You are invited to participate in a series of informal teaching talks throughout 2019. These are opportunities for participants to comfortably share teaching concerns and discuss techniques and strategies with colleagues, experts, and CETL staff. All sessions will take place in Rowe 319 except via WebEx dates. All UConn instructors —graduate students, TAs, and APIRs, as well as adjunct, tenure-track and tenured faculty—are encouraged to attend.
Contact Stacey Valliere if you have questions or would like more information.
Friday, September 13 2:30-3:45 Podcast and audio assignments
Students who are reticent to speak in whole-class discussions may display remarkable eloquence and engagement through other kinds of assignments requiring oral communication. In this teaching talk we will explore how assigning students to compose podcasts or other kinds of audio-recordings can:
• encourage creativity, participation, and listening;
• help scaffold the development of discussion skills; and
• increase engagement with course material.
We think of podcasts as a series of conversations or reflections on a particular topic or theme. The genre includes a range of approaches. But generally they are informal in tone and don't necessarily require high production values. The term "podcast" might describe a one-off audio assignment, or a series of them.
Participants are encouraged to find the recording function on their mobile devices, download a recording app, or bring a laptop with Audacity software (free, open source) downloaded. Consider registering for the companion workshop, “Crafting dialogue and discussion questions,” right before this one!
Register at - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1022
For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu