Digital Instruction Project
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The Digital Scholarship Commons and Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL) will be launching a year long opportunity for faculty and instructors to develop and implement new, engaging assignments. Work with us and a cohort of your peers to brainstorm and then refine a new digital assignment for a Winter 2017 course.
Applications now due Friday, October 14.
We will provide:
- TIME and SPACE for focused and thoughtful conversation about pedagogy with a cohort of your peers
- ONE-ON-ONE consultation and assignment development with Aaron Zachmeier, Instructional Designer, and Rachel Deblinger, Director, Digital Scholarship Commons
- STUDENT SUPPORT for course development and implementation in the classroom
We ask that you commit to this project schedule:
Fall Quarter
- Initial design and development consultation with Aaron Zachmeier, Instructional Designer, and/or Rachel Deblinger, Director, Digital Scholarship Commons
- A three-hour workshop with cohort to refine assignment plans
- Student hours for content creation (where applicable)
Winter Quarter
- Implementation of assignment in classroom.
- Student hours for in-class instruction, “office” hours, technical & logistical support (where applicable)
Spring Quarter
- Public presentation of assignment
- Evaluation and additional meeting to refine assignment for future use
For consideration in the inaugural cohort, please send a 1 page (max) application to digitalcommons@ucsc.edu by Friday, October 14.
The application should include:
- The name and number of a course to be taught in Winter 2017 with an estimated number of students.
- A brief description of a new assignment.Please include specifics about what you want the students to learn and how this new assignment will help them achieve that learning.
- What you hope to get out of a cohort based program.
We’re looking for assignment ideas that:
- Are impactful
- Will improve learning
- Solve a problem or take advantage of an opportunity