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Instructional Innovation Internship

Written by Pam Patterson
Tuesday, 04 March 2008
Program Description The Instructional Innovation Internship (I3) program offers opportunities for Yale students to participate in the development and support of technology-enhanced instructional materials. Students who undertake internships work closely with instructors, instructional technologists, librarians, and teaching specialists to design, develop and support digital teaching resources for use in the Yale curriculum. The program consists of two phases. Summer internships involve working in small project teams to design and develop new digital teaching resources based on faculty-initiated proposals. During the Fall and Spring semesters, interns provide support for faculty in Arts and Sciences who require assistance with technology-enhanced teaching. Some Interns will be appointed for the summer; others for the academic year. For more information about I3 program, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . The Instructional Innovation Internship program is intended to stimulate and support diverse and pedagogically significant applications of digital technology to teaching and learning across the Yale curriculum. Interns, through their interactions with technology and instructional staff, will have opportunities to learn and to utilize technical and pedagogic skills while designing materials that improve the teaching and learning experience for their fellow students.For more information about I3 program, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Teaching w/ Technology Tuesdays - Clickers

Written by Ken Panko

Tuesday, 19 February 2008

Clicker Session - February 19

This session will demonstrate how Clickers, also known as Personal Response Systems, are being used to enhance large undergraduate lecture sections here at Yale. Yale faculty have designed instructional strategies where the use of the clickers challenges students to think critically, form hypotheses, exercise their quantitative reasoning skills, and engage in peer instruction. We will also discuss the more traditional use of clickers for gauging student comprehension with multiple choice questions.

When?
Tuesday from 11:00am -- 12:00pm

Where?
Bass Library room L01 (lower level of the Bass Library)

Who?
Margaret Clark, senior faculty member in Psychology, will discuss her use of Clickers in her "Attraction and Relationships" class. Stephen Irons, lecturer in Physics, will also discuss his clicker strategy for the "Advanced General Physics" class he is teaching this semester.

Teaching w/ Technology Tuesdays

Written by Ken Panko
Monday, 04 February 2008
The Collaborative Learning Center is offering a weekly program called Teaching w/ Technology Tuesdays. This program is for those teaching at Yale (staff, faculty, and students) interested in innovative instructional activities that utilize technology. Representatives from across campus, including the Library, ITS, the Center for Language Study, Yale College and others will provide short, informal sessions to introduce some of these approaches. February 5 - Podcasts \| Vodcasts What? Explore the use of Podcasting \| Vodcasting in teaching. We will discuss two Yale classes that used podcasting to share ethnographic interviews with supermarket customers and the experiences of abnormal psychology experts. Podcasting engaged undergraduates in authentic fieldwork, sparked discussion, and enabled students to use each other's research to inform written assignments. Who? Presenters will be Mary Barr (African American Studies PhD Candidate and Instructor) and Ken Panko (Sr. Instructional Technologist in ITG) When? Tuesday from 11:00am -- 12:00pm Where? Bass Library room L01 (lower level of the Bass Library) For the full Teaching w/ Technology Tuesdays schedule visit http://clc.yale.edu.
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