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April 7 DOLCE features talks on student engagement and student success – join us at noon via Zoom!

  • by Andy Jones

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed a restful spring break.

Our April DOLCE takes place this coming Friday at noon via Zoom, and I hope you can join us for an opportunity to hear presentations from faculty in Psychology and Computer Science. Dr. Cam Hostinar will be speaking on “Promoting Student Engagement in Large Courses,” while Matthew Buttner will be speaking about “Insisting Students Plan for Success.”

Dr. Cam Hostinar is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department. Dr. Hostinar joined UC Davis in 2016 and has been teaching health psychology and child development ever since. She directs the Social Environment and Stress Lab, which engages more than a dozen undergraduate students each quarter in hands-on research related to protective factors against stress. Dr. Hostinar received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the Psychology Department in 2020, from the College of Letters and Science in 2022, and from the Academic Senate in 2023. 

Matthew Butner is a lifelong Aggie. He originally joined UC Davis in 2008 as an undergraduate, enrolled in the Computer Science Masters program in 2012, and was hired as a lecturer here in 2014. He enjoys helping his students master the skills and mindset needed to become successful programmers. Butner will discuss his past failed attempts to get students to plan out their projects, his current solution using the Prairie Learn Question System, and future strategies to ensure students plan for success. 

Please register now so you can join us Friday at noon for the presentations and discussion. This event will be recorded.

See you Friday!

Dr. Andy Jones
Academic Associate Director, Academic Technology Services
Editor in Chief, The Wheel
University of California, Davis

P.S. This week ATS offers Ed Tech Week! Join us starting tomorrow for live webinars that will support you in your teaching with technology:

Please feel free to review the Ed Tech Week resources, including recordings of past live webinars.

P.P.S. We have a faculty forum on accessibility on April 21st. Please let us know if you have done any purposefully inclusive teaching so we can ask you about those experiences should you join us. Our May 5 DOLCE will feature discussions about AI, teaching, assessment, and academic integrity. If you add our first and third Friday events to your calendar, you won’t miss out!

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