by Thomas Keith | May 7, 2019 | Instructional design, Services
This post is an installment in an ongoing series that explores possibilities for creative classroom assignments. We will showcase courses that have successfully employed creative assignments, and introduce tools and strategies that can help your students master...
by Thomas Keith | Apr 18, 2019 | Faculty Success Stories, Instructional design
The “flipped-classroom” model of pedagogy, replacing in-class lectures with active learning, is rapidly growing in popularity within higher education. At the University of Chicago, Academic Technology Solutions has been working with Prof. Dorian Abbot of Geophysical...
by Thomas Keith | Mar 12, 2019 | Faculty Success Stories, Instructional design
Canvas Conferencing is a powerful built-in Canvas tool that makes it possible for faculty and instructors to hold classes and office hours remotely. For Thomas J. Lee, a lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy, Canvas Conferencing proved to be a life-saver...
by Thomas Keith | Mar 12, 2019 | Events, Symposium for Teaching with Technology
The UChicago Symposium for Teaching with Technology is coming on Tuesday, April 23, 2019! The Symposium will be a full-day event, held at the Regenstein Library. It will bring together faculty, instructors, lecturers, learning designers, academic technologists, and...
by Thomas Keith | Feb 15, 2019 | Services
New Workshops Offered In Autumn Quarter 2018, many faculty, instructors, graduate students, and staff took advantage of new Canvas workshops offered by Academic Technology Solutions. These new workshops covered how to set up a Canvas site quickly and efficiently; how...
