Category Archives: DLA

Midd Animation Lab Releases Migrant Family Separation Short “Estrellita”

The Burlington Free Press featured the Middlebury Animation Studio on 6/25/18. Director Daniel Houghton and student collaborators released the in-progress short film “Estrellita (Little Star)” early in response to the events occurring in detention centers on the border.

Read the story Immigration: Middlebury animated film ‘Estrellita’ depicts family separation in Vermont

Update: Seven Days also featured the film on 7/4/18. Read the article Middlebury Animation Studio Short Addresses Family Separation.

Award-Winning Collinwood Fire Project Featured in Middlebury Magazine

Middlebury Magazine featured the award-winning Collinwood Fire research project, a collaboration between faculty, staff and students, on January 31, 2018.

“What Did I Just See?”
A schoolhouse fire in Cleveland shocked the nation in 1908 and then was largely forgotten—until now. A cohort of Middlebury scholars and students shines a new light on an American tragedy. read more

Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts Schedule for Jan. 2018

See full descriptions and register online at https://sites.middlebury.edu/ctlrjan2018/

KEN WISSOKER: WRITING FOR READERS
Wednesday, January 10, CTLR, 12:00-1:30, lunch included
Individual Consultations with Ken Wissoker from 1:40-3:40 pm

THE NEW EDUCATION
Wednesday, Jan. 10
Discussions with Cathy Davidson in the CTLR at 10:30 am or 1:30 pm
Talk in Dana Auditorium, 4:30-6:00 pm

“GOOD” PROFESSORS, CAMPUS CULTURE, AND THE ROADBLOCKS TO INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION
Thursday, January 11, 11:00 – 1:30, CTLR, lunch included

BEYOND MIS-EDUCATION: DISCUSSING RACE IN COLLEGE CLASSROOMS
Monday, January 15, CTLR, 11:00-1:00, lunch included

LIGHTING A FIRE: TECHNIQUES TO INSPIRE STUDENTS MORE DEEPLY
Thursday, January 18, CTLR, 11:00-1:00, lunch included

THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN EDUCATION AFTER NET NEUTRALITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH
Tuesday, January 23, CTLR, 11:00-1:00, lunch included

SLOW TEACHING
Friday, January 26, CTLR, 11:00-1:00, lunch included

FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM: LESSONS LEARNED
Monday, Jan. 29, CTLR, 11:00-1:00, lunch included

Additional Tools for Teaching and Research Sessions

SWAPPING PLACES: THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Hybrid Experience – starting Monday January 8th

ANDROIDS: BRUCE DUNCAN & BINA48
Tuesday, Jan 16th, 1:00-5:00, Wilson Media Lab

CANVAS CREATIVITY: DEVELOPING COURSE SITES
Friday, Jan. 19th, 1:30 – 3:00, Wilson Media Lab

MANAGING YOUR DIGITAL SCHOLARLY IDENTITY: ORCID, GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND BEYOND
Tuesday, January 23, 1:00-2:00, Wilson Media Lab

GETTING YOUR CANVAS SITE READY FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER
Tuesday, Feb. 6th, 1:30 – 3:00, Wilson Media Lab

PANOPTO & CANVAS
Friday, Feb. 2nd, 1:30 – 3:00, Wilson Media Lab

DLA Fellow Visualizes the Effects of Abortion Policy in Texas

From the Middlebury News Room

Middlebury Economist Studies the Effects of Abortion Policy in Texas
January 31, 2017

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – A Middlebury College associate professor who studies the social and economic effects of policies governing women’s access to abortion presented recent findings at a “Behind the Scenes” lecture at the Davis Family Library on January 25.

Caitlin M.K. Myers, an applied micro economist, is one of Middlebury’s Digital Liberal Arts (DLA) faculty fellows – professors who explore the power of technology to enhance and transform their scholarship, through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Myers’ presentation was titled “Desperate Measures: Visualizing the Effects of Abortion Clinic Closures in Texas,” and she focused the majority of her talk on the effects of Texas House Bill 2, the 2013 law that says all abortion providers in the state must have admitting privileges at an emergency room within 30 miles of the clinic, and that all clinics must be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers. read more