by Thomas Keith | Nov 5, 2021 | Events
Clockwise from top left: Samantha Fenno, Kendra Burbank, Petra Goedegebuure, Paul Poast On Oct. 29, 2021, Joe Lampert, Interim Director of the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning, led the panel “Reengaging the In-Person Classroom: A Mid-Quarter Faculty Panel,”...
by Cheryl Walker | Oct 14, 2021 | Events, Instructional design, Services, Universal Design for Learning
After going through a pilot phase, Ed Discussion has been approved as an enterprise service for the entire University. Ed Discussion is an online communication tool that can be used to facilitate synchronous and asynchronous online discussions in a course. It is...
by Thomas Keith | Sep 22, 2021 | Events, Instructional design, Services
Autumn Quarter 2021 is almost here, and now is the perfect time to request a course blog for your Autumn course. Course blogs are a powerful tool for stimulating student creativity and can fill many different roles within your pedagogy, from discussion boards to...
by Sarah McDaniel | Sep 21, 2021 | Events, Instructional design, Services
This three-part series on social annotation examines the pedagogical impact of collaborative close reading across diverse disciplinary fields, pedagogical contexts, and instructional modalities. While this first installment focuses on the Humanities and Social...
by Thomas Keith | Aug 17, 2021 | Events, Instructional design, Services
In preparation for the upcoming Autumn Quarter, Academic Technology Solutions has updated its workshop offerings. We are offering introductions to digital teaching tools such as Canvas, Zoom, Panopto, Poll Everywhere, and Gradescope; new workshops on blended...
by Thomas Keith | Jun 3, 2021 | Events
In the two-week period beginning Monday, June 7, Academic Technology Solutions will be offering a wide variety of workshops to help you prepare for Summer Quarter 2021. Whether you are just getting started with remote/hybrid teaching, or whether you would like to...