Morning Blend

Morning Blend is a weekly discussion on a specific topic that impacts teaching and/or scholarship (zoom link).  With a few exceptions noted below, the program will run on Thursdays this fall from 9:30 to 10:00 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 the end of the half hour.  Although we plan for 30 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 on the dates below 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. 

  • Fall 2024
    Date Title

    Aug. 28

    Proposing a class for Written Communication IFA with Libby Gruner *Note this is a special Wednesday edition of Morning Blend

    Aug. 29

    Responding to Disability Accommodation Notices (DANs) with Cort Schneider

    Sept. 5

    Building Community/Structuring for Inclusion with Kylie Korsnack and Gabriel Matthews

    Sept. 19

    Honor Code 101 with Mia Reinoso Genoni and Joe Boehman

    Sept. 26

    Building Effective Learning Activities with SpiderAI with Andrew Bell

    Oct. 3

    Preparing for the Upcoming Elections with Ernest McGowen

    Oct. 10

    Prioritizing Student Mental Health with Kristin Day

    Oct. 17

    No Morning Blend - Fall Break

    Oct. 24 Exploring the University of Richmond Repository with Krista Laprade
    Oct. 31 Web of Inquiry Week!
    Nov. 7 TBD
    Nov. 14 Getting to Know Humanities Connect with Nathan Snaza
    Nov. 21 Assessing Your FYS with Randy Romich
  • Spring 2024
    Date Title

    Jan. 17

    Written Communication with Kristin Bezio

    Jan. 18

    First Year Seminar with Nicole Maurantonio

    Jan. 19

    Power, Equity, Identity, Culture with Thad Williamson

    Jan. 24

    Quantitative Data Literacy with Taylor Arnold

    Jan. 25

    Visual & Performing Arts, Symbolic Reasoning, Natural Science Inquiry with Ben Broening

    Jan. 26

    Historical Inquiry, Literary & Textual Inquiry, and Social Inquiry with David Brandenberger

    Feb. 1

    Embodied Communication with Jeff Riehl

    Feb. 2

    Visual & Performing Arts, Symbolic Reasoning, Natural Science Inquiry with Ben Broening

    Feb. 7 Quantitative Data Literacy with Taylor Arnold
    Feb. 8 Power, Equity, Identity, Culture with Thad Williamson
    Feb. 9 Historical Inquiry, Literary & Textual Inquiry, and Social Inquiry with David Brandenberger
    Feb. 14 First Year Seminar with Nicole Maurantonio
    Feb. 15 Embodied Communication with Jeff Riehl
    Feb. 21 Written Communication with Kristin Bezio
  • Fall 2023
    Dates Title

    Aug 31st & Sept 1st

    Structuring for Inclusion | Tip Sheet

    Sept 7th

    5 Ways of Using Gen AI in Teaching | Tip Sheet

    Sept 14th

    Fast Facts About the Web of Inquiry | Recording

    Sept 22nd

    5 Ways of Using Gen AI for Scholarship | Tip Sheet

    Sept 28th & 29th

    Differentiated Learning | Tip Sheet

    Oct 5th & 6th

    Get Your Students Talking!

    Oct 12th & 13th

    Paul Brohan Talks about Working with the Modlin Center 

    Oct 20th

    How to Take Advantage of Academic Skills Course Mentors 

    Oct 26th & 27th

    Making the Most of the StoryMap Web Platform | Recording 1 and 2

    Nov 2nd & 3rd

    Collaborating with Zotero | Recording

    Nov 9th & 10th

    Ensuring Compliance with University Policies | Recording

  • Spring 2023
    Week of Title

    Jan 16th

    Structuring for Inclusion | Tip Sheet

    Jan 23rd

    Gradescope | Recording | Tip Sheet

    Jan 30th

    Mentoring Student Research | Tip Sheet

    Feb 6th

    Gathering Student Feedback | Recording | Tip Sheet 

    Feb 14th

    Text Generating AI (GPT-3) Impacts on Scholarship and Teaching | Recording | Tip Sheet

