Dear Faculty Colleagues, Please join us for our last faculty forum of Winter quarter this Friday, March 15th, at noon in Surge III/The Grove. For March, we have chosen this focus: “Week-One Technology Strategies: How best to communicate with your students before you ‘meet’ them, and what technology use policies to share on your syllabus.” […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, The March 1st DOLCE began with an introduction to UC Davis’ new Assistant Provost and Associate Chief Information Officer. Dr. Meggan Levitt shared her extensive background in instructional technology as well as the details of her work for UC Davis. Her focus on providing services from a faculty and student perspective illustrate […]
Alexandra Mauceri, a communication intern for The Wheel, wrote the following piece exploring the eLearning Studio at UC Davis. Alexandra Mauceri is a recent graduate of UC Davis, with a major in Psychology and a minor in professional writing. When she isn’t working for the Wheel, she’s practicing her guitar skills or reading a good […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, The last DOLCE of Winter quarter takes place this Friday, March 1st, in 1310 Surge III / The Grove. DOLCE will begin with an introduction by Meggan Levitt, the new Assistant Vice Provost and Associate Chief Information Officer for Academic Applications at UC Davis. We at Academic Technology Services are excited to […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, This month’s Faculty Forum (February 15th) will focus on instructional design strategies. Join Dr. Margaret Merrill and Mark Wilson, instructional designers for Academic Technology Services, for a discussion of how iterative instructional design strategies can make your teaching practices more effective and more efficient. They will be tailoring the discussion to satisfy […]
Dear UC Davis Faculty, I recently attended the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators’ 2019 virtual conference. This conference covered a wide-range of topics including training faculty for online teaching, international and intercultural online literacy instruction, communicating with students online, and student expectations for online coursework. While a broad range of topics and institutions were […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, The audio and video from the February 1st DOLCE are now available! At the February 1st DOLCE, Bert Craig, interim manager of Media Services at Academic Technology Services, presented his talk “Lecture Capture: Thoughtful integration to promote student learning.” This presentation covered the current state of lecture capture at UC Davis, intended […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, Please join us this Friday, February 1st at noon for our first DOLCE of 2019. This month’s DOLCE will begin with an introduction to the new Associate Vice Provost and Associate Chief Information Officer for UC Davis, Dr. Meggan Levitt. Given Dr. Levitt’s extensive experience leading and supporting educational technology in higher […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, I hope you enjoyed a relaxing and restorative winter break. As Winter quarter is now upon us, I am excited to announce our upcoming instructional technology and pedagogy events for UC Davis faculty. Please see the Winter Quarter 2019 flyer for more details on DOLCEs and Faculty Forums. Speakers will share their expertise on […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, Audio and video from the December 7th DOLCE is now available! These audio and video recordings feature Steve Faith and Joey Van Buskirk, instructional technologists for Academic Technology Services, as they walk through creating video content featured on the how-to guide “Creating Online Video Content” either within Canvas itself or in Aggie […]