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Art showcased at the Block Museum

The Block Museum, Graduate School team up to change face of museum fellowships

candidates, was the subject of articles in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. ... history department’s doctoral program. The new Block Museum fellowship, explicitly intended for students ... “Graduate students from all disciplines embedded in the art museum will bring new insights to research as ...
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Since You’ve Been Gone

1. Canvas Teacher Mobile App CanvasTeacher.png Canvas has replaced the previous SpeedGrader mobile ... for a Library Media Workshop   6. Speedgrader Update Speedgrader.png The SpeedGrader in Canvas has ... Since You’ve Been Gone 10+ Things That Are New In Canvas To help get you up to speed for Fall ...
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Innovation in Teaching Series: A Reinvention of the Research University

05/04/2017 - 12:00pm
http://college.usatoday.com/2016/03/01/mit-dean-to-create-university-with-no-majors-or-lectures/ http://www.economist.com/news/international/21701081-new ... a professor of materials science and engineering at MIT, and former dean for graduate education, who has taken ... leave in order to found a new residential research university. Her vision is to build a university ...
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Web-conferencing

Web Conferencing Options for the 2018-19 Academic Year

year. You should pilot one of these new web conferencing solutions only if you are very comfortable with ... your technology skills. Each product has a support website and customer service representatives to ... http://dl.sps.northwestern.edu/blog/2018/08/web-conferencing-options-for-the-2018-19-academic-year/ SPS Distance Learning Aaron Bannasch Northwestern Schools:  School of Professional Studies ...
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Get Social: Add Yellowdig to Your Course

10/12/2016 - 3:30pm
Get Social: Add Yellowdig to Your Course Encourage your students to engage in a new way with the ... in your Canvas course. Students can share links to articles, videos and more and then comment and ... the session. Get Started New Educational Technologies Canvas Get Started with Canvas Canvas Workshops ...
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NLP

Natural Language Processing, Part Two: Advanced Applications

article to the expected readership. At Northwestern this has been used to measure the increase in use of ... works. The third article in this series will offer more examples of how natural language processing has ... 2019 by  Philip Burns This is the second article of four about Natural Language Processing. The  first ...
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5 Ways to Spruce Up Your Course Site

textbook has a new edition, or you’ve realized your lecture videos are a few years out of date. For more ... 5 Ways to Spruce Up Your Course Site Spring cleaning Spring has finally arrived in Chicago, and ... quarter to quarter. Evaluate your resources Related to the idea of checking dates: look over the resources ...
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Speeches and Actions in the 2016 Election

11/03/2016 - 5:00pm
Movements and the Public Sphere in the 2016 Election The past decade has seen the stunning emergence of ... Speeches and Actions in the 2016 Election Speeches and Actions: A Panel Discussion on Social ... movements seeking to shape American politics and technologies that give new opportunities for spreading ...
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Recipe for Successful Remote Instruction: Collaboration, Adaptability, and Innovation

to expand these practices to leverage Zoom as a new medium. Read the full Inside Higher Ed article ... entered into a new way of teaching and learning. Neither the student nor faculty population changed. There ... Journalism lecturer and former advertising executive, on a new path in his teaching career. In July, Inside ...
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TEACHxperts: VR/AR Experiences in Education: Immersive Computing on Campus

10/31/2018 - 12:00pm
Moving Image, 1926-1942 (Columbia University Press, forthcoming), and she has published articles on ... taught WebVR workshops on three continents. Since 2016, the Knight Lab has been helping students explore ... opportunities for students to engage with complex information in new and different ways. When done well, VR and ...
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[Virtual] Qatar: Grading and Assignments in Canvas

11/15/2016 - 9:00am
them in Canvas. We'll show you how to use the Speedgrader to give feedback. You'll learn tips ... Canvas Canvas Workshops Pilots Extensions to Canvas Tuesday, 15 November 2016- 9:00am to 10:00am Source ...
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[Virtual] Grading and Assignments in Canvas

12/07/2016 - 12:00pm
the Speedgrader to give feedback. You'll learn tips and tricks on making assignments and grading ... Canvas Wednesday, 7 December 2016- 12:00pm to 1:00pm Source Link:  ...
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Faculty Workshop - Grouping Students in the Classroom: What Works?

11/14/2016 - 11:00am
Students in the Classroom: What Works? Monday, November 14, 2016 11:00am – 12:30pm Many faculty like the ... idea of using small-group work in the classroom, and group work has the potential to offer great ... kinds of tasks?) that can impact the quality of the student experience. In this workshop, we’ll look at ...
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CHICAGO: Learning about Grading & Assignments in Canvas workshop

11/15/2016 - 2:00pm
then grade them in Canvas. We'll show you how to use the Speedgrader to give feedback. You'll ... 415 60611 Chicago, IL United States See map: Google Maps Illinois US Tuesday, 15 November 2016- 2:00pm ...
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Professor Stephen Hersh

Deeper Learning through Online Teaching

conduct library research to find new or better articles on the topic that could replace those currently ... Hersh has had quite the journey learning to be an effective online instructor. Though he wanted to quit, ... he was told by a colleague that “teaching is a skill that improves with experience.” Hersh has used ...
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Northwestern's Next Normal #3

referenced that video for the duration of the course. Decided, Dr. Roberts prepares to record a new video to ... articles during the video will help illustrate the key points. Dr. Roberts grabs her in-ear headphones with ... know that she has uploaded a video under the Zoom tab in Canvas to address their questions. Feeling ...
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Discussion-Based Teaching: Eliciting Conversation & Navigating Controversy

