2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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more engaged writers. The Writing Fellows
Program is sponsored by the Academic Resource
Center, and the ARC staff is also available to
consult with professors, departments, and teaching
assistants about any issue related to writing
pedagogy. For more information, visit
http://uss.tufts.edu/arc/writingtutoring/wf.asp or
contact the Director of the Academic Resource
Center at 617-627-4345.
Technology and Teaching
Technology continuously alters what we know, just
as it changes how we learn and how we express
what we think we know. When used effectively,
computers and other technologies can enrich the
classroom experience and promote learning at all
levels.
Tufts Technology Services (TTS) Educational
and Scholarly Technology Services (ESTS) is a
university-wide services group that offers faculty a
broad range of services on the use of technology for
teaching, learning and scholarly collaboration.
Tools for Teaching, Learning and
Scholarly Collaboration
Classroom Response System (Clickers): ESTS
maintains a set equipment that faculty can borrow
as they’re experimenting for the first time with
classroom response systems. We provide orientation
to the i>clicker software and to effective practices in
formulating questions and integrating clickers into
a course. We provide Tufts Schools, departments,
and individual faculty with information about
ordering i>clicker for use in their programs.
http://go.tufts.edu/clickers2
Spark: ESTS offers a suite of Web 2.0 tools for
communication and collaboration across Tufts
University called Spark. Tools include Wikis, Blogs,
Podcast Publishing, Forums, Media Markups for
web-based video annotation, Google Map collections,
and Web Meetings (Adobe Connect).
http://spark.uit.tufts.edu/
Trunk: Trunk is a university-wide online
environment designed to facilitate teaching,
learning, and assessment at Tufts. Trunk enables
the sharing of knowledge and new models of
collaboration within and across disciplines,
To access course sites, project sites, and
“my workspace”: http://trunk.tufts.edu
For assistance: Access online resources at
http://sites.tufts.edu/trunksupport, or send an
email to trunk@tufts.edu.
VUE (Visual Understanding Environment):
VUE is an Open Source project based at Tufts
University. The VUE project is focused on creating
flexible tools for managing and integrating digital
resources in support of teaching, learning and
research. Through VUE, faculty and students use a
visual concept-mapping interface to design
customized, resource-linked semantic networks that
can be viewed, shared and edited online.
http://vue.tufts.edu/
One on one consultations: ESTS staff are
available to consult with faculty on the use of
technology in a course. Our educational technologists
help instructors identify new ways of
approaching teaching challenges and suggest ways
of integrating technology to meet their goals. We
provide information about contemporary technologies
that can be used to enhance education and
provide guidance on the effective use of available
tools.
To request a consultation, send an email to
teachwithtech@tufts.edu.
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS)
provides a dynamic hub for a range of academic
programs that share a common interest in the
integration of multiple perspectives and methodologies
in the creation of knowledge about and
understanding of our diverse world. The Center is
committed to building links between and among
academic programs, fostering interdisciplinary and
innovative approaches in the classroom, sponsoring
speakers and conferences, and promoting collaborative
interdisciplinary research at all levels of Arts &
Sciences across Tufts. See below for a list of the
academic programs affiliated with CIS.
In addition to supporting the collective interests
of interdisciplinary programs, CIS administers the
Interdisciplinary Studies major and the CIS Senior
Thesis option.
Interdisciplinary Studies Major
The Interdisciplinary Studies major offers students
the opportunity to create a self-designed, individual
concentration that draws on courses from at least
two of the following six areas of study: humanities,
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