Category: Colleagues
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Carlos Hipolito-Delgado Interviewed by The Theory of Change (Podcast), April 7, 2020
From Disruption Comes Change: Nurturing Sociopolitical Action With Youth In this episode, we meet Dr. Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, an associate professor of counseling at the University of Colorado Denver. We discuss how to foster sociopolitical action with youth and talk about how to make purposeful use of social tension and take critical perspectives of our society…
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Sean Michael Morris interviewed in Inside Higher Ed, April 3, 2020
As Times and Students Change, Can Faculty Change, Too? Some faculty don’t recognize how the demographics, and thus the needs, of students are changing. At issue is a gap between many professors’ own experience and that of their students. “You have professors, potentially, who make the assumption that your schooling is the same as my…
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Cheryl Matias Selected as 2020 Recipient of the AERA Division K Mid-Career Scholar Award
CU Denver’s Cheryl E. Matias, associate professor in the School of Education & Human Development, has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division K Mid-Career Scholar Award. The mid-career award honors an outstanding researcher in the second stage of their research career. It recognizes scholars who have established…
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Online Playgrounds for Learning Mathematics
Heather Johnson’s work on “Online Playgrounds for Learning Mathematics” was recognized by Prof Robert Q. Berry, president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. In the webinar, Berry provided video resources for online teaching, including Johnson’s recent blog post, Create, Don’t Convert: http://hthrlynnj.com/presentations/create-dont-convert/
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Sean Michael Morris quoted in Inside Higher Ed
The shift to remote learning: the human element Can we expect that pandemic-related pedagogies, policies and approaches will somehow change the face of education? “What’s happening now isn’t what we ever imagined for online education or digital learning,” says Sean Michael Morris, director, Digital Pedagogy Lab, and senior instructor of learning design and technology at…
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Sean Michael Morris interviewed by National Public Radio, March 19, 2020
‘Panic-gogy’: Teaching Online Classes During the Coronavirus Pandemic Digital learning experts have some surprising advice: do less. Sean Michael Morris, senior instructor in the learning design & technology program at the University of Colorado Denver, says that in this unprecedented time. “Recognizing that we’re also human, we also have to figure this out together is…
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Sean Michael Morris featured in Diverse, March 12, 2020
Berea College Praised For Coronavirus Response Kentucky’s Berea College is winning plaudits for the way it is dealing with the coronavirus crisis. “They appear to be providing a model that people should be following,” said Sean Michael Morris, director of the Digital Pedagogy Lab and senior instructor of learning design and technology at the University…
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Joni Dunlap featured on PBS, March 17, 2020
Resources For Teaching and Learning During This Period of Social Distancing Has there been a better time for students to take field trips to virtual museums, play in the Minecraft playground, run through a few rounds of Kahoot, or tune-in for a Skype lecture by a special guest speaker? “Everything is the technology of online…
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COVID-19 and Managing Mental Health
News of a widespread public health concern like COVID-19 (Coronavirus) can cause feelings of uncertainty and anxiety. Many students across the nation are dealing with sudden changes to their regular schedules and some are faced with having to quickly leave their campuses without contingency plans yet in place. These developments can be stressful. At…
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Brad Hinson named CU Denver OER Champion
The University of Colorado is one of 23 Colorado institutions of higher education to receive grant funding from the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) for open education projects. This year, $1 million (http://masterplan.highered.colorado.gov/oer-in-colorado/) was awarded to 35 different grantees, among them: The University of Colorado Denver received $35,000 for ThinqStudio to establish an open…