Month: February 2015

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Sixth International Digital Storytelling Conference

The Sixth International Digital Storytelling Conference is happening September 25-27 in the Five College area! The theme is Voices and Change: Activism, Education & Public Service. Please tell your colleagues and friends about this historic conference, the first of its kind on American soil!The website for the conference is live at www.dst2015.org.

The conference is hosted by Smith College, with plenary events happening at UMass, Mount Holyoke College and other venues in the Five College area.

The Call for Papers is now open through March 31, 2015.
For questions, please email Yvonne Mendez at yvomendez@gmail.com. Look for more info in the coming weeks!

 

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The Hampshire Learning Project

HLP_TrailerThe Hampshire Learning Project (HLP) is an internally funded research project designed to determine the ways that the Hampshire experience contributes to students’ initiative, creativity, appetite for ongoing learning, and desire to contribute to society.

The Hampshire Learning Project has created a short video series to present some of our recent research findings to faculty, staff, and other members of the campus community. The series includes a two-minute overview video and four in-depth videos on important themes that have emerged: 1) advising, 2) critical reflection, 3) intellectual community, and 4) outside-of-classroom experiences.

The findings provide insights into student experiences and highlight areas that work well for students and those where students struggle.  We hope that the Hampshire community can draw upon these research findings to enhance and improve student experiences across multiple areas.

If you have practices that support students along these dimensions (e.g. creating intellectual communities through cohort advising; reflecting on learning each semester, etc.), consider making a short video on your practice to share. Contact the CTL at ctl@hampshire.edu to schedule your video production.