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Haaaaave you met Ed? No, not Ted, Ed. C’mon, I’ll introduce you. Meet My Friend, Ed Ed, like me, is new to Pomona College. We both started in January 2022. Ed’s favorite color is purple. They wear it all the time. An introverted extravert, Ed adores conversation but tends to let others do the talking…
ITS recently sent out a survey to solicit feedback on the homegrown video-streaming application, Video47, which many Pomona College staff and faculty use to share educational videos with students. The survey questions are meant to help us determine what features Pomona users most want in the next iteration of a robust video management and streaming service.…
After a recent examination of the most frequently asked Sakai questions, we (RITG) developed a top skills list to help serve the Pomona community. This list pulls together some of the most common questions and requests that ITS has received through our ticketing system in the past year. While Sakai questions often change with the…
Last week’s blog post outlines the presentations given at what we are confidently calling the First Annual Hahn Event. We do mean to have more such events, and we hope you will attend. The event was right before our Pomona holiday break, and I found myself detailing to visiting family, as we sipped wine in…
Though held on a surprisingly cold and rainy day, the energy behind the Hahn Teaching with Technology Grant Program Project Showcase remained joyous, especially with it being the first annual event for the Hahn family. With so many amazing projects to celebrate, we thought we’d highlight how each presenter contributed to this spirit of “synergy,”…
Earlier in the term, I wrote about BioChemAR: Macromolecular 3D visualizations in the classroom, a case study with examples of using Augmented Reality (AR) in the classroom. In the third part of our AR blog post series, we will discuss a no-code solution for building AR experiences. We introduced a web AR example using DNA in…
Last term, I wrote about Classroom Augmented Reality in an Online World. In this post, I will give a real-world example of using Augmented Reality for teaching undergraduate students the three-dimensional structure of proteins. Traditional methods of teaching macromolecular structures have focused on using two-dimensional images to illustrate the three-dimensional structures of molecules. Two-dimensional visualizations, however,…
We are excited to introduce a new version of Sakai each summer. The annual update brings a variety of new features alongside hundreds of bug fixes, all in the hopes of making Sakai more accessible, useful, and easy to understand. While users explore the new features and familiarize themselves with this summer’s update, we’d like…
As we continue to transition to face-to-face teaching and learning, it’s helpful for faculty to pause and check in with their students on how things are going—what’s working well and what needs adjustment. Rather than waiting for end-of-semester evaluations, feedback can be gathered in the middle of the semester, when there’s still time to make…
Images play a vital role in communicating information to readers. While the first article in our simplified visual design for effective learning focused on space and hierarchy, this one will focus on the selection and use of images. As with the first article, this guide will help break down some of the fundamentals of learning-focused visual…