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Pomona’s Hidden Teaching and Learning Spaces

 A visit to the Foreign Language Resource Center (FLRC), one of the various departmental labs at Pomona  As we quest to innovate and use technology to enhance teaching and learning at Pomona College, sometimes this requires the use of spaces that exceed the abilities of our technology-enhanced classrooms so we can better work with and…

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The Call to Collaborate

I know we’ve been dangling the 2022-2023 Hahn Grant cycle carrot in front of you since February, so without further ado, I am pleased to announce that the call for proposals is open!   This year’s call asks for applications by faculty interested in redesigning their pedagogical approaches and/or course structure around the use of (1)…

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First Annual Hahn Project Showcase: A Celebration of Synergy

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,”…

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BioChemAR: Macromolecular 3D visualizations in the classroom

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,…

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Hahn Teaching with Technology Request for Proposals Now Open!

Proposals due: Friday, May 14, 2021 Decisions announced: Early June Apply at: Teaching and Learning Innovation RFP – Hahn 2021 In 2020, ITS offered funding to support the shift to online teaching and learning through the Hahn Fund. A collaborative effort between ITS and the Dean’s office, the Hahn Fund, was established to support teaching with…