Teaching Talks
Wednesday, January 17 1:30 – 2:45 The Teaching Persona: The Effects of Personal Characteristics such as Gender, Age, etc.
VIA WebEX and in Rowe 319
In this session, participants will discuss topics like:
Effects of gender and age on how you present yourself, and what you can do as an instructor
How your personality affects your teaching style
Your sense of self and how it affects your work with students
How to develop an effective teaching persona
How much of teaching is a function of your personality?
Thursday, January 18 10:30 – 11:45 Helping Students Come to Class Prepared
Having students do readings and activities before class leads to more productive use of class time. However, it’s always frustrating when students don't do work we’re counting on when we prepare our classes. In this session, we will discuss strategies to ensure students come to class prepared.
To view other upcoming Teaching Talks and to register visit cetl.uconn.edu/teaching-talks/
Hands-On HuskyCT and EdTech Workshops
Tuesday, 1/16 – 1:00-2:30 - Rowe 319 and online -Kaltura and Collaborate
Kaltura is an application built right into HuskyCT that allows instructors and students to record their own video and audio, such as screencasts and/or webcam recordings, and add them directly to their courses. Collaborate is a web-conferencing platform (similar to Skype or WebEx) built into HuskyCT and available to every instructor, allowing for remote/virtual live interaction with students. This session will cover the basics of each platform and how they can be used in your course through HuskyCT. You will be sent a link to the Collaborate if you decide to join online.
- How to install/run the iClicker software
- How to setup a Polling Session
- How to run a Polling Session
- How to link your Polling Sessions to HuskyCT
- How to sync your roster and scores into HuskyCT
- How to setup clicker Registration for your students in HuskyCT
Wed., 1/17, 3 pm - 4:30 pm – Organizing Course Materials in HuskyCT (Rowe 319)
This session will cover options for presenting and arranging materials in your HuskyCT course in ways that minimize confusion for students. We will discuss various options for adding content, such as the difference between sorting materials into folders or learning modules, as well as controlling the visibility of content to students. We will also cover options for adding multimedia elements to your course, such as audio and video, among the variety of other content options available in the system.
To view other upcoming EdTech workshops and to register, visit cetl.uconn.edu/teaching-talks/
UConn Library
Research Now!
The Library has recently created an extensive online learning program designed to help students with their research assignments. Research Now!provides core information literacy components paired with active learning opportunities to help students through the research process – from developing a research question, to understanding how information is created and used, to finding and evaluating resources critically and responsibly. Research Now! can be found at http://guides.lib.uconn.edu/researchnow.
On February 7th, Library staff will be providing a workshop on using this program in your courses, as well as integrating other library resources into HuskyCT, including advanced subject-based research guides, Ask-a-Librarian, and library materials. http://guides.lib.uconn.edu/huskyct/ Please join us, February 7 from 9-11am in Rowe 132.
For more information, please contact donovan.reinwald@uconn.edu.
For more information, contact: stacey valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu