Dear Faculty Colleagues, You may have noticed that The Wheel has a new look. We have been collaborating with our talented colleagues in Academic Technology Services to develop this new site with an emphasis on streamlining and forefronting our Twitter stream. As the editors of an instructional technology blog, we are constantly working on ways […]
Colleagues, Academic Technology Services has been partnering with the UC Davis Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE) in helping adapt one of UC Davis’s most popular courses, Introduction to Beer and Brewing, into a fully online course. This has been a huge project! The fully online course launched for the first time this Spring quarter, […]
Dear Faculty, Thank you to all that were able to attend DOLCE on June 2nd! If you were unable to attend, please feel free to check out the recording. Dr. Margaret Merrill focused her discussion on instructional uses of video. Steve Faith shared his expertise in regards to lecture capture. Both presenters shared practical and immediately […]
Dear Colleagues, I write to invite you to our June 2nd DOLCE (Discussing Online Learning and Collaborative Education) meeting in 1310 Surge III / The Grove, at which time we will hear from two experts on instructional technology tools and practices. This will be our last DOLCE of the school year – looking to the […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, On the third Friday of every month during the school year, the Faculty Support Team of Academic Technology Services and I invite UC Davis faculty to join us in 1310 Surge III (AKA The Grove) for a brown bag discussion of one or more pertinent topics in instructional technology. Tomorrow, May 19th, […]
Dear Faculty, Dr. Janine Wilson’s presentation at the May 5th DOLCE (Discussing Online Learning and Collaborative Education) meeting was incredibly inspiring. Dr. Wilson presented tips and tricks for using PlayPosit videos as well as the learning glass in the eLearning studio. She discussed her experiences transforming her face-to-face Microeconomics course into a hybrid course and now into […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, I write to invite you to our May 5th DOLCE (Discussing Online Learning and Collaborative Education) meeting in 1310 Surge III / The Grove, at which time we will hear from Janine Wilson of the Department of Economics. She will tell us about her work transforming a face-to-face Microeconomics class into […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, On April 21st at noon in 1310 Surge III / The Grove, we will hold a faculty forum on UC Davis Canvas, with a focus on faculty stories of overcoming challenges, making discoveries, and increasing comfort with our new learning management system. As you know, this spring quarter (2017) is that last quarter […]
Resources for Teaching Diverse Learners Gathered by Dr. Andy Jones For DOLCE: Discussing Online Learning and Collaborative Education Academic Technology Services UC Davis “Tips for Educators on Accommodating Different Learning Styles.” Center for Access and Success. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, n.d. Web. 7 Apr. 2017. http://www.umassd.edu/dss/resources/facultystaff/howtoteachandaccommodate/howtoaccommodatedifferentlearningstyles/. “Inclusive Teaching Strategies.” Center for Teaching Excellence. […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, For the April 7th DOLCE, faculty and staff will gather together to discuss strategies for creating, implementing, and assessing responses to assignments for diverse learners. Instructional Designer Fernando Socorro and a team of colleagues in Academic Technology Services have recently been awarded a Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Grant, and we will ask […]