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Podcasting Lectures – Prof. James Morrison

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June 19th, 2009 by Brenda Ellis

Technology Used: Podcasting
Course: PS0304 International Political Economy (Spring 2009)
Number of Students: 31
Objectives: To better serve the students and democratize education.
Anticipated Learning Outcomes: Better retention and understanding
Actual Learning Outcomes: Some on both fronts

Summary of Poster Session: James Morrison explained how he uses podcasts to record his lectures so that after class, students can review the lectures. “Students can double check difficult, complicated concepts; Overcome language barriers; Get Missed Material. ** Note: My podcasting had no noticeable influence on lecture attendance! **“.   (more…)

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Using Second Life for Political Simulation – Prof. Quinn Mecham

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June 19th, 2009 by Brenda Ellis

Second Life
Technologies Used: Second Life; Blogs, Wikis.
Course:
Political Science 103: Intro to Comparative Politics
Number of Students: 50
Objectives: “Provide a political simulation experience for my students, and conduct an experiment to determine if it was possible to create a virtual state in which people would actively participate.”

Summary of Poster Session: Quinn Mecham and Alex Russo (a student from his course) demonstrated how they used Second Life as one of their tools to simulate how political parties and governments form.  Students had avatars (simulated characters) in Second Life that could interact with each other and campaign, form parties, propose legislation, and experience how politics play out.  A blog and wiki connected to their virtual space was also used to allow proposals to be vetted. (more…)

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South China Sea WWW Virtual Library – Prof. David Rosenberg

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June 19th, 2009 by Brenda Ellis

Technologies Used: website: www.SouthChinaSea.org, Google Earth, Google Map, Google News Search, CD
Course: PSCI 214 – International Environmental Politics
Number of Students: 45
Objectives: “To integrate research and teaching, to promote student-faculty collaboration.”

Summary of Poster Session: David Rosenberg and several of his students showed the website that is a resource for students in David’s class as well as the world.  Students helped identify content to link to and contributed content themselves, such as maps. (more…)

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Analyzing Data with ArcGIS and Stata – Prof. Caitlin Myers

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June 18th, 2009 by Brenda Ellis

Technologies Used: ArcGIS; Stata (Statistical Analysis Software)
Course: Economics 1008 Deconstructing Discrimination (Winter Term 2009)
Number of Students: 20
Assistance: Jack Cuneo, a tutor in the media lab (ArcGIS help)
Anticipated Learning Outcomes: Experience with  collecting data and performing empirical analysis, familiarity with the  capabilities of ArcGIS software, ability to use  Stata software.

Summary: “My winter term class “Deconstructing Discrimination” carried out an empirical research project to examine whether retail gasoline prices are correlated with the racial and income characteristics of neighborhoods.  The project required obtaining, manipulating, and combining data from a variety of sources.  We purchased gasoline price data from Oil Price International (OPIS), used ArcGIS to identify the census tract for each station, and then obtained neighborhood characteristics from the 2000 Decennial Census using Geolytics software.  (more…)

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Photo of Pedagogy & Technology Fair

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June 5th, 2009 by Carrie Macfarlane

Photo by JoAnn Brewer

Sixteen faculty and staff members from across the College presented their work at the first-ever Pedagogy and Technology Fair on Thursday June 4, 2009, in the Harmon Reading Area of the Main Library.


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Pedagogy & Technology Fair

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June 5th, 2009 by Bryan Carson
Library, Harmon Reading AreaThursday, June 4, 10:30 am – 12:00

From Facebook in a chemistry course to video projects in First-Year Seminars, Middlebury faculty are using technology in a number of creative ways to re-design, enhance and augment their courses.  Join us in the Great Hall at McCardell Bicentennial Hall where a number of faculty will demonstrate their uses of technology and discuss their experiences in an informal setting.  This fair is co-sponsored by the CTLR and LIS.

Holly Allen, Mary Ellen Bertolini, Jeff Byers, Bryan Carson, Alex Chapin, Kyoko Davis, Chris Fastie, Anne Knowles, Marc Lapin, Carrie Macfarlane, Jonathan Miller-Lane, Caitlin Myers, James Morrison, David Rosenberg, Steve Trombulak, Andy Wentik, Helen Young.

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