by pogo | Apr 4, 2020 | Teaching & Learning
On a positive note this a.m., we are almost 30 minutes into our 2.5 hour webinar for prospective students who have been accepted into the program for either Summer or Fall campus programs. We have currently 167 in the audience as I’m typing this. We have faculty...
by pogo | Apr 4, 2020 | Teaching & Learning
During the COVID-19 pandemic, all faculty at the University of Denver have been tasked with leading the transition to online teaching and learning. Sarah Gjertson, a Studio Art Professor, has painstakingly created individual boxes full of art supplies and shipped them...
by pogo | Apr 4, 2020 | Faculty Development, Faculty Lifecycles
In a previous newsletter, we addressed academic burnout and vitality. Well, in the middle of a pandemic, those topics seem as quaint as discussions of the 2025 enrollment cliff. How I long for those days! But for all of you leading in this state of continuing crisis,...
by pogo | Apr 4, 2020 | Teaching & Learning
As we head into week two of spring quarter classes, OTL will be focusing on engagement in online teaching, how faculty can use Canvas analytics to identify and reach out to struggling students, and, if necessary, how to readjust initial plans after the first week. We...
by pogo | Apr 3, 2020 | Teaching & Learning
On 28 March, Maik Nwosu, chair of English & Literary Arts, emailed me to let me know about a first-year doctoral student who did not have wireless internet at home. The student lived in the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and reported that it was difficult to find...
