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Fulbright Contributes to Dynamic Irish Program at UConn
UConn is lucky to host Sinéad Murray as this year’s Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant in Irish (Gaelic). Sinéad is a passionate advocate for the Irish language and for Irish Studies both at home, in Ireland, and among those here abroad who are interested in the history, language and culture of Ireland. There is a […]
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Corona Virus Leads to Transatlantic Course Initiative
When the pandemic struck, few of Ana Maria Diaz-Marcos’ 50 students in her Span 3232: Literature of Crisis in Modern Spain course imagined that the spread of a worldwide virus would lead to a meeting with a living Spanish playwright over Zoom. Yet when the crisis hit, Professor Diaz-Marcos, an expert in contemporary Spanish theater, […]
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Liansu Meng’s Ecofeminist Illumnination of Poet Chen Jingrong
As part of the LCL Faculty Colloquium Series, Liansu Meng, Associate Professor of Chinese, presented “Ecofeminism Avant La Lettre: Chen Jingrong and Her Creative Translation of Baudelaire.” The presentation was excerpted from her essay in Chinese Poetry and Translations: Rights and Wrongs (Amsterdam University Press, 2019) edited by Maghiel van Crevel and Lucas Klein, a […]
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Spotlight: Stefan Bronner
Dr. Stefan Bronner, Assistant Professor in Residence of German Studies, obtained his PhD in Germanistik at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg and has published on a wide range of topics including German literature and culture, postmodernism, continental philosophy, spirituality, and the contemporary world. Bronner’s work is deeply rooted to his passion for literary scholarship. Bronner has become […]
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10/1
Create Short Lecture Videos For Your Class – Kaltura
Create Short Lecture Videos For Your Class – Kaltura
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Other Online
Some advantages of using video in your class include the following:
• Provides a way for students to review material
• Provides instructors another way to present content (i.e. flip the classroom)
• Record video “microlectures” before or after class to help with difficult concepts
Using UConn’s video platform, Kaltura, you can record lectures, store videos, create quizzes and share them in your HuskyCT course. In addition, students can use it for homework assignments or for discussions. The training will cover how faculty, staff or students can create, upload, edit, and share videos. Also included will be instructions on how to caption your videos.
Once registered and if you will be attending via online please plan to join 10 minutes before the session begins to make sure you connect successfully.
Thursday, October 1, 10:00 - 11:00
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1702Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu
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10/6
Developing And Building Online Assessments In HuskyCT
Developing And Building Online Assessments In HuskyCT
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Other Online
Many instructors administer online assessments through HuskyCT, and this overview session covers the variety of settings that ensure a smooth experience for both you and your students. We will focus on the basics of test creation and a review of the options that determine the test-taking experience for your students.
Tuesday, October 6, 11:00-12:15
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1761Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu
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10/6
Need Help With HuskyCT? HuskyCT Open Session (Basics, Organizing, Grade Center, LockDown Browser, Assessments, Etc.)
Need Help With HuskyCT? HuskyCT Open Session (Basics, Organizing, Grade Center, LockDown Browser, Assessments, Etc.)
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Other Online
Did you try HuskyCT basics and still have questions? Did you try building your assessment in HuskyCT last week and still have questions? Do you plan to use LockDown Browser but have a few more questions? eed advice on Grade Center? EdTech will host a session for you to ask questions about HuskyCT features with which you continue to struggle. This will not be a training session, rather it will be an opportunity to ask a specific question related to HuskyCT features.
Tuesday, October 6, 1:00-2:00
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1775Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu
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10/7
Crafting A Teaching Philosophy Statement
Crafting A Teaching Philosophy Statement
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Other Online
What are Teaching Talks?
Join us for an hour of your day to connect with your colleagues. These sessions serve as a springboard for discussions around a topic related to teaching and learning but really give you the chance to share the success and challenges you are facing in our new teaching reality. Each session has a topical theme but are shaped by the participants’ discussion, needs, and interests.
The thematic focus for this particular session is crafting a teaching philosophy statement.
Proposed Objectives
• Discuss the desirable elements of a teaching philosophy statement for job or PTR applications
• Begin drafting in response to prompts provided
• Share what is on your mind
Wednesday, October 7, 10:00-11:15
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1745Contact Information: stacey.valliere@uconn.edu
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10/7
Using LockDown Browser And Monitor For Online Tests In HuskyCT
Using LockDown Browser And Monitor For Online Tests In HuskyCT
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Other Online
LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down a student’s computer when used for administering a test through HuskyCT. Monitor is an additional feature that uses a student’s webcam to record them taking their test, which provides a means to review the student’s testing environment. When taking a test using LockDown Browser, students are unable to print, copy, go to other websites, access other applications, or close a test until it is ubmitted for grading, and Monitor creates a video record of the time they spent taking the test. This session will cover the use of LockDown Browser and Monitor for tests, quizzes, and exams in your course, including recommended settings and best practices
Wednesday, October 7, 11:00-12:15
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1766Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu
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10/7
Writing A Diversity Statement For Job Searches Or PTR
Writing A Diversity Statement For Job Searches Or PTR
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Other Online
What are Teaching Talks?
