Students Nominated Allison Rowland for an ASSETT Teaching with Technology Award

July 3, 2014

".. the art of speaking and writing well ..." CU Boulder PhD Candidate Allison Rowland has given some thought to teaching effective rhetoric. Students nominated Rowland for an ASSETT Teaching with Technology Award last year for her teaching of an upper division writing class with the topic of the War...

Professor Greg Tucker Used ASSETT Development Award Funding To Create an Animation about River Evolution

July 1, 2014

The state and national borders that had been historically dictated by a river's path may come into question when that river changes direction. CU Boulder Geology Professor Dr. Greg Tucker understands this issue all too well. Tucker explains that, "Rivers and streams often appear to be fixed and more or...

Hearing Students' Voices Through Twitter and Voicethread in Josh LePree's Sociology Courses

June 25, 2014

Josh LePree has a vision for teaching that transcends the classroom: "[I want] to create a seamless environment for class [so that] ... it seems like there's no break between [class and homework]," says LePree. He is a Sociology PhD student at CU Boulder and has been teaching at the...

Guy and Heidi Burgess Make a Difference with ASSETT Development Award Funding

June 25, 2014

Imagine that you could just reach over and open a 'how to' reference guide for making the world a better place. That's what Dr.s Guy and Heidi Burgess had in mind when they requested ASSETT Development Award funding for their Make a Difference Guide for their Peace and Conflict Studies...

Dr. George Rivera's Students' Art Crossed Borders with ASSETT Development Award Funding

June 19, 2014

Does art belong in a combat zone? Dr. George Rivera of the CU Boulder Art Department believes it does. With only a portable printer, Rivera collaborated with university students in Boulder and in Bethlehem, Palestine to create an international art exhibit. He received an ASSETT Development Award last year to...

Vanessa Schatz's Writing Class is "Bigger Than the Classroom"

June 13, 2014

Vanessa Schatz strongly believes that college coursework should directly prepare students for the work place. Schatz, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Communication at CU Boulder, recognizes how important it is for students to build transferable skills in college so that they will become competitive job applicants after graduation. Last...

ASSETT Flipped Classroom Workshops

June 10, 2014

"It's not just another buzzword," said ASSETT Teaching with Technology Consultant Jacie Moriyama. She and ASSETT's other Teaching with Technology Consultants Amanda McAndrew and Nigora Azimova introduced and led three full day workshops about flipped learning classrooms this spring. More than 20 CU Boulder instructors attended to learn about pedagogy...

Miriam Kingsberg Incorporates Shared Class Notes into Lecture Course

June 10, 2014

Watch Dr. Miriam Kingsberg's video podcast about how she incorporated shared notes into her lecture course, as inspired through her experience in the 2014 ASSETT Teaching with Technology Seminar. Teaching and Learning Challenge This semester (Spring 2014), I taught a large (approximately 90 students) introductory survey of Japanese history (HIST...

Michela Ardizzoni Encourages Students to Create Websites Instead of Research Papers

June 10, 2014

Dr. Michela Ardizzoni of the Department of French and Italian encouraged her students to create websites to share information with local schools. See her padlet of her students' work here . Teaching and Learning Challenge In the Spring of 2014, I taught a new course on documentary and social change...

Technology Facilitates In Class Group Work and Student Understanding in Deserai Crow's Environmental Studies Lectures

June 9, 2014

Watch this video of Dr. Deserai Crow reflecting on pedagogy and her use of Google Drive for in-class group work in large Environmental Studies lectures. Teaching and Learning Challenge Beginning in fall semester 2013, I began to teach much larger lectures than I had previously taught. This was in part...

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