The Academic Support Committee invites faculty to join us in the Collaboratory for lunch on September 25th and October 2nd for demonstrations of the Canvas (September 25) and Brightspace (October 2nd) learning management systems (LMS). [Please note: the dates for the two demos have been switched.] Allegheny has been using the Sakai LMS since 2008, and the LMS landscape has developed considerably during this time. In response to requests from faculty, ASC is investigating alternatives to Sakai. The Committee feels strongly that any decision  to move systems will require broad, informed input from the community. If you’d like to join us to kickoff this review, or just to get a free lunch with colleagues, please join us at noon on September 25th and October 2nd in the Collaboratory. Lunch will be available at noon, and the presentation will start around 12:20. Please RSVP at this link so that we can have an accurate count for lunch. We will ask participants to complete a brief survey after the lunch and presentation.

For additional information contact Rick Holmgren.

For Faculty: Monday, March 12th

Teaching Tidbits/Teaching with Technology Lunch
Flipped Classrooms without Problem Sets

Where: Pelletier Collaboratory
When: Monday, March 12th at noon
Register here

Are you interested in flipping a class but don’t know how to start?  Lee Coates will discuss his recent experience of flipping his Animal Physiology (Bio 380) course without using problem sets.  He’ll discuss the format for the flipped class, technology for pre-class assignments and videos, in-class activities, and assessment data comparing student learning before and after flipping the class.

Lunch will be served at noon and the presentation will begin at 12:20 pm in the Pelletier Collaboratory on Monday, March 12th. Register at this link.

Please join us for the first Teaching with Technology lunch of the spring semester, co-hosted by Teaching Tidbits. We will meet on Monday, January 29, in the Pelletier Collaboratory to discuss the use of smartphone apps for teaching. We will cover apps to help with grading multiple choice tests and quizzes (ZipGrade), collecting audience responses (PollEverywhere), and managing class-relevant web content for offline access (Pocket). Please feel free to share your experience with other apps you might use for teaching including, but not limited to, Kahoot, GoodNotes, Hemingway, Socrative, etc. Lunch will be served at noon and the presentation will begin at 12:20 pm in the Pelletier Collaboratory on Monday, January 29th. Register at this link.