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"Digital Agency in the 21st Century,"听was the theme at the Third Annual ASSETT Teaching with Technology Symposium in April.听 The Director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies and Adjunct Professor at the University of Mary Washington,听Jim Groom, gave the听keynote speech.听听Groom spoke听about,听and explained his involvement with,听the听 project.听 UMW gives each听student and instructor the option of creating a听domain that UMW hosts.听 Groom听explained that听UMW Domains recognizes and codifies the importance of digital agency for each and every learner on campus.听 After his talk, several instructors discussed whether we could bring such a program to CU.

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Also at the Symposium, ASSETT awarded the 2015 Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award to Political Science Assistant Professor Moonhawk Kim.听听Kim听joined several other instructors at the Symposium in presenting a teaching with technology tool that he uses in his teaching.听 Kim听uses open educational software that was created by听MIT for collaborative reading.听 NB is an online annotation tool that allows students to better engage with content.听 Through NB, the instructor can assign听articles for听students to read听and听dedicate听prompts for students to consider and respond to as they read.听听听With NB, the instructor can better task students to consider their course readings with a more critical eye.听 Then, in class,听students can use their annotations to听participate in听more productive conversations about their class readings.听 Students听must find evidence in the assigned readings to support their ideas.

Several other 麻豆免费版下载Boulder instructors and professors听presented their teaching with technology projects at the Symposium.听 Italian Instructor Giorgio Corda returned to the Symposium this year to present a second time.听 In both years, Corda has presented an effective and engaging tool he uses in teaching foreign language in a hybrid format.听 Corda says that he believes hybrid learning for听foreign languages is a unique approach that shows much promise for some of CU's student populations.

This year, Corda displayed examples of students' work from his听hybrid language听classes.听听Students used software to create avatar cartoon characters and place them听in virtual social situations.听 Students meet and converse in Italian online with their peers听through the personas of their听selected Avatar characters.听 Students record their own voices speaking in Italian, and GoAnimate plays their voice along with animation of the selected avatar.听 It may look like students are meeting online through cartoons, but Corda said that when students听respond to听messages in Italian from their peers several times听throughout the week, they access the new language more frequently than they听would听if they听attended Italian class in person only.听听Corda says that he sees higher test scores among students听who opt for his hybrid classes.听 Corda has completed ASSETT's Hybrid and Online Design听Seminar and ASSETT's Teaching with Technology Seminar.听 He听has received an ASSETT Development Award.

Instructor Jenny Withycombe of the Ethnic Studies Department also presented at the ASSETT Symposium this year.听 She also talked about her experience听converting her traditionally formatted听Ethnic Studies class to a hybrid model.听 Withycombe gives her students an option about whether to continue in the traditional in person classroom or to watch her lectures online and come to recitations in person.听 Withycombe has completed ASSETT's Hybrid and Online Design Seminar.

Also, Sociology Graduate Part Time Instructor Joshua LePree presented at the 2015 ASSETT Symposium.听 LePree talked about听his implementation of听Twitter and to support online discussions in the courses he teaches.听 Similar to Corda's idea of continuing conversations between students outside the classroom, LePree asks students to post pertinent articles on听Twitter about topics they're learning about in class throughout the week.听 Students听read and听Reply to听one another's Tweets.听 LePree's incorporation of technology into student discussions and homework has been well received.听 Students have nominated LePree for ASSETT's听Excellence in Teaching with Technology Awards in multiple semesters.

The 2015 ASSETT Teaching with Technology Symposium听enjoyed a successful turnout.听 Participating faculty and instructors from the Libraries听engaged in discussions about the latest trends in digital agency and pedagogy.