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I spent upwards of 20,000 minutes of 2021 listening to podcasts—and I’m proud of it. This is a habit I developed at the beginning of graduate school that converted the time I spent cleaning my apartment, cooking, and commuting from tedious to pleasing. So when Professor Rachael Deagman Simonetta in...

As part of the course I co-teach with Helanius Wilkins-- Performance for Community Engagement-- we created a real-world opportunity for students to design and facilitate an online workshop for CU’s Center for Teaching and Learning. The stated learning objective for this assignment is “students will explore various skills that are...

Remember the seemingly innocent photo of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders at the inauguration in January? That image of him wearing a puffer jacket, oversized mittens, sitting on a fold out chair instantly became an internet sensation. This image went viral. Bernie became a part of people's families as they photoshopped...

It’s the end of the semester and as finals get closer, this can be a time when stress increases for both students and faculty. As you prepare for finals and summative assessments, take time to find stress reducers that work for you and perhaps share some ideas with your students...

ASSETT’s annual call for Faculty Fellows is now open! Apply by December 6th for full consideration. This year our programming will focus on continuing to build your teaching repertoire in areas such as course design, active learning, inclusive teaching, teaching assessments, and teaching with technology. With support from ASSETT staff,...

This fall, ASSETT welcomed a cohort of new student employees who joined either the ASSETT Innovation Incubator or our team of Student Technology Consultants (STCs) or. We are thrilled to add the experience, talent, and skills brought by each of these students to our team and our programs. Catherine Garvin...

Meet Karen Crouch, our new Instructional Design and Technology Consultant! She holds a Master’s in Education with a specialization in International and Comparative Education from Northcentral University and a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from CU Boulder. She brings 15 years of experience working in education at international and K-12...

We have launched the Quick Podcasting Guide ! This concise 1 - 2 - 3 tutorial provides text and video instructions on how to use Audacity and Anchor.fm to develop podcast content in your classroom through recording, editing, and assembling. It also provides additional tips for diving deeper or simplifying...

Image Caption: Pictured left to right - Jennifer Scheib (CivilEng), Colleen Scanlan-Lyons (ENVS), Katherine Lininger, (GEOG), Jay Arehart (CivilEng), Andrew Tan (IPHY), Diana Oliveras (Creative Minds RAP), Donna Louie (Creative Minds RAP) and Bradley Markle (GEOG). Over the last eighteen months, we’ve all experienced unprecedented shifts in our daily lives,...

ASSETT is supporting the Quality Teaching Initiative (QTI) for departments to examine how quality teaching is defined and update their practices for evaluating teaching. QTI focuses on three dimensions of instructional excellence: teaching that is scholarly, goal oriented, and inclusive. This year, departments will clarify standards and expectations, use multiple...