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.
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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.
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The Pedagogy of the Poster: Using large-format print to encourage student engagement
Pat Zupan, Jonathan Miller-Lane, Caitlyn Myers, and Noah Graham,
March 17
Poster sessions are common means of sharing research and project information at academic conferences and our own Spring Student Symposium, but how are they used as a teaching tool? Join us for a lunchtime discussion with faculty from different disciplines– Pat Zupan (Italian), Jonathan Miller-Lane (Education Studies), Caitlyn Myers (Economics), and Noah Graham (Physics)– about their experiences using poster presentations in a course. What works well? What challenges arise? How does this assignment enhance student learning?
Note different location for this roundtable.
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to dbernier@middlebury.edu by noon Friday, March 14.
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A 2014 J-Term Course & Faculty workshop, Contemporary Teaching, focused on pedagogy and the impact of technology on teaching and learning. Faculty and student participants discussed teaching/learning strategies and how technology may be used to enhance the process. Watch for posted materials related to the outcomes from Shel Sax.
January 20 & 22, 2014 a filled to capacity workshop on Podcasting in Education with radio producer and filmmaker, Erin Davis was held. Contact Joe Antonioli at jantonio@middlebury.edu for questions on the content.