Dear Faculty Colleagues, Please join us this coming Friday, February 21st at noon in 1310 The Grove for a faculty forum on podcasting. Podcasting provides faculty an excellent opportunity to make a course feel more relevant to students as well as to integrate multiple perspectives into a course. UC Davis faculty use podcasting to complete […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, As described in a Wheel article titled “The Value of Short Instructional Videos,” “integrating instructional video into online or face-to-face courses can be a powerful tool to offer additional explanations about course concepts that students typically struggle with; replace parts of face-to-face lectures to allow more in-class time for students to apply […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, Please join us this Friday, November 15th for a “Festival of Failure.” This faculty forum will provide faculty the opportunity to share how they have grown as educators by reflecting on what hasn’t worked in their classes, whether they be face-to-face, hybrid, or online. By applying a growth mindset to our own […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, Please join us this Friday, October 18th at noon in 1310 Surge III / The Grove for a Faculty Forum on the innovative new assessment tool Gradescope. As UC Davis has recently acquired a campus-wide license, this Friday’s forum will share faculty stories about the ways this tool makes grading more effective […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, April 19th’s faculty forum on integrating technologies to support cross-disciplinary approaches to active learning provided insight into common concerns as well as how instructional technology can be used to mitigate these concerns. Faculty expressed a wide-range of common concerns when thinking about integrating active learning. These included: incorporating active learning with […]
Happy Spring Break! As Spring quarter begins in less than a week, I wanted to share with you the audio from last week’s faculty forum on “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.” In case you were unable […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues, As Spring quarter is quickly approaching, we would like to announce the DOLCE (Discussing Online Learning and Collaborative Education) and Faculty Forum topics for Spring quarter. Topics this spring will include strategies for teaching during possible future emergency closures, active learning, online citizen science tools, and interactive video tools. We welcome you […]
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, 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 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 […]