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eTeaching Day, May 14, 2008
This year's eTeaching Day included faculty showcases from Crystal Tiala (Theater), Robin Fleming (History), and Mark O'Connor (A&S Honors Program); a keynote lecture "What Wikipedia Can Teach Us About the New Media Literacies" by Dr. Henry Jenkins from MIT; presentation of the fourth annual Teaching with New Media Awards; and workshops on Blackboard Vista, wikis, classroom response systems, iTunes U and more.

View the resources from eTeaching Day

Global History Archive The new History Department core takes a global perspective, ranging across continents and centuries, and Core Moderator Franziska Seraphim wanted to find a way for faculty to share material for these courses. The repository she and her colleagues created includes texts, images and maps, and can be searched by keywords and browsed through a menu which reflects the structure of the core. Instructors can contribute and comment on items and participate in forums, providing opportunities for ongoing exchange about pedagogy and the teaching of history. more>>

The First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS) Funded by a Faculty Summer Workshop Grant, Lad Tobin and Ricco Siasoco collaborated with IDeS to create an online teaching resource repository to support faculty who teach the First-Year Writing Seminar. This site is designed to offer faculty a collaborative space where they can share teaching resources such as syllabi, readings, and assignments and where they can discuss the challenging teaching issues they face. more>>

Instructors' Workbook for Basic Skills in Clinical Practice As Coordinator of a multi-section course required for all Graduate School of Social Work students, Clinical Assistant Professor Robin Warsh was seeking a way to deliver resources for the 8 – 10 instructors teaching the course each fall. Respecting their differences in approach, she envisioned a Blackboard Vista site serving as a repository for lecture material, powerpoint presentations, video clips and other resources that faculty could draw from as needed and to which they could all contribute. more>>