2021 ITDP Summer Institute

Virtual Workshops (June 1-3)

This year’s ITDP Summer Institute was a collaboration of faculty and external speaker presentations sharing a variety of creative approaches to flexibility in teaching. Please visit the ITDP Summer Institute Sakai site.

Using Top Hat in DWC before and during the Aetas Covidiana

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Presenter: Christopher Berard, English

Please join Dr. Christopher Berard as he shares the challenges and benefits of using Top Hat, an audience response, active learning, and student comprehension and engagement platform. Chris will share his experience working in the Department of Western Civilization with over 200 students over several semesters, both in face to face and remote settings.
Video of Using Tophat in DWC before and during the Aetas Covidiana

Active Multi-Modality and Equitable Learning with Top Hat

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Presenter(s): Tasnuva Afrin and Ryan Albaum, Top Hat

Join us for an introduction to Top Hat and learn how to use our platform in a remote teaching environment regardless of what teaching modality you use. This webinar will equip you with best practices for effectively structuring your online or hybrid course. We will focus on the organization of your course, how to track and increase comprehension, and how to keep your instruction personable to simulate an in-class environment. By attending this webinar you will be able to:

Effectively organize your course on Top Hat
Apply best practices for engaging students in a remote environment
Track comprehension and engagement Effectively deliver course content synchronously and asynchronously
Foster a sense of community with your students
learn best practices to make your content equitable for all students
Video of Active Multi-Modality and Equitable Learning with Top Hat

Gradescope Faculty Panel

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Presenter(s):
Seth Ashman, EPS
Robert Hackey, Health Policy and Management
Laura Murray, Mathematics
Joseph Ribaudo, EPS
Gretchen Hughes and Katy Dumelle, Gradescope

Could Gradescope change the way you grade assessments? Register for this panel discussion and find out if it’s the right tool for you!

Gradescope is a Sakai integrated tool that allows faculty to easily grade student assignments, whether they were submitted online or in-class. Students are able to scan their handwritten work right into the app, and faculty can provide focused feedback in a time effective manner.

Learn about how some of the faculty here at PC have been utilizing this dynamic tool in their various courses. Each faculty member on the panel will briefly share their cases, and then there will be an open Q&A to field all of your Gradescope questions! Gradescope representatives will be available to respond to any technical questions you might have.
Video of Gradescope Faculty Panel

Perusall Discussion

Wednesday, June 2, 2021
11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
Presenter: Comfort Ateh, Secondary Education

Please join Dr. Comfort Ateh in discussing how the tool can enhance student engagement through social annotation and close text reading. If you already use Perusall, come prepared to share best practices or lessons learned. If you are just curious and want to listen in, that’s fine! All are welcome to join us. Can’t attend? Here are more resources: ITDP’s Collaborative Writing Resources
Video of Perusall Discussion

OER’s Secret Level: Open Pedagogy and Empowering Student Engagement

Thursday, June 3, 2021
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Presenter: Lance Eaton, Educational Programs Manager Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University

This session will briefly discuss open educational resources before turning to open pedagogy, an approach to learning activities and assignments that can empower your students to feel more grounded and excited about what they do in your course. In addition to designing creative and authentic assessments, open pedagogy also empowers students to think about the real-world implications of the learning and work they do in any course. Participants will both learn about and have the opportunity to create or tinker with activities that can prepare them to use open pedagogy in their own courses.

Lance Eaton is the Educational Programs Manager at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, a part-time instructor at North Shore Community College and Southern New Hampshire University, and a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts, Boston with a dissertation that is focusing on how scholars engage in academic piracy. He has given talks, written about, and presented at conferences on open pedagogy, hybrid flexible learning, and digital service-learning. His musings, reflections, and ramblings can be found on his blog: http://www.ByAnyOtherNerd.com as well as on Twitter: @leaton01
Video of OER’s Secret Level: Open Pedagogy and Empowering Student Engagement