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Making your Course Modular
Interested in modular course design but don’t know where to start? Have an existing Blackboard course that you’d like to revise to make it more user-friendly? In this hands-on workshop, Computer Science Professor and STLI Fellow Dana Willner we will work with participants to implement or revise modular design for your course. Part of module creation will involve using features of Blackboard to improve navigation for students and maintaining consistency….
Spring 2021 Series – Teaching & Learning Talks: Student Engagement
STLI is pleased to announce the Teaching & Learning Talks series for Spring 2021. This three-part series will focus on student engagement.
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Getting Started with Gradescope
Are you curious about a state-of-the-art technology that will transform your grading experience? Would you like to easily access detailed data about your exams and how students are doing on individual problems? Chemistry Professor and STLI Fellow Dana Lashley discusses Gradescope, an artificial intelligence-assisted grading platform, and how to streamline grading in a large class setting. After this learning lab, you will have the tools needed to get started on your next exam. …
15-Minute Teaching
We host a 15-minute session every other week to discuss teaching topics from the book “Visible Learning and The Science of How We Learn.” During the 15 minutes, we also share instructional strategies and questions related to teaching….
Develop a Website for your Teaching & Research
Are you interested in developing a web presence for your teaching research and publications that can be referenced in your syllabi, class sessions, PowerPoints, publications, and more? Join Anne Rasmussen, professor and STLI fellow, as she explores university-supported technologies used to practice editing, uploading, presenting, organizing, and storing audiovisual materials from her own ethnographic research….
Worry-Free Story Mapping for Your Class
Are you looking for an alternative to a traditional research paper, but not quite sure how to implement such creative assignments? Peiyu Yang, professor and STLI Fellow, introduces several strategies for guiding students through a digital story map assignment, with an emphasis on classes in the humanities. …
Making the Language Curriculum More Inclusive
Sara Mattavelli, modern languages professor and STLI Teaching Innovation Fellow, discusses diversity and inclusion in the foreign language classroom with an emphasis on issues of representation, accessibility, and engagement….
Passion Projects: Fueling Student-Driven Learning
Candice Benjes-Small, head of research at W&M Libraries and STLI fellow, discusses how to use assignments like “Pink Time” and “unessays” to encourage students to take charge of their learning and to focus less on grades….
Unbook Club: The Spark of Learning
Katalin Wargo, Candice Benjes-Small, and Alexandra Macdonald host another round of the UnBook Club, a reading group for those who don’t have time to read! We’ll summarize the chapters and then jump into participant discussion of effective strategies to use in your classes.
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Thinking Forward: Applying Pandemic Solutions to the Future of Teaching & Learning
Explore how we can carry forward the teaching and learning adaptations from COVID-19 to enhance the W&M educational experience in the post-pandemic world. This unique opportunity allows students, faculty, and staff/administration to collaborate and work towards common goals. …
Bolster Student Resilience without Changing Your Course
Have you ever wanted to know how to help a student in distress? Do you want to make your class “less stressful,” but need ideas on how to do so? Join Meghan Sinton Miller, professor and STLI Fellow as she discusses ways to make classes flexible and supportive without having to change course content. Meghan also reviews ways to connect students to different support systems on-campus….
What’s New in Zoom?
Mike Blum hosts a learning lab to discuss new features offered in Zoom. Topics include new security features, closed captioning, new breakout room options, optimizing screen sharing, spotlighting participants, and a Q&A session.
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Student Engagement Tips and Tricks for New Faculty
When we came together last semester for our STLI Workshop: Small Teaching for New Faculty Katalin Wargo and Candice Benjes-Small discussed the book Small Teaching and shared problems of practice. During this workshop, it was discovered that many of the faculty experiences related specifically to student engagement online. As William & Mary continues the academic year in a blended learning environment, Katalin and Candice invite new faculty to join the conversation and share tips and tricks to engage students online….
Vlogging for Online Courses with Higham & Co.
This special STLI workshop focused on the multimedia phenomenon known as vlogging and how you can use it in your online courses. Facilitated by Jeremy Higham of Higham & Company, the workshop will be broken up into two sections. In the first hour, Jeremy will discuss vlogging and how you can use it in your online courses. The second hour of the workshop will be dedicated to a hands-on demonstration. With extensive documentary experience, Higham has taught blogging both in the UK and India.
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2021 ReVISION Bootcamp Live Sessions
The ReVISION Bootcamp is an annual event for online instructors to revise their summer courses. New Tech Tools Sessions will highlight asynchronous/ synchronous tools that can be used in online courses. These sessions will walk through examples of how the tech tools have been used, provide useful links and resources, and offer time to ask questions. …
Small Teaching for New Faculty
Katalin Wargo and Candice Benjes-Small host a workshop for new W&M faculty to share problems of practice experienced this fall, offer actionable solutions, and discuss strategies to carry forward into the spring….
Engaging Student Voices During These Unprecedented Times
Students were invited to share their experiences learning at W&M throughout this semester. What are their stories? How are they coping with balancing life and learning? What are their concerns? Where do they find equilibrium during these unprecedented times? We will then discuss how we, as educators, can continue to support them through this experience.
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Design Thinking and the Fall W&M Experience
During this Community Conversation, Tribe Innovation and STLI discussed experiences as students, faculty, and staff/administration during this unique semester. Together they engaged in design thinking to brainstorm new ways to improve the Spring semester and aim to better understand the different perspectives of the W&M community….
Small Steps to Student Engagement & Connection
Engaging and connecting with students in remote, blended, and even socially distanced classrooms is a challenge. In this participatory workshop hosted by STLI Director Mark Hofer, you will draw on student engagement research to design small steps and an iterative process to effect meaningful changes in your teaching.
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Digital storytelling tools for class projects
In this 90 minute workshop, Mike Blum and Shannon White explored some of STLI’s favorite tools for creating digital storytelling projects. Google Sites, Microsoft Sway, and ArcGIS Story Maps are all easy to use, powerful storytelling tools that students can jump right into for short assignments, presentations, or larger projects. Learn how to make the most of these tools supported by W&M.
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Getting the most out of Blackboard Grade Center
Mike Blum and Kristy Walker hosted a 90-minute lab on understanding and organizing Blackboard Grade Center. Watch the short overview of features in Grade Center, learn a few of the most useful best practices, and get some hands-on experience.
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Poll Everywhere Fall 2020 Kickoff Session
Are you considering using Poll Everywhere (PollEV), or maybe an early adopter or anything in-between? If so, watch as STLI and a Poll Everywhere representative discuss new features in PollEV, share tips for Fall 2020, and answer questions.
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Student Accessibility Services Q&A
Instructors and co-educators joined Associate Dean of Students & Director of Student Accessibility Services Lesley Henderson and Coordinator of Student Accessibility Services Anna Whiston as they answered questions about implementing SAS accommodations.
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