Morning Blend
Morning Blend is a weekly discussion on a specific topic that impacts teaching and/or scholarship. The program will run virtually on Tuesday mornings and be repeated on Wednesdays mornings in the Faculty Hub (touchdown table in front of the kitchen), both at 9:30 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 10:00 AM. 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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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
Sept 26th
Disability Services 101
Oct 3rd
Facilitated Course Assessment
Oct 17th
Integrative Learning 101
Oct 24th
How to Take Advantage of UR’s Digital Pedagogy Toolbox
Oct 30th
Managing Course Preperation
Nov 7th
Wellness and Technology
Nov 14th
Preparing for Conference Conversations
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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 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 | 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