Johnson, H., Dunlap, J., Verma, G., McClintock, E., DeBay, D., & Bourdeaux, B. (2018). Video-Based Teaching Playgrounds: Designing Online Learning Opportunities to Foster Professional Noticing of Teaching Practices. Techtrends. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11528-018-0286-5 In this article, we share design guidelines for the development and use of online, video-based teaching playgrounds, which provide opportunities for prospective teachers to engage […]
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This Friday: Designing for Deeper Learning with Connected Learning and Domain of One’s Own with Julia Kantor
Laptop | Lunch | Learn What does a classroom look, feel and sound like when robust, deep learning is happening? How do we design for such classrooms that, additionally, take into account principles of equity and justice? Are issues of student voice and agency taken into account when we design? In this workshop, we will […]
SEHD Special Education Student Received 2nd Place Award at RACAS
Lea Ziegler, a standout undergraduate special education major, won 2nd place in the Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences poster division at CU Denver’s Research and Creative Activities Symposium (RACAS) on Friday, April 27, 2018. Lea’s project, titled, “Inclusionary Practices in the Classroom,” explored the instructional methods that create an inclusive classroom environment, especially for culturally and linguistically diverse students […]
CLDE Graduate honored by Aurora Public School Board of Education
Congratulations to Jordan Crosby. She will be recognized at the May 1st Board of Education meeting by superintendent Rocco Munn and principal Jenny Passchier for preparing her students for a successful future through her work with preparing her language learners for success. She has done some amazing work through her Masters program and through her […]
ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice
The CU Denver Center for Faculty Development (CFD) is getting ready to roll out a fantastic Provost funded professional development opportunity for faculty. In 2018-2019 we will be offering the ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice, a 25 module, online course that prepares college educators to use the research-based techniques shown to help students succeed. […]
Colorado Rural Districts and Partners Win $1 Million William and Flora Hewlett Grant
The Student-Centered Accountability Program (S-CAP), its five founding districts (Buena Vista, Buffalo-Merino, Kit Carson, La Veta, and Monte Vista), and partners Battelle for Kids, Generation Schools Network, and the University of Colorado Denver Center for Practice Engaged Education Research are the recipients of a $1 million, three-year William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grant. The grant […]
Teacher shortage in rural Colorado
A recent program launched by Otero Junior College in La Junta and the University of Colorado Denver hopes to provide a fast track for potential candidates to the classroom. The program will allow students to get a bachelor’s degree in elementary education that can be finished entirely at OJC’s 1,500-student campus in southeastern Colorado. […]
Save the Date: 4th Annual Student Recognition & Awards Banquet – April 13th
The 4th Annual Student Recognition & Awards Banquet Friday April 13, 2018 5:30pm – 8:00pm Student Commons Building, Rm. 2600
2018 Women’s Leadership Conference (WLC) – March 8, 2018
The 2018 Women’s Leadership Conference (WLC) will take place on March 8, 2018. The theme for the 2018 Conference is Leading Beyond the Binary. Our goal is to use this theme to interrogate and extend assumptions about both “gender” and “leadership”: How can we challenge norms about what constitutes “effective leadership”? What kinds of leadership […]
HDFR students engage in service learning in a pumpkin patch
Over the weekend CU Denver students in the Human Development and Family Relations (HDFR) program helped to harvest pumpkins that would later be used in Ollin Farms’ Fall Harvest Festival. [Check out the full story on CU Denver Today]