Can VR and Video Games Foster Empathy?
Virtual reality is a powerful and emerging medium that enables viewers to step into real and imagined worlds, including those that feature stories of culture and identity. In 2015, VR … Continued
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Introducing Zoom for Teaching and Learning
Zoom at Smith College is a web/video conferencing tool that enables you to host one-to-one or group meetings. Starting in October 2018, Smith College faculty, staff, and students now have … Continued
Zoom Workshops
Below is the list of our Zoom workshops for faculty and staff. Explore the workshops we have prepared for you. For workshops that require registration, please complete the RSVP. Zoom … Continued
Sign-up for the Learning, Research & Technology Fall 2018 Workshops
Below is the list of our Fall 2018 workshops for faculty and staff. Explore the workshops we have prepared for you and register for the ones you are interested in. … Continued
Talking About Virtual Reality
This fall, Educational Technology Services (ETS) co-sponsored a Women in Gaming (WIG) playthrough of Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, a cooperative, multiplayer virtual reality game. In the game, one player … Continued
Accessibility Workshops
Below is the list of our Spring 2018 Accessibility workshops for faculty and staff. Explore the workshops we have prepared for you and register for the ones you are interested … Continued
Aerial Imagery and Cinematography
Until recently, if you were a media producer interested in capturing an aerial shot, your options were fairly limited and cost prohibitive. However, the emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), … Continued
MOOC User Experience Design: Reflecting Smith College in a Global Online Course
Psychology of Political Activism: Women Changing the World, based on Professor Lauren Duncan’s spring seminar, was Smith’s first endeavor into the world of MOOCs. When we began to consider how … Continued
Talk Amongst Yourselves: Creating Community in Smith’s First MOOC
“As a classroom community, our capacity to generate excitement is deeply affected by our interest in one another, in hearing one another’s voices, in recognizing one another’s presence” (hooks, 1994, … Continued
Developmental Biology Illustrated Video Series
Traditionally, when students are assigned textbook readings, they rarely achieve the pre-learning objectives needed to successfully engage in solving complex problem sets during class. In the Developmental Biology Illustrated Video … Continued