11/13/2018 - 2:00pm
Please read  this article before coming to the seminar, and respond to the prompt below (in one paragraph ... that you are tasked with leading a discussion about the issues raised in this article for a class. What ... would you have about discussing this material in a classroom setting? Article Link: ...
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Canvas Video

Record Myself in Canvas

Started:  IN THE CANVAS EDITOR, CLICK THE MEDIA ICON (looks like a film reel) Easily record and embed short ... MEDIA  icon (looks like a film reel). See this Canvas guide to start recording a video in Canvas: ... SpeedGrader. Record a quick recap of last class and send it in an announcement Record a short overview of the ...
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NU-Q newsroom

Northwestern to Offer Online Arabic for Media Course

September 6, 2016 | This article originally appeared on  Northwestern University in Qatar News & ... Media via Coursera Key Concepts:  Arabic for Media begins on Coursera September 26, 2016 All of the ... Events.  Mounir Ouanaimi, an adjunct lecturer at NU-Q, has received a grant from the university’s home ...
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Alyson Carrel

Update on Provost’s Digital Learning Fellowship

Faculty recipients of the 2015-2016 Provost's Digital Learning Fellowship will be presenting at the ... upcoming TEACHx forum for technological innovation in teaching and learning on May 16, 2016. The past year ... has been busy for the 2015 cohort of faculty receiving support for their digital and online courses ...
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The Researchers' Toolkit: Intro to Python

12/01/2016 - 12:00pm
Specialist, Northwestern IT Research Computing Services Python has emerged as one of the most popular ... tools that make learning to use Python intuitive and fun. Pizza will be provided. Get Started New ... IL United States See map: Google Maps Illinois US Thursday, 1 December 2016- 12:00pm to 2:00pm Source ...
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Preparation for Fall Final Exams and Grading

for the final two tasks to close it out: finals and grading. As a  recent article  in Inside Higher Ed ... Helpful Guides on the Canvas Gradebook The Teaching & Learning Technologies team has created a quick ... guide to help you  navigate the Canvas gradebook. In addition, Canvas Support also has helpful guides ...
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Soc | EPICS: Virtual Masterclass with Ted Hope, Film Producer and former Co-Head of Amazon Studios

10/08/2020 - 4:00pm
Writing for the Screen and Stage and in Documentary Media. The following article has been recommended by ... a sustainable career in the entertainment business, and navigate the new streaming Studio System. Co-moderated ... International Film Festival an co-author with Ted of the new edition of Hope for Film. Presented by EPICS in ...
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NUvention: Transportation Final Pitches

11/29/2016 - 6:30pm
The Transportation Center at Northwestern University would like to invite you to our Fall 2016 ... NUvention: Transportation Final Pitches. Please join us on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 from 6:30 PM- 9:30PM at ... • 7:30PM- 9PM: Team Pitches • 9PM- 9:30PM: Closing Remarks Please RSVP by Tuesday, November 22, 2016, and ...
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NUvention: Transportation Final Pitches

11/29/2016 - 6:30pm
The Transportation Center at Northwestern University would like to invite you to our Fall 2016 ... NUvention: Transportation Final Pitches. Please join us on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 from 6:30 PM- 9:30PM at ... • 7:30PM- 9PM: Team Pitches • 9PM- 9:30PM: Closing Remarks Please RSVP by Tuesday, November 22, 2016, and ...
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Researcher's Toolkit Workshop: Introduction to Literary Analysis

03/05/2019 - 12:00pm
and newspaper articles. We’ll also look at locating digital copies of literary texts you might want to ... such as Tapor, WordHoard, and TextServices that do not require extensive programming skills. We’ll look ...
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NUvention: Transportation Final Pitches

11/29/2016 - 6:30pm
The Transportation Center at Northwestern University would like to invite you to our Fall 2016 ... NUvention: Transportation Final Pitches. Please join us on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 from 6:30 PM- 9:30PM at ... • 7:30PM- 9PM: Team Pitches • 9PM- 9:30PM: Closing Remarks Please RSVP by Tuesday, November 22, 2016, and ...
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New Website for Assessment of Student Learning

Searle Center has launched a new Assessment of Student Learning website as a resource for assessing ... Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching has launched a new Assessment of Student Learning ... New Website for Assessment of Student Learning Portal for assessment resources Key Concepts:  The ...
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Candy Lee

Two NU MOOCs Noted as Best for Professionals

A new articled published by Inc. Magazine yesterday titled “ 11 Useful Online Classes Every Professional ... Should Take ” has named two Northwestern MOOCs (massive open online courses) among the best offered on ... a thoughtful professional persona on social networks. Read the whole article. You can find out more about all ...
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Writing on a whiteboard

Review: Three Online Whiteboard Apps

experience on both mobile and desktop (even writing with a mouse looked good in this one) and can do a lot ... still has options Boards are endless in all directions Has a mobile app (android and iOS) and web app ... (does not look choppy) Boards can be downloaded as a PDF CONS: Audio and video conferencing in paid tier ...
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