ASSETT Awards Moonhawk Kim 2015 Teaching with Technology Award

May 6, 2015

At the Third Annual ASSETT Teaching with Technology Symposium in April, ASSETT staff awarded the 2015 Teaching with Technology Award. ASSETT recognizes Kim as an exceptional educator with a demonstrated commitment to improving the undergraduate student experience. ASSETT Teaching with Technology Consultant Jacie Moriyama spoke about how he has effectively...

Kinney Shows Simulations to Support Understanding of Sound

May 4, 2015

Last fall, students nominated Physics Professor Ed Kinney for an ASSETT Award of Excellence for Outstanding Teacher for Technology in Teaching in Physics 1240 Sound and Music. Students wrote that the PhET simulations and YouTube videos that Kinney showed in class supported their learning of complex Physics concepts. In their...

Students Nominate Linguistics' Steve Duman for Excellence in Teaching Award

April 13, 2015

CU Boulder students nominated Linguistics PhD student Steve Duman for an ASSETT Award of Excellence as an Outstanding Teacher in the Use of Technology. In their nominations, students wrote that they enjoyed Duman's PowerPoint presentations in his class, Perspectives on Language, Linguistics 4100. In Linguistics 4100, Duman presents a critical...

Students Create Public Service Announcements in Kunce's Writing Class

April 2, 2015

Catherine Kunce’s first year writing students create their own Public Service Announcement videos. Kunce, a CU Boulder Program for Writing and Rhetoric Senior Instructor, planned this feature of her course with the support of the Fall 2014 ASSETT Teaching with Technology Seminar. Watch Kunce discuss her project here: Teaching and...

CU's Laura Osterman Implements Just in Time Teaching

April 2, 2015

CU's German and Slavic Languages Associate Professor Laura Osterman implements Just in Time Teaching techniques in her teaching with the support of the Fall 2014 ASSETT Teaching with Technology Seminar. Teaching and Learning Challenge Introduction Through observation of myself, students, and fellow students /scholars in my field (Russian Studies –...

Students Make Climate Change Films Thanks to ASSETT Development Award

March 17, 2015

Evolutionary and Ecological Biology Associate Professor Rebecca Safran used an ASSETT Development Award last year to purchase and refurbish equipment for her Film and Climate Change class at CU Boulder. Safran's students created an online exhibit project in their Film and Climate Change class. In the course, students are asked...

Alina Van Nelson's French Students Upload Presentations to VoiceThread

March 17, 2015

French Instructor Alina Van Nelson completed the Fall 2014 ASSETT Teaching with Technology seminar. Van Nelson implemented a new assessment approach to give students more opportunities to show what they learned. She created a Google Site for her class to upload written work . She also asked her students to...

ASSETT Development Grant Adds Tech to Philosophy Department's Library

Feb. 5, 2015

The Philosophy Department received an ASSETT Development Award in 2014 to install a technical upgrade to their Reading Room. The Morris Reading Room is the CU Boulder Philosophy Department's library and is located upstairs in Hellems. With the purchases made with ASSETT Development Award funds, the Reading Room now offers...

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