The Center for Teaching, Learning & Research (CTLR) is pleased to present the 2017 Contemporary Teaching Series: Envisioning Teaching and Learning at Middlebury.
The series includes presentations and conversations to inspire, challenge, and educate Middlebury faculty, staff, and students. This year, we are offering a number of afternoon workshops that develop a practical dimension of broader pedagogical topics discussed in the morning sessions. The series opening presentation and discussion will be:
Evidence-Based Curricular Design: The Story of The Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine (UVM) by William Jeffries, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, The Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine on Tuesday, January 10 at 11am in the CTLR Suite (Davis Library 225)
Below is a summary of events for the Contemporary Teaching Series, followed by a list of additional technology related workshops available through CTLR’s Academic Technology. For the most current information and to sign up for individual sessions, please visit the series website at https://sites.middlebury.edu/ctlrjan2017/
Tuesday, January 10
Evidence-Based Curricular Design
Presenter: Dr. William Jeffries, Senior Associate Dean, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
Tuesday, January 10, 11:00am–12:15pm, CTLR
A progressive phase out of lecturing by the year 2022 is planned at the UVM’s Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, replaced by time in active learning environments. Dr. Jeffries will discuss the increased importance of active learning, and how UVM is going about re-designing its curriculum based on growing evidence about superior strategies to lecturing. current details and sign up
Moving Away from Lecturing – Practicing the Flip
Presenter: Joe Antonioli, Academic Technology
Tuesday, January 10, 1:30-3:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
Introduce your students to you, the course, and the tools you’ll be using before they even enter the classroom. This workshop will introduce and explore ways to use Panopto, a new video streaming service for Middlebury, that has a screen-recording tool to record activity on your computer to save and share with students online. current details and sign up
Friday, January 13
Teaching Ideas from MIDDCore
Presenter: Rob Moeller, Psychology
Friday, January 13, 11:00am–12:15pm, CTLR
Rob will discuss some of the teaching techniques he’s incorporated into his courses, based on his experience working as a faculty mentor at MiddCORE over the past two summers. This interactive session will focus on, best practices for group work, community engagement projects, activity based classroom sessions as well as case study based learning. current details and sign up
Tuesday, January 17
Keeping Science Real: The UMass iCons Program
Presenter: Scott Auerbach, Professor of Chemistry, UMass, Amherst
Tuesday, January 17, 11:00am–12:15pm, CTLR
In the innovative Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) program at UMass Amherst, students learn how to integrate knowledge to solve problems as part of interdisciplinary teams, conducting research on issues from endocrine disruption to the fate of nanoparticles in photovoltaics. The program’s contemporary teaching and learning practices (collaborative learning, reflective assessment practices, and progressive curricular scaffolding) will apply to courses across the disciplines. current details and sign up
Keeping Your Science Real: Building Case Studies from the Problem Up
Presenter: Scott Auerbach, Professor of Chemistry, UMass, Amherst
Tuesday, January 17, 1:30-3:00pm, CTLR
current details and sign up
Thursday, January 19
Mid-term Assessment with Survey Tools (Qualtrics & Canvas Quiz Tool)
Presenter: Bill Koulopoulos, Academic Technology
Thursday, January 19, 1:30-3:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
Surveys are frequently used to gather data on opinions, impressions or satisfaction levels. Within the educational context surveys can be used for student profiles, midterm assessments and general feedback. This session will cover survey basics and demonstrate how a survey can be created using Canvas or Qualtrics. current details and sign up
Re-envisioning Mid(d) Term Assessments
Thursday, January 19, 4:30–5:45pm, CTLR
Co-sponsored by the Student Educational Affairs Committee and the CTLR
current details and sign up
Monday, January 23
Collaborative Teaching Across Disciplines
Presenters: Steve Abbott, Mathematics, and Cheryl Faraone, Theatre
Monday, January 23, 11:00am–12:15pm, CTLR
current details and sign up
Enhancing Collaborative Work with Canvas
Presenter: Heather Stafford, Academic Technology
Monday, January 23, 1:30-3:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
Encouraging collaboration across different cohorts of students can be helped along by utilizing some tools within Canvas that allow conversations and work to extend beyond the limitations of a an in-class session. In this workshop we’ll explore different functions within Canvas that can provide additional pathways towards connection and conversation. current details and sign up
Thursday, January 26
Teaching When Technology Hacks Reality
Presenter: Bryan Alexander, futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, consultant, and teacher, working in the field of how technology transforms education
Thursday, January 26, 11:00am–12:15pm, CTLR
One of the most interesting and potentially transformative technological trends concerns two separate movements–virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). What happens when VR and AR mix? Virtual data and objects become tied to the real world, as with Pokemon Go, what some call mixed reality (MR). What does MR mean for education? That is where this session concludes. current details and sign up
New Realities at Middlebury
Presenters: Joe Antonioli, Academic Technology and Kristy Golubiewski-Davis, Digital Liberal Arts
Thursday, January 26, 1:30–3:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
See a demonstration of some of the most recent and exciting technologies available at Middlebury. Stations will be set up in the Wilson Media Lab to showcase the HP 3D David Scanner, the Oculus Rift, and the Leap Motion. Experience these technologies for yourself, learn about the current projects Middlebury is participating in, and engage in your own discussions on how you think they could push your work forward. current details and sign up
Friday, January 27
Reflections on Teaching at a Distance
Presenters: Adam Dean, Political Science, Orion Lewis, Political Science, and Tatiana Smorodinska, Russian
