Teaching with Technology: Tim Wadsworth

Feb. 22, 2012

During the Teaching with Technology seminar series, Tim Wadsworth, an Associate Professor in CU鈥檚 department of Sociology, analyzed the effectiveness of his online courses in his presentation. The biggest challenge Dr. Wadsworth encountered was to get students engaged, especially during the summer, so he needed to find a solution to...

Development Awards: Dancing on the Digital Stage

Feb. 20, 2012

When you hear someone say they are dancer, immediately an image of a person performing on a stage in front of an audience appears in your head. Generally, our view of dance as an art form tends to exist within a narrow scope that is bounded within the diameters of...

CU Denver Professor connects through Adobe

Oct. 15, 2011

A growing number of academic professionals are switching from traditional classroom lectures to online classes. Online learning and in person lectures are now becoming a popular combination of learning tools in academia. At the 2011 COLTT (Colorado Learning & Teaching with Technology) Conference held at CU Boulder, Storm Gloor, an...

Lights, Camera, This is What Beautiful Looks Like!

Sept. 30, 2011

, 鈥淚f only I were four inches taller鈥,鈥 鈥淚f only I were skinnier鈥.,鈥 鈥淚f only I had bigger breasts...,鈥 鈥淚f only I had a smaller nose鈥,鈥 鈥淚f only if only鈥︹. For many young women, these thoughts accompany them in their daily lives and can even lead to harmful behaviors. From...

CU professor spotlight: A virtual expedition

Sept. 22, 2011

Elspeth Dusinberre poses insider her office in the Eaton Humanities Building on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday, April 4, 2011. She was instrumental in creating a video game that helps her students learn about archeology, specifically Egyptian. (ASSETT/Esteban L. Hernandez) A scholarly expedition to...

A Workshop Created to Empower Women's Voices

Sept. 10, 2010

Inuit Throat singing from parts of North America, particularly Alaska and Greenland, is not only fascinating, but a culture that empowers women by giving them voice to speak. A similar concept is also applied in the workshop created by Beth Osnes, a faculty member of the Dance and Theatre at...

Digital notation for music appreciation

April 13, 2010

The programming software that professor Daniel Jones used for his honor鈥檚 music courses was a little outdated鈥攖he program was stored on floppy disks. With his students in mind, he decided to change his music notation software to Sibelius. Now, his students will benefit from a music tool with 21 st...

Suite of Tools Transforms Intercultural Communication Class

April 8, 2010

How likely are you to hear 鈥淎lright students, take out your cell phones, we are going to mClk now!鈥? Chances are unlikely in most college classrooms. But, in Dr. Melinda Cain鈥檚 IAFS 4500 Intercultural Communication class, this is a common request. In her classes, Dr. Cain hopes to provide foundations...

AMESS: A Custom Course Management Software in Applied Mathematics

March 31, 2010

Classes like Calculus 3 and Differential Equations at CU Boulder have about 350 to 400 students each semester. Dr. Anne Dougherty, an Associate Chair and senior instructor in the Applied Mathematics Department, has experienced firsthand the challenges of managing students鈥 assignments in large classes. To solve this problem, she has...

Using Audacity for Teaching Advanced Chinese

March 30, 2010

Learning a new language is no easy task. And Jin Chen, an instructor in the Department of Asian Languages, is more than familiar with what it takes. First and foremost, talking in a language class is really important. Learning to speak Chinese requires certain logic in order to demonstrate coherence...

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