Category: Workshops

Digital Brown Bag Event Series

Bring a lunch, join the conversation, shape the future Every other week, we get together over lunch and talk about innovative learning and teaching practices at UMass Amherst. We invite anyone interested in these topics to join us for a series of brown bag lunches. Bring your lunch, your curiosity, your opinions, and any great stories you can share about these…

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December 2015 – January 2016 Workshops

Please join us for our December 2015 – January 2016 workshops, or contact us for one-on-one appointments to learn about a variety of topics, such as: UMass Amherst IT Faculty Support Open House Instructional Innovation at UMass Amherst Presentation Design Lecture Capture Information Session (Echo360) Managing Student Video Projects User Group Photosharing: Teaching and Learning…

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Mobile Devices and Classroom Polling at UMass Amherst- Fall 2013 Update

Instructors and students are interested in using mobile devices, such as phones, laptops, and tablets, as “clicker remotes” to respond to classroom polling. This would allow students to participate in clicker-based activities without requiring them to purchase and maintain a separate handheld remote. In Fall 2012 and Spring 2013, OIT ran a limited ran pilot…

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October 17, 2013, Faculty Forum: Responsive Teaching

On Thursday, October 17 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., please join fellow instructors Curt Griffin (Environmental Conservation), Ray la Raja (Political Science), and Ludmila Tyler (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) in a moderated discussion about responsive teaching. Our discussion will encompass a variety of approaches for using student feedback and student work to actively modify…

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Do you have experience with or interest in teaching with Google Apps for Fall 2013? Join us for lunch!

On August 15, 2013, please join us at 12:00 p.m. for lunch and a discussion of Google Apps and online collaboration for course work. This lunch will be the first in an ongoing series of Community of Practice meetings. The goal is to bring together faculty and instructors who have past experience using and/or an…

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