    Feb 21st

    Community Engaged Scholarship with CCE | Recording

    Mar 13

    Students as Partners | Recording | Tip Sheet

    Mar 20

    Unpacking the Census

    Mar 27

    Making the Most of Your Blackboard Assessments

    Apr 3

    Finding your Funding with the Pivot Database

  • Fall 2022
    Week of Title

    Aug 15th

    First Day of Class | Recording | Tip Sheet

    Aug 22nd

    Time-saving Effective Grading Workflow Strategies | Recording | Tip Sheet

    Aug 29th

    Working with the Grants Office | Recording | Tip Sheet

    Sept 5th

    Gamification in the Classroom | Recording

    Sept 12th

    Citation Management | Recording | LibGuide

    Sept 19th

    Healthy Boundaries | Recording

    Sept 26th

    Disability Services 101 | Recording

    Oct 3rd

    Facilitated Course Assessment | Recording |  Tip Sheet

    Oct 17th

    Integrative Learning 101 | Recording | Tip Sheet

    Oct 24th

    How to Take Advantage of UR’s Digital Pedagogy Toolbox | Recording | Tip Sheet

    Nov 1st

    Planning an SSIR Course | Recording

  • Spring 2022
    Week of Title
    Jan 10th Getting to Know Your Librarian Liasion | Tip Sheet
    Jan 17th Ways to Take Advantage of the Faculty Hub Studio | Tip Sheet | Recording
    Jan 24th Learning Contracts | Tip Sheet | Recording
    Jan 31st Internal Pedagogy Related Grants | Tip Sheet | Recording
    Feb 7th Structuring for Inclusion | Tip Sheet | Recording
    Feb 14th Facilitated Course Assessment | Tip Sheet
    Feb 21st Building Scholarly Writing Habits | Tip Sheet | Recording
    Feb 28th Benefits of Keeping an Outlook Calendar | Tip SheetRecording
    Mar 14th Faculty Hub Staff Office Hours
    Mar 21st Developing a Sense of Belonging | Recording 
    March 28th Introduction to High Performance Computing | Learn More | Recording
    April 7th Promoting Executive Functioning Skills | Tip Sheet | Recording
    April 14th Interactive Lecturing | Tip Sheet | Recording
    April 21st Open Access Publishing | Tip Sheet | Recording

     

    Additional dates and topics to be announced soon!

  • Fall 2021
    Week of Title
    August 16th

    First Day of Class | Recording | Tip Sheet

    August 23rd

    Preparing Asynchronous Lecture Content | Recording | Tip Sheet

    August 30th

    Grants Office, Overview of Services | Tip Sheet

    September 6th

    Transparent Assignments | Recording | Tip Sheet

    September 13th

    Social Annotation in the Classroom | Recording | Tip Sheet

    September 20th

    Midterm Self-Assessment | Recording | Tip Sheet

    September 27th

    Rigorous Teaching with a Flexible Mindset | Recording | Tip Sheet

    October 7th

    Finding Grant Funding | Recording | Tip Sheet

    October 14th

    Book Arts Studio - Incorporating Creative Projects Into Courses  | Recording | Tip Sheet

    October 21st

    Using RStudio Workbench on spdrweb.richmond.edu | Recording | Tip Sheet

    October 28th

    Support for Digital Media Projects on Campus | Recording

    November 1st 

    Writing Strong Letters of Recommendation with Dana Kuchem | RecordingTip Sheet

    November 8th

    Adapting Exams for Flexible Delivery | RecordingTip Sheet

    November 15th

    Academic Integrity and SafeAssign | Recording | Tip Sheet

    November 29th

    Reflecting on the Semester | Recording | Tip Sheet

  • Previous Years Archive
    Topic Video Recording

    Archival Research

    Tip Sheet Link

    Visits with UR Museums

    Tip Sheet Link

    Run Better Meetings

     

    Creating Accessible Word Documents

    Tip Sheet Link

    Open Education Resources

     

    Groupwork

    Tip Sheet Link

    Saving Time with Gradescope

    Getting Started Link

    Tips for Using your Digital Tablet

    Slides link

    Teaching Distracted Minds

    Tip Sheet Link

    Citation Managment

    Developing Time Efficient Workflows for Grading

    Tip Sheet Link

    Collaborative Learning

    Tip Sheet Link

    First Day of Class

    Tip Sheet Link

    Blackboard Organization

    Tip Sheet Link

    Social Annotation

    Tip Sheet Link

    Strategies for Gathering Midterm Student Feedback

    Tip Sheet Link

    Designing Effective Open Book Exams

    Tip Sheet Link

    Managing Challenging Discussions: The 2020 Election

    Tip Sheet Link

    Teaching Data Literacy

    Portfolio Grading