Teaching and Learning

bCourses Meetup

November 7, 2019, 10:00am

This event is designed for administrators and academic support staff who work closely with bCourses. Please come ready to share departmental updates and learn what's new or upcoming with bCourses and the campus EdTech ecosystem!

Registration is not required.

Dr. Jalil Bishop: "A Place to Be Human," Presented by the Critical University Studies Speaker Series

October 31, 2019, 2:30pm

Please join us for this installment in the Critical University Studies Speaker Series: Dr. Jalil Bishop, "A Place to Be Human." The Critical University Studies (CUS) working group convenes and cultivates a critical scholarly community that contends with issues of power, race, and gender in higher education. 

ARVR: Artivive Workshop for Faculty

October 18, 2019, 10:30am
Are you looking for ways to incorporate ARVR into your work or class? Join Arts + Design for this interactive workshop using Artivive, a new technology that allows you to create new dimensions of art by linking classical with digital art. Learn from professionals and graduate students who have already incorporated Artivive into their work. At the end of the workshop, each participant will have created an ARVR experience!
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Teaching with Wikipedia

October 30, 2019, 12:30pm

Please join the AC Center and the Wiki Education Foundation Educators as we discuss how to build Wikipedia assignments into your courses and discover some of the new tools, which support and enhance teaching with Wikipedia. As an educational tool, the development of Wikipedia articles allows students to create collaborative work with a visible impact on a global audience.

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ARVR: Artivive Workshop for Faculty

November 7, 2019, 1:30pm
Are you looking for ways to incorporate ARVR into your work or class? Join Arts + Design for this interactive workshop where participants will be trained Artivive, a new technology that allows you to create new dimensions of art by linking classical with digital art. You will learn from professionals and graduate students who have already incorporated Artvive into their work. At the end of the workshop, each participant will have created their first ARVR experience!

Adobe Fellows @ Berkeley: Creativity Across the Curriculum

How can we leverage technology to support teaching and learning in ways that foster public understanding, amplify diverse voices, and empower students?

Group shot of first cohort of Adobe Fellows, October 2018 

Digital Publishing Series

This workshop series hosted by the Library helps you with the skills and tools you need for successful digital publications.

Difficult Knowledge, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, and Safe-ish Spaces

September 12, 2019, 12:00pm

Violence and trauma are all around us—fatal shootings by police, sexual violence, family separations, addiction, abuse, displacement of refugees. Often, these situations give rise to individual healing journeys and collective efforts to create change. But the pain and loss embedded in them also has a damaging effect long after the events have passed.

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Beyond Accommodations: Changing the Disability Frame

November 18, 2019, 12:00pm

Discussions of disability on campus often focus on how we can support and accommodate individual needs and meet our compliance requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act. With this session, we hope to add to that important conversation, inviting faculty, GSIs, staff, and students to think in creative and visionary ways about culture, structure, teaching and learning, and broader institutional transformation.

Gradescope for New and Experienced Instructors

September 13, 2019, 11:00am
Have you heard about Gradescope and want to learn about how you can use it in your class? Have you used Gradescope in the past and want to hear about new functionality like bubble sheets? Want to get started but not sure where to scan your assignments?
Registration is unavailable.