Workshops
Link, Stream, Embed: How to Incorporate Library Resources into Your Blackboard Course
Learn best practices for incorporating online articles, e-books, audio, images and more into your Blackboard course. Participants will be able to discover electronic materials through the Library's catalog and databases; identify and share persistent links from online Library resources; and provide students with clear instructions for using embedded and linked materials.
Facilitator: Jenn Kelley
Alt-Research: Introduction to Alternative Research Assignments
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The research paper isn't the only, or even the best, way for students to learn more on a topic, gain writing competency or practice critical thinking. Join us for the first in a series of workshops exploring alternative assignment strategies and discussions on pedagogical approaches to creating and assigning research projects.
This discussion is part of the Alternative Research series. For more information, visit http://www.codlrc.org/IL/Future/Alt
Facilitators: Jenn Kelley
Alt-Research: Writing Wikipedia
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Facilitator: Tim Henningsen
Alt-Research: The Student-Driven Final Project
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Learn how two instructors have developed a final project framework that gives students the freedom to demonstrate their achievement of course outcomes in a way they choose. The Student-Drive Final Project challenges the notion of teacher-driven assignments and can be adapted for any class, especially those with a researched final project.
This discussion is part of the Alternative Research series. For more information, visit http://www.codlrc.org/IL/Future/Alt
Facilitators: Jason Snart and Tim Henningsen
Discussions
Alt-Research: Why Rethink the Research Paper?
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A facilitated discussion on the challenges and problems associated with the traditional research paper assignment. This discussion is part of the Alternative Research series. For more information, visit http://www.codlrc.org/IL/Future/Alt
Facilitators: Jenn Kelley