Past Issues: 2011
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August 2011 Issue
Beginning in the fall of 2011, three UR faculty will use Apple’s latest technology, the iPad2, in their classrooms. Learn more about how Dr. Ted Bunn, Dr. Jan French, and Dr. Tom Shields redesigned their courses to fully utilize the iPad2.
Teaching with Blackboard: One of the most essential aspects of getting your Blackboard course set-up is the Grade Center. Taking the time early to think through how you will collect grades and assignments from students will save you time and frustration.
Plus a word from the CTLT Director, the August Workshop Calendar, and what your CTLT liaisons have been up to this summer.
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Links featured in this issue:
CTLT Liaison Blog
Dr. Matthew Trevett-Smith’s Biography
CTLT Fall 2011 Workshop Schedule
CTLT Training & Classes
September 2011 Issue
Professors Dewey Brown and Ann Marie Morgan describe DST as “the ideal instrument to help students narrow the persuasive argument embedded in their scientific topic. With DST, students are forced to learn to economize their ideas and identify salient information.”
Last year, 493 students and 19 faculty participated in the University’s digital storytelling initiative. To meet the demands of growing interest and support, The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology developed a new website, LearnDST (http://learndst.richmond.edu), for faculty and students interested in producing new media narratives.
Several “Tech Tips” which will briefly introduce you to a sample of digital resources available to create your own Digital Story.
Plus the September Workshop Calendar, Pizza and Pedagogy Announcement and what your CTLT liaisons think about Digital Storytelling.
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Links featured in this issue:
CTLT Liaison Blog
LearnDST.Richmond.edu
CTLT Fall 2011 Workshop Schedule
CTLT Training & Classes
October 2011 Issue
Professor of Law, Christopher Cotropia has used blogs in all of his courses for the past four years. He has found course blogs to be “an easy way to serve up course documents and get discussions going outside of class on student posts, my posts, and current events” in a way that Blackboard cannot.
This months’ “Tech Tip” will help you with your first WordPress blog post at http://blog.richmond.edu/
Plus the Fall Workshop Calendar, Pizza and Pedagogy Announcement, PETE After Hours scheduled, and what your CTLT liaisons think about blogging.
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Links featured in this issue:
CTLT Liaison Blog
Professor Christopher Cotropia’s Course Blogs: Copyright Law & Intellectual Property & Policy Seminar
Will Richardson’s Blog
Chronicle of Higher Education Blogs
Hil Scot’s Blog
Matt Trevett-Smith’s Blog
CTLT Fall 2011 Workshop Schedule
CTLT Training & Classes
November 2011 Issue
Faculty and staff from across the University of Richmond were invited to participate in an informative networking event sponsored by Boatwright Library and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology that aimed to highlight innovative strategies in teaching, learning, and creativity.
Erika Damer (Classical Studies), Joe Essid (The Writing Center), Suzanne Jones (English), Jeannine Keefer (Art), and Melissa Ooten (Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies) discussed their experiences using tools such as iPods, Digital Stories, Google Maps, and WordPress blogs, and how these various technologies have encouraged student collaboration, active engagement, and stronger research and writing skills.
Plus the Fall CTLT Calendar, Pizza and Pedagogy Announcements, and what resources on enhancing teaching effectiveness has inspired your CTLT liaisons.
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Links featured in this issue:
CTLT Liaison Blog
Boatwright Memorial Library
Old Medium, New Media Presentation
Americans in Paris Blog
Americans in Paris Interactive Map
Richmond Architecture Blog
Without Sanctuary Website
Tomorrows Professor Listserv
New Media Consortium
What the Best College Teachers Do
Quality Matters Rubric
CTLT Fall 2011 Workshop Schedule
CTLT Training & Classes
Professor of Art, Tanja Softic’s teaching methods are rooted in hands-on, experiential studio learning that is informed by the history and contemporary practice of the media she teaches, principally printmaking and drawing.
In printmaking, some very old print technologies (etching, silk screening, etc.) interface with digital means of image production and printing. When working on a photo-etching, for example, her students begin with a digital photo image that is then exposed onto a plate, etched and hand-inked, wiped and finally printed manually on an etching press. “Printmaking demands that one considers the meaning of the medium itself.”
Plus a preview of the Spring CTLT Calendar, a note from our director, how to archive your Blackboard course, and what your CTLT liaison plans to do this winter break.
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Links featured in this issue:
CTLT Liaison Blog
CTLT Fall 2011 Workshop Schedule
CTLT Training & Classes
Pizza & Pedagogy Schedule
If you have any comments, questions, or ideas for future issues, please contact the Learning@Richmond editor, Dr. Matthew Trevett-Smith.
