News & Highlights

Learning Management System - Focus Group

Date: Wednesday, May 12th

Recording

Presentation

Pedagogical considerations for Fall

Teaching a large class poses many challenges, both virtually and physically. A large class enrollment can lead to student disengagement and alienation. This can erode students’ sense of responsibility and enjoyment of the course. Furthermore, large class sizes can pose logistical issues for instructors.

Please review: Student Engagement, Handling Student Grades, Reduce Cheating, Logistical Issues, and Technology Issues. 

- Teaching for Larger Classes 

Engaging Students in Online Classes - Webinar

Host: Dr. Reynolds

4/7/21 Panelists & Presenters: 

Dr. Alvarado - Making the Most of Synchronous Class Time Using Small Group Activities  

Dr. Charest - Teaching Through the Electricity: Student Engagement Online

Cheyne Murray - Decision Tree: "Determining what format is best for lecture content"

Fletcher Jones Renovation 

Progress to date: 4/2/21

The Fletcher Jones Center for Experiential Learning – Renovation 

The new Fletcher Jones Center for Experiential Learning will encourage interactive and collaboration by providing access to contemporary tools. Faculty will be better prepared to integrate emerging technologies into their curricula. Students will fully engage as active participants in their learning experience, develop creativity and critical thinking skills, and successfully prepare for the future workforce.  

This project aims to accomplish the following objectives: 

• Creating several new open spaces and collaborative learning spaces that will feature quiet, technology-enabled workspaces. 
• Introducing students and faculty to new video-based technologies (such as 3-D modeling and fabrication, animation, robotics, and the usage of augmented, virtual, and mixed reality) to communicate and solve complex problems. 
• Expansion of the Makerspace will include new tools for digital fabrication (a manufacturing process where machines are controlled by computers) and rapid prototyping (to create scale models using 3D computer-aided design) to help students build and construct various artifacts. 
• Offer short-term loans of essential technologies to students. 
• Providing video interview spaces for students and employers, which can also be used to meet instructional requirements for oral history, storytelling, and interviewing related to curriculum. 

The goal of the Fletcher Jones Center for Experiential Learning is to increase student access to current and emerging educational technology and provide them with support related to these advances. The revitalized and new spaces will provide access to state-of-the-art tools and will improve outcomes in the academic and career development processes. 

Expected Outcomes include the following: 

• Increase in physical working space to encourage discussion, interaction, and collaboration. 
• Access to new, state-of-the art educational technology and related support. 
• Proficiency in using appropriate technology in academic and real-world work settings. 
• Increased levels of utilization of services and equipment. 
• Improved levels of satisfaction with services offered.
• Decreased wait times for receiving support or borrowing equipment. 
• Increased availability of training in the use and application of technology (Center-prepared resource guides or training manuals, as well as online library of training materials). 
• Increased academic success, career development and application to a number of curricula. 
• Improved digital, information literacy and research skills.

Digital Fabrication Room  

Digital Learning Review 

Published 2/1/21

Please see our newest updates to digital learning here at the University. Executive Summary here.