Instructional Design Specialist Brier Anderson recently hosted a Quick Bites Workshop on Flip, a website that she says is useful for creating “classroom community and an inclusive classroom.” Flip is a video discussion platform, meaning users can pose and answer questions in a short video format on the site....

Instructors can help students connect their own interests to their courses using this simple tool developed by STLI Faculty Fellow Joan Gavaler and STLI Assistant Director Mike Blum. They presented their workshop on Connection through Reflection at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy (CHEP) at Virginia Tech on Thursday, February 16th, 2023. There’s a helpful worksheet and a short course for anyone who’d like to learn more about the exercise....

STLI will support development of 5 new hybrid and online courses this spring. The Online Course Development Seminar will run from February to May....

As the Fall 2022 Semester was coming to a close, rumors were starting to surface about a miraculous new AI technology with great potential for good if you were a student, and the potential for concern if you were faculty. As a student, I was excited to see what ChatGPT could do and was amazed at how this tool could be used to accomplish various tasks. For example, it has the capability to summarize articles, generate original writing if given a prompt, and even develop assignments....

Microsoft Bookings is a great tool to make scheduling appointments easy. Whether you're booking 15 minute appointments with your students or scheduling coffee with a colleague, Bookings is the way to go....