by nswinehart | Feb 10, 2022 | Events
The recent rise of web conferencing has greatly increased the number of online workshops and professional development opportunities, but trying to keep them all straight can be overwhelming. In an effort to organize these opportunities in one place, the CLC has...
by nswinehart | Mar 4, 2021 | Events
“When we teach, we make hundreds, if not thousands, of decisions: which materials should I use? Which textbook? What will be homework? What will I do in class? You can make better choices about all those questions if you know where you’re going, if you know what...
by nswinehart | Feb 19, 2021 | Events
“Remote assessment will help us pause, reflect, and re-think the role of classroom assessment and re-evaluate its effectiveness.” The CLC’s own Ahmet Dursun (director of the Office of Language Assessment) recently gave an interview to staff from the...
by nswinehart | Feb 17, 2021 | Events, Tech
On Wednesday, Feb 17, 2021, Nicole Burgoyne (German) and Nick Swinehart (CLC) gave a workshop introducing several technical tools and techniques: automatic foreign-language captions with Microsoft Stream, screen recording with Loom, and graphic design with Canva. •...
by nswinehart | Feb 3, 2021 | Events, Tech
On Wednesday, Feb 3, Colin Benert (Associate Instructional Professor of German) gave a fantastic workshop titled “Creating Graphic Organizers for Synchronous and Asynchronous Task-Based Activities with Lucidchart.” • Recording of Colin’s workshop •...
by nswinehart | Sep 2, 2020 | Events
On Friday August 21, 2020, staff from UChicago and Michigan State held their fourth annual–and first virtual–Shared LCTL Symposium. The complete recording and outline can be found below. Hightlights include Tom Garza’s talk titled Zooming for...