Epiphanies with David Goldstein

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Fireside Guest: David Goldstein We welcome David as our first fireside guest from our more local UW Bothell community! David will share some of his journey through various grading strategies in his classes here at Bothell. Many of you know David from campus, but some of you might not know…

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Collaborative failure…and success

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Last quarter, I had the pleasure of teaching Science Methods and Practice, the course that had so much success last year. A previous blog talks about how I’ve improved student learning in the course with specifications grading. Students who score an 80% on an assignment “complete” it, and those who…

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ChatGPT and the Classroom

Title slide of presentation by several authors about ChatGPT and title of "The Rode of ChhatGPT."

No doubt ChatGPT is making waves. As educators, we will need to wonder about how it fits in our daily classroom activities and how it will alter the future our students will experience. Not unlike the rise of the hand calculator or the computer, AI will be alongside our lives…

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Our Amazing Colleagues!

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With the help of a talented videographer and some modern tools like the Learning Glass, you can create engaging video content for your students. It is as easy emailing Marc with the Academic and Collaborative Technologies team (Formerly Digital Learning & Innovation) and setting up a date. The work below…

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Epiphanies with Mike Caulfield

Fireside Guest – Mike Caulfield Research Scientist, Center for an Informed Public at University of Washington Before joining the iSchool in his current position he was the Director of Blended and Networked Learning at Washington State University, Vancouver. He has focused on misinformation and disinformation as created some amazing open…

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Epiphanies with Alyson Indrunas

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Fireside Guest – Alyson Indrunas Executive Director of Teaching & Learning, Continuous Improvement at Lumen Learning Before joining the team at Lumen seven years ago, Alyson was the Director of eLearning and Instructional Design at Everett Community College. Living in Bellingham, Alyson is our first guest from the state of…

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2022 Connected Learning Summit

There were many interesting sessions but I will focus on a few ideas and organizations that were novel or changed my perspective, or may be resources we can use. 1. Twin pandemics: COVID and mental health. Supporting students has supported communities. Developing tools, including online tools, that had been underutilized…

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