Center for Teaching & Learning
Pronto: Adding Meaningful Student Engagement Beyond the Classroom
Point of View: BU College of Communication Master Lecturer Anne Danehy and Associate Professor Amy Shanler share their experiences building student engagement with Pronto—a communication tool that integrates seamlessly with Blackboard Learn courses.
POV Cultivating Transferrable Digital Skills: Modeling Multimodality in Teaching
In this Point of View, BU Center for Teaching & Learning Assistant Director Pary Fassihi shares her experiences (and others) producing multimodal projects and the power behind multimodality modeling for students.
POV: Rethinking Teaching and Teaching Assessment Post-Pandemic
How has the pandemic shaken up teaching and teaching assessment? Dr. Aleksandra Kasztalska, a lecturer at Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences Writing Program shares her point of view.
Adobe Catalyst Program: Meet the Mentors 2021
BU’s CTL and DL&I Adobe Catalyst Spring 2021 Program is a virtual collaborative learning space for experienced Adobe users (catalysts) to mentor faculty colleagues who wish to use Adobe Creative Cloud in their classes. Learn more about the 2021 mentors.
POV: What Comes After a Year Like No Other?
BU’s Associate Provost of Digital Learning & Innovation discusses the events of 2020 and shares his point of view on future innovations in teaching and learning.
AR/VR/XR Community Group
DL&I, in partnership with the Center for Teaching & Learning and Educational Technology teams, launched a BU faculty and staff community group to explore the purposeful use of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and extended reality technologies at Boston University and beyond.
Q&A with CTL Director Dr. Deborah Breen
DL&I connects with Dr. Deborah Breen, director of BU’s Center for Teaching & Learning. Here, Dr. Breen discusses the power of collaboration and partnership to support the teaching and learning experience.
Adobe Catalyst Program: Meet the Mentors
Learn about BU’s Adobe Catalyst Program—a virtual learning space for experienced Adobe users to mentor faculty colleagues who wish to use Adobe Creative Cloud in their classes—and meet the mentors leading the charge.
Creating BU’s Future Today: DL&I FY19 Annual Report
Digital Learning & Innovation’s FY19 Annual Report highlights DL&I programs, services and recent accomplishments, features a letter from Chris Dellarocas, DL&I Associate Provost and Richard C. Shipley Professor of Management at the Questrom School of Business, and includes testimonials from BU faculty describing their experiences utilizing new educational technologies in the classroom.
Swarthmore College Delegation Visits DL&I
On June 6th Digital Learning & Innovation received a visit from a delegation of colleagues from Swarthmore College. The group of eleven was led by Andrew Ruether, Head of Academic