others, but all helping to leverage expertise and build relationships. Here are a few examples: Organizational development Middlebury took the next step toward an integrated approach to organizational and staff development when the Digital Learning Commons’ Assistant Director for Special Projects, Melissa Sorenson, traveled…Continue Reading Collaboration News

Envisioning Middlebury: The Shape of Learning

Middlebury Institute faculty, staff and students gathered in the Digital Learning Commons on the morning after Jacqueline Royster’s Envisioning Middlebury Lecture, for a breakfast conversation about her concept of “Integrative Liberal Arts.” Noting that there are “mirror image” similarities between the Institute’s relationship to the College, and Ivan Allen College’s relationship to Georgia Tech, the…Continue Reading Envisioning Middlebury: The Shape of Learning

Hack Education blogger Audrey Watters attends to the digital on two Middlebury campuses

Freelance writer and blogger Audrey Watters visited MIIS on October 21, sponsored by the Office of Digital Learning, as part of the launch of MiddCreate. She gave a video-conferenced presentation entitled “Attending to the Digital,” for a bi-coastal audience in Vermont and California. Her perspective on the role of technology in our lives and in…Continue Reading Hack Education blogger Audrey Watters attends to the digital on two Middlebury campuses

Blog posts from the Office of Digital Learning: Digital language and assessments, distance collaboration, intellectual property, and more!

Check out the latest blog posts from the Office of Digital Learning: The rutabaga: What to do with the digital Language learning and the digital Advice for working across distance Envisioning distance collaboration Moodle to Canvas: Language assessment transitions What does Middlebury’s new IP policy mean for you? (Part 1) Want to receive blog updates in…Continue Reading Blog posts from the Office of Digital Learning: Digital language and assessments, distance collaboration, intellectual property, and more!