Envisioning Distance Collaboration

The Office of Digital Learning, the Digital Learning Commons, and the Academic Cyberinfrastructure Transformation Team (ACTT) will be hosting a community-initiated conversation about remote work and distance collaboration on November 11, 2016 at 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT. The event will include synchronous collaboration across both campuses and with other remote attendees. For more information,…Continue Reading Envisioning Distance Collaboration

Hack Education Writer / Activist Audrey Watters to Speak about MiddCreate

On October 21 at 1:30pm ET, the Office of Digital Learning and the Digital Learning Commons will be hosting a talk by Audrey Watters, internationally recognized education writer and speaker. Audrey will give a talk called “Attending to the Digital / Reclaiming the Web“, which will focus on issues of digital identity and ownership, and…Continue Reading Hack Education Writer / Activist Audrey Watters to Speak about MiddCreate

One Middlebury Fund Helps Faculty Build on Shared Interests across Middlebury Programs

October 31 is the deadline for One Middlebury applications. The One Middlebury Fund, administered by the Office of the Provost, enables faculty from all Middlebury Programs (the College, the Institute, and the Schools) to engage in collaborative curricular, co-curricular, and scholarly work with colleagues in another Middlebury program. Specific guidelines are available on the Office…Continue Reading One Middlebury Fund Helps Faculty Build on Shared Interests across Middlebury Programs

Facilitated Conversations Go Virtual

Envisioning Middlebury committee members engage in a brainstorming exercise. As part of Envisioning Middlebury, we have been holding facilitated conversations since last spring to capture a wide range of answers to the questions “Who are we and what are our deepest values?” “What does the future look like?” and “Where do we want to go?”…Continue Reading Facilitated Conversations Go Virtual

Grant Opportunities for Innovative Ideas! Attend the FFI information session!

Do you have an innovative project or idea? Then come to the Fund for Innovation (FFI) information session Friday, September 30th from 12:15pm-1:30pm in Axinn 229! The FFI seeks to fund the unconventional and experimental, and projects must somehow tie back into the Middlebury experience. You can find out more about the FFI’s background, mission,…Continue Reading Grant Opportunities for Innovative Ideas! Attend the FFI information session!

Openness without penalty: The cornerstone of the creative student/classroom/university, with guest speaker Adam Croom

Adam Croom is the Director of Digital Learning and an instructor in the College of Journalism of Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. In this talk, Adam will narrate how he leverages the technology of the open web to stimulate his students’ learning and personal growth, and to catalyze creativity in his classroom. Adam’s course…Continue Reading Openness without penalty: The cornerstone of the creative student/classroom/university, with guest speaker Adam Croom

New Intellectual Property Policy Draft & Open Meetings

The Intellectual Property Working Group (IPWG) has updated the draft of the Intellectual Property policy based on input from the Middlebury community. The Board will vote on this policy in late September. Please visit the IPWG website to review the latest draft and provide any additional input or questions: go.middlebury.edu/ippolicy or go.miis.edu/ippolicy  You may also download a copy of…Continue Reading New Intellectual Property Policy Draft & Open Meetings

Institute staff are crowd-sourcing advice to optimize travel between Middlebury campuses

Over the past year, the Institute has engaged in a multi-pronged effort to improve the flow of communication and the sharing of critical information on campus, recognizing the importance of engagement and transparency as contributors to job satisfaction and productive commitment for staff. Institute VP Jeff Dayton-Johnson has begun to hold quarterly open meetings to…Continue Reading Institute staff are crowd-sourcing advice to optimize travel between Middlebury campuses

College and Institute faculty co-host Chinese Political Studies conference

This fall, Middlebury will host the annual conference of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, to be held in Monterey October 10-11. College professors Jessica Teets and Orion Lewis and Institute professor Wei Liang organized the conference, and will present, along with some of their students, on their summer work, “Engaging China through Field Research.”…Continue Reading College and Institute faculty co-host Chinese Political Studies conference