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Mark Verbitsky on the Tools of Innovative Teaching: A SITT Interview with Dr. Andy

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Please check out our SITT 2022 interview with Mark Verbitsky from Political Science!

As a teaser for the 2022 Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology, we are posting a series of Wheel articles showcasing interviews with faculty and staff on the theme of this year's SITT, "Unmuting our Students." The fifth of our interviews features Mark Verbitsky, Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Political Science department, teaching classes on constitutional law and American political theory. Among his pedagogical interests are teaching students learning skills, including undergraduates as part of the teaching team (learning assistants), and integrating non-knowledge based learning outcomes into his courses. 

In this interview, Dr. Verbitsky discusses different techniques experimented with in remote learning, the tools and practices that were carried forward into in-person teaching and learning, and the expected tensions between accommodation of all students (including those who prefer to learn remotely) and active participation. 

We invite you to review the full interview with Dr. Mark Verbitsky!  

As the SITT website is now live, please sign up now for live talks and start to review the on-demand content. We will have speakers, panels, and forums for attendee participation. Also, please contact us if you know a perhaps new (or new to SITT) colleague whom we could contact directly to invite to join us. We hope to see you at SITT 2022!

Also, I have it on good authority that Mark Verbitsky himself will be attending SITT live, and offering witty and helpful comments in the Zoom chat. Please join us to confirm.

Dr. Andy Jones

Academic Associate Director, Academic Technology Services
Editor in Chief, The Wheel
University of California, Davis