Events
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WITT 2021
WITT 2021 Winter Institute on Teaching and Technology Information and resources associated with the WITT sessions are below. This event was provided by Research, Instruction, Technology and the Student Accessibility Resource Center. Equity in Hybrid Instruction, Thursday, January 21, 1-2:30 pm Description: Teaching in a hybrid mode with students that are in-person and remote is a challenge. This session will feature faculty and students, who will discuss their experiences with hybrid teaching and learning in the Fall 2020 semester. Panelists will share ways to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion for all learners. Panelists: Jeff Bayliss (History), Tim Curran (Chemistry), Mimi Mackilligan ’21, Jonah Silverglade ’22, Christine Alcaro ’23 Watch the…
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RIT Design Studio Workshops
All faculty are welcome to attend a series of training workshops in July 2020 by Research, Instruction, Technology staff that are being offered in conjunction with the CTL Design Studio series with Flower Darby. Each workshop is designed to last roughly 30-40 minutes, with time for questions at the end. All of the workshops are being recorded so feel free to explore workshops you are not able to attend. July 6 – 10 – Foundations of Online Teaching Moodle Basics 1 – Tuesday, July 7, 2 pm: For faculty that have never used Moodle, this workshop will show you how to access your site, design the course structure, upload resources for students, and…
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WITT: Winter Institute for Teaching and Technology
On Monday January 13th, 9:00am – 2:00pm, we held our semi-annual symposium on teaching, technology, and scholarship in the Library’s Engelhard Reading Room, Agenda 9:00 Welcome, Jason Jones 9:05 – 9:20 RIT projects review, Angie Wolf 9:20 – 9:40 Finding and using usage data in Moodle, Amy Harrell & Cheryl Cape 9:40 – 10:20 Faculty highlights Building Learning Resources for Calculus 1, Ryan Pellico Lab Safety with Kaltura, Ed Fitzgerald Whobannedit project, Tom Lefebvre 10:20– 10:30 Break 10:30 – 10:45 Creating Exhibits in Scalar, Amy Harrell, Mary Mahoney, Joelle Thomas, Katie Bauer 10:45 – 11:35 An Aptitude for Maptitude: Math, Redistricting, and Technology, Kyle Evans 11:35 – 11:45 Announcements, Jason Jones 11:45 – 1:00 Lunch & Keynote: Misinformation and Critical Reasoning: New Challenges and New Approaches, Mike Caulfield, head of the Digital Polarization Initiative of the American Democracy Project at Washington…
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Learn Digital Tools in Summer Studio
The Research, Instruction, Technology (RIT) staff are hosting a series of Summer Studio events designed to offer the opportunity to learn more about digital scholarship and to experiment with digital tools. All are welcome, and there is no prior experience necessary. Please add these future summer studio dates to your calendar. Each meeting will focus on learning a new digital tool and will meet at 11 am in Computing Lab B02: Monday, July 29th: Storymap JS (A Knightlab tool that tells stories using maps) led by Cheryl Cape Monday, August 5th: Voyant (A web-based reading and analysis environment for digital texts) led by Jason Jones Monday, August 12th: …
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SITT: May 16 in the 1823 Room
Information Services’s Spring Institute on Teaching & Technology will be Thursday, May 16, from 9.30 to 2pm in the 1823 Room of the library. Some details: Pastries and coffee will be available from 9am. Lunch will be available at noon. Drop-ins are welcome/encouraged! The exact schedule is still firming up, but you can expect something like: 9.30 Welcome/overview/highlights of past, present, future (many people) 10.15 Electronic lab notebooks (Hebe Guardiola-Diaz) 10.30 Hidden Literacies, Scalar, and Digital Scholarship (Christopher Hager, Hilary Wyss) 11 Creative Coding Fellows (Aidali Aponte-Aviles, Serena Laws, Dan Lloyd, Mitch Polin) 11.50-12.15 Get food 12.15 Keynote: Nick Montfort (MIT): “Learning to Program and Explore.” Abstract: How can…