This week we hosted our third and final SPARK Community of Practice gathering of the semester. As was the case with previous events this one filled our conference room to capacity. We hope to continue these events in the spring semester, and would like your input on how we can improve upon them.
To review, we had three gatherings: the first was a begining of the semester status check, the second looked at communication tools, and the third at techniques for using SPARK in large classes. We had three fantastic guest speakers, Cathryn Brubaker from Sociology, Julie Caswell from Resource Economics, and Wilmore Webley from Microbiology. We also used these events to share with you new tools and features in SPARK, such as linking directly to Library EReserves, collaborating on resource lists in Blackboard Scholar, and building study guides using StudyMate.
Please leave us a comment to let us know your thoughts on these events. What would you like to change as far as format? What should we be sure to keep the same? Are there topics or themes you would like to see offered next semester? Have you found an interesting way to use SPARK in your teaching that you would like to share with other instructors?
Thanks for attending. We look forward to your feedback for how we can shape these events in the future.