Technology used: Wireless Video Presentation System II by BlackBox Course: BIOL0222A Human Nutrition from an Evolutionary Perspective (Winter 2010) Reason for using the technology: This was a seminar course, and Chris wanted students to be able to present from their own laptops. Received assistance from: LIS HelpDesk and Media Services The BlackBox Wireless Video Presentation […]
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Moving Away from Paper: Annotating and Grading Digital Documents – Jason Mittell & James Morrison
Feb 23
Jason Mittell (Film & Media Culture) and James Morrison (Political Science) are faculty at Middlebury who are moving towards completely paperless teaching and research. Both cite similar reasons for preferring electronic versions of papers, articles and even books. Digital documents are simply easier to organize and access when everything else you do is on your […]
Technology Used: Podcasting Course: PS0304 International Political Economy (Spring 2009) Number of Students: 31 Objectives: To better serve the students and democratize education. Anticipated Learning Outcomes: Better retention and understanding Actual Learning Outcomes: Some on both fronts Summary of Poster Session: James Morrison explained how he uses podcasts to record his lectures so that after […]
Technologies Used: Second Life; Blogs, Wikis. Course: Political Science 103: Intro to Comparative Politics Number of Students: 50 Objectives: “Provide a political simulation experience for my students, and conduct an experiment to determine if it was possible to create a virtual state in which people would actively participate.” Summary of Poster Session: Quinn Mecham and […]
Technologies Used: website: www.SouthChinaSea.org, Google Earth, Google Map, Google News Search, CD Course: PSCI 214 – International Environmental Politics Number of Students: 45 Objectives: “To integrate research and teaching, to promote student-faculty collaboration.” Summary of Poster Session: David Rosenberg and several of his students showed the website that is a resource for students in David’s […]
Technologies Used: ArcGIS; Stata (Statistical Analysis Software) Course: Economics 1008 Deconstructing Discrimination (Winter Term 2009) Number of Students: 20 Assistance: Jack Cuneo, a tutor in the media lab (ArcGIS help) Anticipated Learning Outcomes: Experience with collecting data and performing empirical analysis, familiarity with the capabilities of ArcGIS software, ability to use Stata software. Summary: “My […]
Technology Used: Google Earth Pro, GPS, digital video camera, Adobe Premiere Pro Course: Environmental Studies 1011 – Reading Nature’s Winter Landscape Number of students: 15 Photo by Carrie Macfarlane Text by Chris Fastie and Carrie Macfarlane For ten years, Chris Fastie, Visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Biology, had been laboring to map the […]
Technology Used: Facebook Courses: Organic Chemistry 2 (implemented twice), and Advanced General Chemistry (implemented once) Number of students: Approximately 70 in Organic Chemistry 2, and approximately 25 in Advanced General Chemistry Photo by Carrie Macfarlane When Professor Jeff Byers, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was looking for an online discussion tool for Organic Chemistry 2 […]
Anne Knowles’ poster session featured two atlases that had been created by students in her GEOG0219 course on the Historical Geography of North America. The titles of the atlases are Historical Atlas of New England and Atlas of Industrial America and each student in her class was responsible for creating a map, essay and bibliography […]
Photo by JoAnn Brewer Sixteen faculty and staff members from across the College presented their work at the first-ever Pedagogy and Technology Fair on Thursday June 4, 2009, in the Harmon Reading Area of the Main Library.
