Want to engage in public outreach but don’t know where to start? Already work with public-facing assignments and research but don’t know how that fits into public scholarship? The Public Scholarship Statement of Achievement series will introduce faculty to public-facing, multimodal assignments in the classroom and best practices for engaging with the the public and promoting community engaged learning.
Spring Workshop Sequence
- Blogging in the Classroom (1/29 at 10:00 AM): The blogging in the classroom workshop introduces participants to crafting and assessing public-facing writing assignments in the classroom.
- Digital Storytelling (2/11 at 1:30 PM) Featuring Danielle Loftus, the Digital Storytelling workshop will cover basic tools and techniques for assigning multimodal narrative projects in the classroom.
- Podcasting in the Classroom (2/26 at 10:00 AM): This workshop introduces participants to integrating podcasting activities and assessments in the classroom.
- Community Engaged Learning (3/25 at 1:30 PM): Join Kim Albracht from the Gallagher Center for Experiential Learning & Education Abroad to learn how you can integrate service learning into your classes. Meghann Jarchow, Chair of Sustainability and Environment, and Lindsey Jorgensen, Associate Professor of Communication Disorders, will share their successful uses of service learning in their classes.
- Organizing Virtual Conferences (3/31 at 10:00 AM): This workshop introduces participants to different remote conferencing models and discusses best practices.
- Public Scholarship Panel (Schedule coming soon): The Public Scholarship series closes with a panel on engaging the public as a researcher. In this panel, Rachel Kolb, Junior Fellow at Harvard University, and Joe Kantenbacher, Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Environment, will discuss their work with public-facing research and promoting the public good.
To register for a workshop, contact the CTL at ctl@usd.edu.
