
Morning Blend
Morning Blend is a weekly discussion on a specific topic that impacts teaching and/or scholarship. The program will run on Zoom on Thursday afternoons (1 p.m.) and be repeated on Friday mornings (9 a.m.) After the sessions, a video recording and tip sheet will be available to anyone who attended or wishes to engage with the material online.
Each Morning Blend session includes a 10-15 minute presentation with specific, action-oriented information about that week's topic. We then invite participants to share ideas about the topic until 1:45 p.m. (Thurs) and 9:45 p.m. (Fri). Although we plan for 45 minutes, participants may feel free to engage for any time period that their schedule allows.
We invite faculty to grab a cup of coffee or tea and please join us here on Zoom on the dates below, no registration required, or bookmark this page and watch the recorded sessions when you are available. Note the recorded sessions will only include the presentation and will not include the discussion.
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Archive
Topic Video Recording Visits with UR Museums
Run Better Meetings
Creating Accessible Word Documents
Open Education Resources
Groupwork
Saving Time with Gradescope
Tips for Using your Digital Tablet
Teaching Distracted Minds
Citation Managment
Developing Time Efficient Workflows for Grading
Collaborative Learning
First Day of Class
Blackboard Organization
Social Annotation
Strategies for Virtual Office Hours
Blended Classroom Discussions Revisited
Working Effectively with Student Tech Assistants
Strategies for Gathering Midterm Student Feedback
Adapting Media Projects for Remote and Blended Teaching
Designing Effective Open Book Exams
Managing Challenging Discussions: The 2020 Election
Teaching Data Literacy
Portfolio Grading
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Spring 2021
Week of Title January 7th Course Organization
January 14th First Day of Class
January 21st Social Annotation
January 28th Active Learning: Peer to Peer
February 4th Developing Efficient Grading Workflows
February 11th Citation Managment
Feburary 25th Teaching Distracted Minds
March 4th Tips and Tricks - Digital Tablets for Faculty
March 11th Gradescope
March 18th Groupwork
March 25th Open Educational Resources
April 1st Accessible Documents
April 8th Grants and Self-Service Portal
April 15th Museums