- Workplace Replacement Process Update
- Testing Google Chat as a replacement: Feature Demonstration
- TLTR Google Chat Space Exploration and Testing
- Breakouts in Chat Space Threads
- Breakout group reports and discussion
- Google Contact Directory Org Chart features
- Preparation for February 28 Meeting: Request from Faculty Senate to Clarify TLTR Membership Parameters
Author Archives: Rebecca Davis
TLTR Meeting Agenda, Friday, November 1
The next meeting of the TLTR will take place on Friday, November 1 at 11 am in Zoom. (Look for the zoom link in your calendar invitation.)
- Review Input on Internal Communication for Workplace Replacement
- Review Input on Enabling Google Gemini
If you would like to collect input from colleagues below are two forms you can use or you can use the questions on them in discussions. Note thatyou must be logged into your St. Edward’s account to access the links below.
- Workplace Replacement: Internal Communication Input (form for faculty and staff)
Gemini Input (form for faculty, staff, or students)
TLTR Meeting Agenda, Friday, October 4
The next meeting of the TLTR will take place on Friday, October 4 in Munday Library 141. Snacks will be provided.
- Announcement: TLTR role in Workplace Replacement (5 minutes)
- Results of the St. Edward’s University Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey and the upcoming Faculty Textbook and Course Materials Survey (30 minutes)
- Okta Fastpass Input and Pilot Users Sought from TLTR (5 minutes): What is Okta FastPass?
Congratulations to Spring 2024 Winners of TLTR Pilot Grants
The TLTR received an extremely competitive set of applications this Spring for the Technology for Innovative Learning & Teaching Pilot Project Grants (aka TLTR Pilot Project Grants). We are delighted to award grants to the following four faculty from two schools and four different departments.
- Megan Avery, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, “CodeGrade: Cultivating Mastery Through Automated Assessment”
- Amy Concilio, Environmental Science and Policy, Behavioral and Social Sciences, “Measuring and monitoring resiliency of urban trees to climate change in an environmental science course using authentic, inquiry-based learning”
- Alexis Croffie, Master of Arts in Counseling, Behavioral and Social Sciences, “Integrating gaming interventions in counseling“
- Laurie Cook Heffron, Social Work, Behavioral and Social Sciences, “Integrating Language Justice in Social Work Education”
Find out more here: 2024 Pilot Projects
TLTR Meeting Agenda, Friday, May 3
Here is the agenda for this Friday’s meeting of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable (TLTR). We will have presentations from past TLTR Pilot Recipients:
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- Dustin Joubert, Kinesiology, Natural Sciences, “Teaching Tech in Exercise Science: The Electrocardiogram (ECG)”
- Steven Fletcher, Teaching, Learning, and Culture, Behavioral and Social Sciences, “Building Confidence and Connection: A Transformative Experience for College Students through Wetland Exploration and Canoe Building”
TLTR Meeting Agenda, Friday, April 5
The next meeting of the TLTR will take place on Friday, April 5, 11 am – Noon via Zoom. The topic will be Academic software. Here is the agenda
- Canvas updates
- Technology Tools Survey Results and Next Steps
- Academic Software Pilots
Funding for Monthly or Annual Academic Software Licenses
The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable (TLTR) is delighted to offer funding for academic software licenses, including popular tools like ChatGPT Plus, for faculty keen on enhancing their teaching and research. We invite you to apply via the TLTR Academic Software Request Form. Our process is straightforward: secure your software, share your insights through a brief report, and potentially transform your academic practice. Funding is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, tailored for lower-cost applications with monthly or annual licensing feeds to ensure broad accessibility. Note that funds are capped at $500 per applicant in a given 12 month period to ensure that as many faculty as possible can benefit from this program. Requests will be vetted by Instructional Technology staff. For larger projects, please consult our Guidelines page. Seize this opportunity to integrate cutting-edge technology into your work, supported by the Instructional Technology team.
TLTR Meeting Agenda, Friday, March 1
The TLTR will meet Friday, March 1, 11 am – noon, via Zoom. Members should have the link in their calendar invitation. The agenda is below:
- Canvas Search Tools, Brenda Adrian
- Canvas grade entry pilot, Brenda Adrian
- Final input on Canvas enrollment syncing,
- Classroom subcommittee charge and membership?
- Input on laptop loaner service pilot
- TLTR Pilot subcommittee membership?
- Announcements
- Innovation fellowship application deadline extended to March 4
- i4 speaker: Mr. Kurtis Minder (CEO and co-founder of GroupSense), will give a talk titled “Cybersecurity: More than a Career, a Purpose” on Friday March 1st, 2024 at 1.00 pm (CT) in Carter Auditorium (JBWS 186).
TLTR Meeting Agenda, Friday, February 5
The TLTR will meet Friday, February 5, 11 am – 12 pm via Zoom. All members should have the link in their calendar invite. Here is our meeting agenda:
- Learning Spaces:
- Room Finder Attributes
- Computer Classroom Scheduling Criteria
- Teaching Technology Tool Explorations
Spring 2024 Meeting Schedule, First Fridays, 11:00 am – Noon
The TLTR Spring meeting schedule has been set: First Fridays of the month, 11 am – 12 pm:
- Friday, 2/2/24, 11 am – 12:00 pm
- Friday, 3/1/24, 11 am – 12:00 pm
- Friday, 4/5/24, 11 am – 12:00 pm
- Friday, 5/3/24, 11 am – 12:00 pm