Friday, January 27, 11:00am–12:15pm, CTLR
current details and sign up
Monday, January 30
Inquiry-Based Learning: An Interactive Workshop
Presenter: Priscilla Bremser, Mathematics
Monday, January 30, 11:00am–12:15pm
In inquiry-based learning, most class time is devoted to student-centered activities. In this workshop, participants will work through a sequence of questions on a mathematical topic accessible to all. We will also discuss recent research on the efficacy of IBL and other active learning environments, and explore ways that faculty can incorporate inquiry-based principles into their own classrooms. current details and sign up
Thursday, February 2
Envisioning Learning Spaces
Presenter: Richard Jones, architect
Thursday, February 2, 11:00am–12:15pm, CTLR
current details and sign up
Tour of Teaching Spaces
Thursday, February 2, 1:30-3:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
current details and sign up
Additional J-Term Academic Technology Workshops
Introducing MiddCreate
Presenters: Amy Collier, Associate Dean, and Sonja Burrows, Office of Digital Learning
Thursday, January 12, 1:30–3:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
MiddCreate provides web space and a host of open source digital tools (e.g., WordPress, Omeka, Scalar, Known, DocuWiki, and more than 100 additional applications) that individuals can use to “grow” their learning, digital identity, professional development, and scholarly output. This workshop will introduce faculty to MiddCreate, offer examples of how students, faculty, and staff are using MiddCreate, and provide a launching point for anyone who wants to start their own digital garden. current details and sign up
Intro to 3D Workshop
Presenters: Kristy Golubiewski-Davis, Digital Liberal Arts and Daniel Houghton, Academic Technology
Friday, January 13, 1:00-5:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
Note: This workshop will be repeated on January 27, 1:00–5:00pm
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in a 3D environment? This workshop will walk you through the process of 3D scanning an object, manipulating that object in a 3D environment, and preparing scenes to be viewed online or using a 3d virtual headset. Each participant will have the opportunity to scan an object and create a virtual exhibit of previously scanned objects. current details and sign up
Getting Started with Canvas
Presenter: Heather Stafford, Academic Technology
Wednesday, January 18, 1:30-3:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
Note: Repeated Wednesday, January 25, 1:00-3:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
These interactive sessions will introduce faculty to the Canvas interface, navigation selections, and new features (like an aggregated calendar) to help them decide how to configure their Canvas sites to meet their needs. In addition, faculty already working on designing their sites can utilize the block as a work session where they can follow along, or work at their own pace with academic technology staff to help answer questions and explore new options. current details and sign up
Zotero
Presenters: Ryan Clement and Wendy Shook, Library
Tuesday, January 24, 1:30-2:30pm, Wilson Media Lab
Get to the next stage of your journey as a power researcher. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to save, organize, and cite sources using Zotero, a free, easy, and powerful citation management tool that can help scholars and researchers collect, organize, and annotate resources as well as creating citations and bibliographies using thousands of styles. Available to both Mac and PC users, with plugins available for most modern web browsers as well as Microsoft Word and Libre Office. current details and sign up
Getting Started with Canvas
Presenter: Heather Stafford, Academic Technology
Wednesday, January 25, 1:30-3:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
Note: Repeated January 18, 1:00-3:00 pm, Wilson Media Lab
These interactive sessions will introduce faculty to the Canvas interface, navigation selections, and new features (like an aggregated calendar) to help them decide how to configure their Canvas sites to meet their needs. In addition, faculty already working on designing their sites can utilize the block as a work session where they can follow along, or work at their own pace with academic technology staff to help answer questions and explore new options. current details and sign up
Intro to 3D Workshop
Presenters: Kristy Golubiewski-Davis, Digital Liberal Arts and Daniel Houghton, Academic Technology
Friday, January 27, 1:00–5:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
Note: This workshop is repeated on January 13, 1:00–5:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in a 3D environment? This workshop will walk you through the process of 3D scanning an object, manipulating that object in a 3D environment, and preparing scenes to be viewed online or using a 3d virtual headset. Each participant will have the opportunity to scan an object and create a virtual exhibit of previously scanned objects. current details and sign up
Data Bootcamp 1 & 2
Presenters: Ryan Clement, Library, and Kristy Golubiewski-Davis, Digital Liberal Arts
(1) Tuesday, January 31, 1:00–4:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
(2) Wednesday, February 1, 1:00–4:00pm, Wilson Media Lab
Are you new to working with data for digital scholarship? This pair of workshops will introduce participants to the basics of working with and visualizing data as well as some helpful resources for further learning. Day one will cover “Working with Data,” including topics such as finding and interpreting data and codebooks. Day two will include cleaning and visualizing data, including creating original visualizations! Both sessions are 3 hours long and will include discussions of background concepts as well as hands-on work. Because these courses will be tailored to the participants’ interests and disciplines, please sign up by January 17th at the latest. current details and sign up
Bring Your Own Data Workshop
Presenters: Ryan Clement, Library and Kristy Golubiewski-Davis, Digital Liberal Arts
Friday, February 3, 1:00-4:00, Wilson Media Lab
A drop-in session to collaboratively work on your data in a community setting. We encourage you to bring your own data sets for cleaning, visualization, or connecting your conceptual thoughts about your project to the data. Come for help and stay for the collaboration! If you want to work with data but don’t have a specific dataset in mind, we will have a few examples for you to play with while you’re there. current details and sign up