Dear Colleagues, This month our Faculty Forum will focus on a topic important to all of us as we continue to teach remotely this fall: Promoting Engagement in Remotely-Taught Classes. We meet Friday, October 16th at noon PST via Zoom. Faculty Forums are informal, discovery-based conversations that present the thoughts of faculty from across the disciplines on the topic of the […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, On behalf of Academic Technology Services, I’m writing to welcome you back to another quarter of remote teaching, and to invite you to participate in a series of faculty events on teaching remotely that I will be hosting this school year on Zoom. For the last several years, Academic Technology Services has […]
This article is an excerpt from the current issue of the International Council for Archaeozoology Newsletter 20(2):67-69. The author is Dr. Christyann M. Darwent, UC Davis Professor of Anthropology and a 2020 recipient of the Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award. Dr. Darwent will serve as one of three presenters at the first DOLCE of fall quarter […]
Dear Faculty, As UC Davis continues to shift to remote teaching in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, instructors may wonder how best to adapt their courses to effectively use instructional technologies. The strategies in the infographic, “Research Spotlight: Strategies for Remote Teaching and Learning,” reflect recommendations from the UC Davis Keep Teaching website and findings […]
The UC Davis Center for Educational Effectiveness is hosting the fourth annual symposium on Student Learning Outcomes this coming Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, September 22nd-24th! The theme of this year’s Symposium is “Exploring the Intersections between Equity and Assessment.” In addition to two keynote addresses from national assessment experts Dr. Natasha Jankowski and Dr. Divya Bheda, […]
This entry is Part 2 of the 2020 Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology five-part blog series, which includes write-ups on (1) Equity & Accessibility, (2) Community & Connection, (3) Video, (4) Multimodal/Multitasking, and (5) Breakout Rooms. Part 2. Community & Connection In each square of the Zoom screen’s technicolor grid of avatars is a […]
No doubt faculty at UC Davis miss conferring in person with their students, with their colleagues, and with the staff that support their teaching and research activities. Most of the services offered by Academic Technology Services remain the same when we are teaching remotely, but as the fall quarter begins, we want to remind new and […]
Lillian Jones, guest blogger for The Wheel, is the author of this series. Lillian is a doctoral student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, studying Hispanic linguistics and second language acquisition. Her research interests include educational technologies, computer-mediated communication, computer assisted language learning, and pedagogical applications of messaging apps and social media. In her […]
Fei Xue and Larissa Saco, Graduate Student Researchers for Academic Technology Series, are the authors of this blog post. Introduction The Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology (SITT) experienced its highest participation to date – over 200 participants attended live webinars, watched pre-recorded faculty talks and interviews, and participated in discussions about teaching […]
Lillian Jones, guest blogger for The Wheel, is the author of this series. Lillian is a doctoral student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, studying Hispanic linguistics and second language acquisition. Her research interests include educational technologies, computer-mediated communication, computer assisted language learning, and pedagogical applications of messaging apps and social media. In her […]