Have you joined the many instructors across the nation that have flipped or blended their courses? Are you using video to support student learning? Do you have videos that you use repeatedly each semester? If yes, I am sure the thought of captioning your videos is daunting. T&L Innovations is here to help! We have set […]
This semester, T&L Innovations is excited to announce the new Course Construction workshop series. This evolving series is designed to equip you with the practical skills you need to develop your online or blended course. Registration is open to all faculty, those who have recently completed the Online Teaching Preparation Program (OTPP) or/and the Blended […]
Division of Academic Affairs (DAA) Emails T&L Innovations will send emails to all CI faculty and staff in the Division of Academic Affairs through the Provost’s office (divisionofacademicaffairs@csuci.edu). We will use this method of communicating sparingly to avoid filling mailboxes. If you wish to receive more regular updates, opportunities and/ or resources please see the […]
Starting to teach online is a big responsibility, especially when there is not an existing model for your discipline; in my case, foreign languages. For most faculty, changing how we teach can be a very scary experience. This semester, I am teaching my first online class and I have found myself feeling vulnerable and afraid of failure, much like […]
Looking for approaches for to improve student engagement? Want to integrate digital tools and technology into assignments? Need to bring a project to life? Spice up your end of semester projects with Digital Storytelling! Why digital storytelling? Digital Storytelling tells a story in a powerful way by connecting ideas, narratives, and emotion through the use […]
As I take some time to look back and reflect on my online teaching experience, I can’t avoid the feeling that, while it has been transformative in profoundly positive ways, it has been, frankly, lonely at times. We, as traditional face-to-face classroom instructors, have taken different paths to our teaching: an early vocation or […]
Teaching and Learning Innovations @CI is excited to announce our first ever Faculty Fellowship program. This program is a year long program focused on providing CI faculty with the time and support needed to address their most pressing teaching and learning challenges. We are accepting applications from tenure track and full time lecturers at CI […]
Everybody loves getting free swag, and we love seeing your faces stop by the FIT Studio. So to get the best of both worlds, we’ve created our FIT Frequent Visitor card. Every time you stop by the studio and work with us, we’ll give your card a punch. Once you’ve gotten all 10 punches, you’ll […]
Welcome to the second week of the 2015 Fall semester! On behalf of the Teaching and Learning Innovations team, I would like to invite you to our upcoming support workshops for VoiceThread and CI Learn: Introduction to VoiceThread in CI Learn this Friday, September 4th from 10-12p with Michelle Pacansky-Brock Using Grade Center in CI […]
Chances are, you are familiar with the concept of “open content,” but “open pedagogy” has not yet made its way into mainstream conversations about teaching and learning. Open content, of course, refers to digital resources that have been shared online with a license that both permits and encourages re-use and sharing within the limits of […]