Join us for an hour of your day to connect with your colleagues. These sessions serve as a springboard for discussions around a topic related to teaching and learning but really give you the chance to share the success and challenges you are facing in our new teaching reality. Each session has a topical theme but are shaped by the participants’ discussion, needs, and interests.
The thematic focus for this particular session is crafting a diversity statement.
Proposed Objectives
• Discuss the diversity statement as a part of, or independent from, a broader teaching philosophy statement
• Begin drafting in response to prompts provided for reflection on diversity commitments
• Share what is on your mind
Wednesday, October 7, 11:30-12:30
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1747Contact Information: stacey.valliere@uconn.edu
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10/7
Teaching Creatively
Teaching Creatively
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
06:45 PM - 07:45 PM
Other Online
Participants will leave with specific strategies for teaching more creatively
At this session, participants will discuss topics like:
• Tools to enhance creativity, such as SCAMPER, Synectics, Brainstorming, and others
• The role of choice in motivating students to be more creative and productive
• Presenting products creatively
• Taking chances
• Active learning
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Playing to your strengths
• Finding creative ways to present material in order to increase student interest and participation
• The role of improvisation, role play, story telling, modeling the real world…
• Learning games, Ice Breakers…
• Making it safe to fail
• Using art and music
• Divergent and convergent thinking
• Using student creativity to help plan more interesting lessons
• Encouraging reluctant students to be more creative
• Assessment techniques that encourage creative problem solving
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1785Contact Information: stacey.valliere@uconn.edu
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10/8
Reaching Under-prepared Students
Reaching Under-prepared Students
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Other Online
Participants will leave with specific strategies for identifying underprepared students, specifically areas in which they are underprepared, as well as strategies for bringing the students up to speed.
We will discuss topics such as:
• Turn it around: Consider how an unprepared or underprepared student feels
• Assessing how prepared students are (quick, ungraded pretest, short writing assignment, small group then whole group discussion…)
• Determining what needs to be done to bring them “up to speed”
• Your responsibility, theirs, some of each?
• The role of feedback. Types of feedback. The importance of feedback- read and comment upon rough drafts, have checkpoints for projects and actually check them
• Freshmen in particular
• On campus sources- the Writing Center, tutoring services, Q center, http://achieve.uconn.edu, the library…
• Working in small groups, peer editing, peer feedback in general…
• Study groups for test prep; groups that meet regularly throughout the semester
• Consider giving work done early in the semester less value in grading: 1st test- 20%, 2nd test 30%, Final 40%, quizzes, HW, class participation 10%- something like that
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1786Contact Information: stacey.valliere@uconn.edu
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10/8
Keeping It Simple - Organizing Course Materials In HuskyCT
Keeping It Simple - Organizing Course Materials In HuskyCT
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Other Online
This session will cover options for presenting and arranging materials in your HuskyCT course in ways that minimize confusion for students. We will discuss various organizational strategies, such as ways to develop a straightforward main course menu, building in content areas, the difference between sorting materials into folders and learning modules, as well as controlling the visibility of content to students. We will also cover options for adding multimedia elements to your course, such as audio and video, among the variety of other options available in the system.
Thursday, October 8, 12:00-1:15
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1778Contact Information: edtech@uconn.edu
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10/13
Mixing It Up- Adding Variety To Your Presentations
Mixing It Up- Adding Variety To Your Presentations
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
06:45 PM - 07:45 PM
Other Online
We will discuss:
• Breaking up the lecture- how, why, and when
• Small group discussion in distance learning
• Brief activities to reinforce key concepts
• Long term projects- how to make them work...
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1787Contact Information: stacey.valliere@uconn.edu
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Spotlight: Verena Aschbacher
Verena Aschbacher, a new Ph.D. student in German Studies, grew up in South Tyrol (Südtirol in German), Italy. Verena’s small hometown lies at the border of Austria and Switzerland and people from the area speak regional dialects of German and Italian. This borderland zone combines Mediterranean and Germanic languages and cultures in the midst of dazzling […]
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