Teaching and Learning Initiative

Class outline

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  Welcome to the Hampshire College Resource Page for Teaching

  
  

  
  

  As we all plan for remote/hybrid courses for this academic year the Teaching and Learning Initiative is here to help. Please use this page to find resources, interact with faculty and staff colleagues, share resources etc. We have a team to help guide you through this process - please reach out to us individually if you have questions or to schedule Office Hours:

  Chris Cianfrani (ccNS@hampshire.edu) - Direction of the Teaching and Learning Initiative

  Laura Wenk (lwenk@hampshire.edu) - Director of Assessment

  Gaby Richard-Harrington (grhIT@hampshire.edu) - Instructional Technologist email me to arrange a Zoom meeting. 

  • Talking about Teaching Forum

    
    
  • Announcements Forum
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  F21 Resources
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  May MHC Teaching Workshops

  • Resources from Workshops (videos and others resources)

    
    

  • Keynote: David Gooblar - Teaching Against the Status Quo URL
  • Decolonizing the Classroom URL
  • Faculty Equity after COVID with the UMass ADVANCE Team URL
  • Strengths Based Pedagogy: Learning Environments for all Students URL

    Resources for workshop:
    

    • Strengths Based Education (pdf)
    • Asset-based perspective (video)

    
    

  • Universal Design for Learning: Pandemic Innovations URL
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  F21 Division I Seminars

  • F21 Division I Seminar List URL
  • Div I Seminar Questions/Ideas/Thoughts Forum
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  Accessible Materials

  • Making your Materials Accessible
    

  • Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit in Moodle URL
  • Grackle For Google Workspace URL
  • Robobraille (software website) -- convert your files to accessible formats URL
  • How to Use Robobraille (video ~3min) URL
  • Canva URL
  • Quick Start Guide - Moodle File Scan Module (~4min video) URL
  • Library Document Scanner Information URL
  • January Accessibility Workshop
    

  • 1-14-21 Accessible materials workshop (video ~2 hours with transcript) URL
  • UDL and Accesibility in a Nutshell (slides) URL
  • #NoMouse Checking websites you make for accessibility URL
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  January Teaching Workshops

  • 1-12-21 Collaboration in the Classroom
    

  • 1-12-21 Collaboration Tools Workshop (video ~ 2 hours with transcript) URL
  • 1-12-21 Collaboration Tools for Teaching (google slides) URL
  • 1-12-21 Jamboard from workshop URL
  • 1-12-21 Padlet from Workshop URL
  • 1-12-21 Perusall
    

  • 1-12-21 Perusall Workshop (Video ~ 1 hour with transcript) URL
  • 1-13-21 Inclusive Classrooms w/MHC and Amherst College
    

  • Inclusive Teaching with Kathy Hogan and Viji Sathy (video ~1:23 hours) URL
  • Workshop Handout URL
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  Writing Evaluations

  • Top Things to Remember in Writing Evaluations F20 URL
  • Guide To Writing Evalutions File

    This guide contains advice and examples for all types of narrative evaluations (course, Div I, II, III).
    

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  Talking About Teaching Sessions

  • 10-30-20 End of Semester Activities URL
  • 10-30-20 Video from Talking about Teaching Session (~50min) URL
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  How-To-Videos

  • Google Jamboard (~4min) URL

    Brief intro to using the interactive whiteboard in Google - Jamboard with a couple of examples
    

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  Trauma Informed Pedagogy

  • The Single Most Essential Requirement in Designing a Fall Online Course URL
  • What Does Trauma Informed Teaching Look Like? (Beth McMurtrie, Chronicle of Higher Education) URL
  • 4 Core Principles of Trauma Informed Distance Learning URL
  • Trauma Informed Pedagogy Online - Podcast URL

    “Tea for Teaching” produced by the Center for Excellence in Teaching at the State University of New York at Oswego, 40 minutes
    

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  Accessibility and Equity

  All instructional materials that you create or use to supplement instruction must be accessible. 

  • Hampshire Accessibility Quick Guide For Supported Applications URL
  • The HC Library Book Scanner URL
  • ADA Compliance Checklist for Online and Blended Course Content URL
  • Gaby's Quick Accessibility Checker URL
  • Stanford University - 10 Strategies for Creating Inclusive & Equitable Online Learning Environments URL
  • National Center on Accessible Educational Materials URL
  • Cornell's Advice on Connecting with International Students URL
  • Columbia's Info on Asynchronous Learning Across Time Zones URL
  • Massachusetts Accessible Instructional Materials Library URL
  • Level Access Webinar Series URL
  • Checklist for Accessibility URL
  • Reaching All College Students URL

    Using tools they may already have, professors can make learning more accessible to students with disabilities and learning differences.
    

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  Universal Design

  • Universal Design Guidelines URL
  • UDL Syllabus URL
  • Universal Design for Learning Center URL
  • 6 UDL Principles for Online Learning URL

    A great place to start thinking about Universal Design in an online environment

  • UDL on Campus URL
  • The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines Graphic Organizer URL
  • ECAR Study of Technology Needs of Students with Disabilities URL
  • UDL ON CAMPUS · Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education URL
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  eBooks Links!

  SMALL TEACHING ONLINE 
  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hampshire/detail.action?docID=5780349
  
  ENGAGING THE ONLINE LEARNER 
  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hampshire/detail.action?docID=818716

  INTENTIONAL TECH 
  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hampshire/detail.action?docID=5910154

  REACH EVERYONE, TEACH EVERYONE 
  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hampshire/detail.action?docID=5597807

  COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES  
  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hampshire/detail.action?docID=1745058

  BLENDED COURSE DESIGN WORKBOOK
  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hampshire/detail.action?docID=4741215

  CREATING A SENSE OF PRESENCE IN ONLINE TEACHING 
  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hampshire/detail.action?docID=573790

  99 TIPS FOR CREATING SIMPLE AND SUSTAINABLE... 
  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hampshire/detail.action?docID=6166800

  ONLINE TEACHING SURVIVAL GUIDE 
  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hampshire/detail.action?docID=4659728