Professor Greg Tucker Used ASSETT Development Award Funding To Create an Animation about River Evolution

July 1, 2014

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...

Vanessa Schatz's Writing Class is "Bigger Than the Classroom"

June 13, 2014

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...

Beth Osnes's Students Use Solar-Powered Shadow Puppet Theatre to Communicate Clean Energy Ideas

June 9, 2014

Dr. Beth Osnes trained her students in solar powered puppet theatre to create a performance about clean energy. She also took her students all the way to the Navajo Nation, where students hosted a photo booth for traditionally underrepresented groups to make their voices heard. Teaching and Learning Challenge Multi-modal...

Holly Gayley Earns 2013-2014 ASSETT Teaching with Technology Award

May 27, 2014

When it comes to incorporating technology into teaching, Holly Gayley has run the gamut. Gayley, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at CU Boulder, has harnessed several of ASSETT's resources over the past few years to help make her teaching more effective. She first participated in ASSETT's 2012 Teaching with Technology...

Mojzsis Piques Students' Interest With Technology

May 20, 2014

"I wake up in the morning, and I can't wait to come to work," says Dr. Stephen Mojzsis of the Geological Sciences Department at CU Boulder. Mojzsis takes interest in his students and now even collaborates on the research level with some former students from past introductory geology courses. Mojzsis...

Faculty Learn from Teaching with Technology Seminar

May 20, 2014

Faculty members Giorgio Corda, Dave Rickels, Holly Gayley, Janet Casagrand, Elena Kostoglodova, and Jen Lewon participated in both the Teaching with Technology Faculty Seminar and the Hybrid and Online Course Design Seminars this past 2013-2014 academic year. These faculty presented at the Second Annual ASSETT Teaching with Technology Symposium at...

Janet Casagrand, PhD, Created Screencasts for Homework

April 25, 2014

Courtesy of J E Theriot, flickr.com, Courtesy of J E Theriot, flickr.com Dr. Janet Casagrand created screencasts for her incoming students to watch so that all students would be up to par. Teaching and Learning Challenge I teach a large, upper division Integrative Physiology courses (IPHY 4720: Neurophysiology). Neurophysiology involves...

Graduate Students Teach with Technology

April 21, 2014

Lead Graduate Teacher Program (GTP) students presented their research collaborations regarding teaching with technology at their capstone event in ATLAS this month. Eight groups of Lead GTP students collaborated across disciplines to research different teaching technologies and their effectiveness. Groups presented their results on Friday, April 4 with posters in...

Receive an Oscar through Schlingman's Astronomy Class

April 2, 2014

Wayne Schlingman, PhD teaches Astronomy to non-science majors (JMH Photography) At the end of the semester, students walk into a ‘science-Oscars’ of sorts at the Fiske Planetarium at CU. They look forward to viewing films and possibly even accepting awards for science videos that they created through Wayne Schlingman, PhD’s...

Katie Oliviero uses Digital Games to Teach Social Justice

Feb. 12, 2014

Through ICED Video Game, Players Navigate Lives of Undocumented Immigrants In Katie Oliviero's Gender, Sexuality, and Migration course at CU Boulder, students navigate potential situations that undocumented immigrants may encounter in their everyday lives through the video game ICED (I Can End Deportation). Through the eyes of undocumented immigrants, players...

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