CTL Fall 2015
“Scholarship as Conversation: A New Framework for Understanding the Role of Information in Academic Work”
Thursday, September 24 — Common Hour — North Wing, Hallden Hall
Consider these scenarios: A novice learner enters the discursive practice of a specific field 
of inquiry; a scholar navigates the complex legal and professional ramifications of the open-access model of publishing; an instructor wants to equip upper-level students with the advanced research skills they need to thrive in their major.
A panel of faculty and students will introduce the new Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education recently published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The new ACRL framework provides an intriguing and constructive model for engaging researchers at all levels. The panel will discuss how faculty and students think and conduct research and contribute to communities of learning.
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“Reconceptualizing Teaching through Design Science”
Thursday, October 1 — Common Hour — North Wing, Hallden Hall
Join us for an online presentation by the London Knowledge Lab’s Diana Laurillard, 
launching the CTL’s exploration of how collaboration reshapes our knowledge maps and how we teach. Professor Laurillard is an internationally recognized advocate of conceptualizing a shift in pedagogy from the intention of imparting knowledge to that of making student learning possible and is, for that reason, an innovator in teacher-led deployment of digital technologies.
A video recording of the Common Hour event can be accessed here.
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“Trigger Warnings and Intellectual Discomfort”
Thursday, October 15 — Common Hour — North Wing, Hallden Hall
Information about this TIIS co-sponsored event can be found here.
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“Designing for Faculty-to-Faculty”
Thursday, November 5 — Common Hour — North Wing, Hallden Hall
Panel presentations and discussion moderated by the CTL, focused on how recent Trinity 
faculty efforts to structure teaching around collaboration have enhanced teaching and learning. Profiled: HIST 219 Planet Earth (Sean Cocco and Kathleen Kete), PHYS 141 Workshop Physics (Brett Barwick and Barbara Walden)
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“Collaboration Design Workshops”
Tuesday, December 8 and Wednesday, December 9 — Common Hour — Location: TBD
We invite the whole campus to these very special Common-Hour events in which we will premiere the videos, invite students from the seminars to reflect on their own learning experiences, and have an open discussion about what these glimpses into other classrooms can show us about student learning. Across two sessions, we will view and discuss elements from three Fall 2014 First-Year Seminars: Rachael Barlow’s “Dangerous Decisions,” Dario del Puppo and Johannes Evelein’s “Cycling, Sustainability, and the City of Hartford,” and David Reuman’s “Understanding and Reversing Prejudice and Discrimination.”
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If you have questions about the program, contact Dina Anselmi or Sean Cocco.
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