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.
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Spring 2025
This semester’s offerings:
- Jan 22: Classroom Engagement Tools [Meet in Dining Hall, glass room--sign in and grab breakfast on us.]
- Jan 29: 5 Tips for Using GenAI in Teaching [Meet in Dining Hall, glass room--sign in and grab breakfast on us.]
- Feb 5: 5 Ways to Promote Inclusive Classrooms [Meet in Dining Hall, glass room--sign in and grab breakfast on us.]
- Feb 12: Design Tools [Meet in Dining Hall, glass room--sign in and grab breakfast on us.]
- Feb. 19: Midterm Feedback [ONLINE only.]
- Feb. 26: Exploring Deep Research AI [Meet in the Faculty Hub.]
- March 5: Harassment and Discrimination Based on Protected Status with Director of Compliance & Title IX Coordinator, Kristine Henderson. [Meet in the Faculty Hub.]
- March 26: Student Perspectives on Inclusive Pedagogy
- April 2: Faculty Publishing Resources & Support: Find out more about library resources that help support faculty publishing APCs and OA licensing agreements, with Carol Wittig [Meet in the Faculty Hub]
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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 Open Morning Blend Gathering 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
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Spring 2023
Week of Title Jan 16th
Structuring for Inclusion | Tip Sheet
Jan 23rd
Jan 30th
Mentoring Student Research | Tip Sheet
Feb 6th
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
Mar 20
Unpacking the Census
Mar 27
Making the Most of Your Blackboard Assessments
Apr 3
Finding your Funding with the Pivot Database
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Fall 2022
Week of Title Aug 15th
Aug 22nd
Time-saving Effective Grading Workflow Strategies | Recording | Tip Sheet
Aug 29th
Sept 5th
Gamification in the Classroom | Recording
Sept 12th
Sept 19th
Healthy Boundaries | Recording
Sept 26th
Disability Services 101 | Recording
Oct 3rd
Oct 17th
Oct 24th
How to Take Advantage of UR’s Digital Pedagogy Toolbox | Recording | Tip Sheet
Nov 1st
Planning an SSIR Course | Recording
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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 Sheet | Recording 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!
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Fall 2021
Week of Title August 16th August 23rd Preparing Asynchronous Lecture Content | Recording | Tip Sheet
August 30th Grants Office, Overview of Services | Tip Sheet
September 6th September 13th September 20th September 27th Rigorous Teaching with a Flexible Mindset | Recording | Tip Sheet
October 7th October 14th Book Arts Studio - Incorporating Creative Projects Into Courses | Recording | Tip Sheet
October 21st Using RStudio Workbench on spiderweb.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 | Recording | Tip Sheet
November 8th
Adapting Exams for Flexible Delivery | Recording | Tip Sheet
November 15th
November 29th
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Previous Years Archive
Topic Video Recording Archival Research
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 Gathering Midterm Student Feedback
Designing Effective Open Book Exams
Managing Challenging Discussions: The 2020 Election
Teaching Data Literacy
Portfolio Grading