Dear Faculty Colleagues, The final Faculty Forum of the year takes place this coming Friday, May 18th and will feature Nutrition’s Debbie Fetter and Communications’ Martin Hilbert sharing their experiences teaching online. As online courses become increasingly prevalent in higher education, this faculty forum will provide participating faculty an opportunity to reflect on their own […]
Robert Blake, a distinguished professor of Spanish and the Director of the Davis Language Center, joined me for the Spring quarter audio blog entry. Our discussion covered a variety of topics ranging from Robert Blake’s training graduate students to teaching online courses to providing audio and visual feedback via UC Davis Canvas. In this audio […]
Dear Faculty, May 4th’s DOLCE featured James Carey, distinguished professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, and Jeanette Ruiz, a lecturer in the Department of Communication. James Carey’s presentation, “Advanced PowerPoint Techniques: Examples from across the disciplines,” focused on effective principles for faculty to use in their teaching and dissemination of research. James Carey […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, You are invited to a bonus DOLCE this Friday, May 11th. This bonus DOLCE will preview Dr. Andy Jones (that’s me!) and Alex Rockey’s accepted presentation “Envisioning a Digital Learning Environment at University of California, Davis: A space for pedagogical discovery and play.” In just two short weeks, we will present this […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, Happy May Day! It’s time for another DOLCE! This Friday’s meeting of DOLCE (Discussing Online Learning and Collaborative Education) will feature two faculty colleagues sharing their expertise in two of our most popular teaching technologies, Microsoft PowerPoint and UC Davis Canvas. James Carey, distinguished professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, […]
As has been mentioned in several DOLCE events, members of our ATS staff have been working for more than a year on a diversity and inclusion grant project entitled Share You. The goal of Share You is to curate a multimedia dialogue about how members of our UC Davis community promote and live diversity […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, The first DOLCE of the spring quarter featured insightful talks on online learning and Gradescope, a tool to facilitate grading paper-based exams. Professor Robert Blake discussed online learning and ways that task-based learning can be integrated to support students. Professor Blake graciously provided the link to his slides which include detail about […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, As we know, cell phone ownership is ubiquitous among 18-29 year olds, and a majority of our UC Davis students bring their mobile devices into our classrooms. An Education Week article published today, titled “10 Step Process to Evaluate Non-Instructional Technology,” reminds us that faculty and students have access to a […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, Welcome back to campus, and to teaching with technology! We hope you have had a restful spring break. We at Academic Technology Services are excited about the schedule of Discussing Online Learning and Collaborative Education (DOLCE) meetings and Faculty Forums scheduled for first and third Fridays at noon during the spring quarter. […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, The end of the winter quarter presents us as an opportunity to reflect on how, and how effectively, we are teaching our students. The March 16th Faculty Forum will feature three accomplished educators who have reflected on their teaching methods and results by paying close attention to the data generated in their […]