This is the third post of the Carefully Curated Series for the Spring 2024 semester. Before I begin, I want to acknowledge that accessibility is complex, with many guidelines and requirements, and I would never expect you to know everything. As with many other areas, accessibility can be nuanced, and there rarely, if ever, is […]
This is the second post of the Carefully Curated Series for the Spring 2024 semester. Canvas Commons is a hub where Canvas users have shared access to courses, content, activities, and pages that can be imported into other Canvas courses to use and adapt. While the quality of available content is variable, there are some […]
This is the first post of the Carefully Curated Series for the Spring 2024 semester. *Disclaimer: This is NOT an advertisement for Adobe Express. I find this particular suite of tools to be a really approachable way to create some graphics that will give an online course a visual boost. Adobe Express is available to […]
As the new chair of English, I led a four-day, place-based writing retreat for fourteen students at the Santa Rosa Island Research Station (SRIRS) during the first weekend of October. While many may be daunted by a three-night trip with no cell service, no showers, and bunking with strangers, students leapt at the opportunity to […]
Countdown to Blast-Off! 10 – Weeks of professional learning9 – Thousand hours of dedication by LRC Director, Brook Masters8 – Months of planning7 – Embedded Peer Educators6 – Academic Programs5 – CSU Campuses4 – TLi Team Members3 – Incredible Sponsors2- Dynamic Keynotes1 – EPEC Launch Day into Summer Learning! On June 2, 2023, CSUCI launched […]
Teaching and Learning Innovations consists of four, core areas—each led by a specialist: Academic Technology, led by Michael McGarry; Learning Design, led by Megan Eberhardt-Alstot; Academic Media, led by Benjamin Hytrek; and Accessibility & Inclusive Design, led by Kristi O’Neil-Gonzalez. These areas are distinct and yet interconnected as they pertain to digital learning at CSUCI. […]
I’ll admit that I don’t have a lot of bandwidth these days, but I continue to have interests, goals, and areas for growth and development. Currently, CSUCI has contracts with three organizations that provide professional learning in areas of academic life, teaching and learning, and skills/leadership. The courses, webinars, and other resources are available on-demand, […]
“Ríe, llora. Vive tu vida y gózala toda. ¡Azúcar!” Who doesn’t want some sugar before work? I LOVE building community. As students enter on Zoom or in person, they hear Celia Cruz or Bad Bunny. It’s so fun to see their smiles as they come into class and hear Natalia LaFourcade or Anderson .Paak. Before […]
Do you want to help students to improve some basic skills without using class time? WMC Flipped Workshops to the rescue! If you are like I am, you may find yourself asking every semester how to cover all of your course content plus helping your students to develop critical basic college skills like oral presentations, […]
If you’ve been following Teaching and Learning Innovations (TLi) for a few years, you may recall our own Dr. Jill Leafstedt and Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s innovative approach to Untethered Faculty Development. While untethering remains at the core of TLi’s philosophy what if on-demand access to untethered learning experiences developed by a cadre of teaching and […]
