Blog - Year - 2014

CU Boulder English Professor Dr. Ed Rivers says that he has not assigned his students to purchase textbooks in 15 years. Instead, Rivers is doing all he can to teach with technology. "I think they appreciate that," he remarks. Indeed, students nominated Rivers for a 2013 ASSETT Teaching with Technology...

".. 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

"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...

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...

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...