You might be interested to know that there are a number of learning and collaboration spaces available to both instructors and students in the Humanities. From our large learning lab…
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Art History Teaching Resources offers a new resource!
Published: January 7, 2019Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR) is a web-based platform that connects a diverse field of educators in art history, visual culture, and related fields. Begun in 2013 as a peer-populated…
Read MoreTextual analysis and word clouds
Published: December 12, 2018If you have done work in the Humanities, you have likely come across the concept of “close reading” — the careful, detailed examination and interpretation of a short passage of…
Read MoreBecoming HumTech: Things to know as we change our name
Published: October 25, 2018On October 17, 2018, our Dean of Humanities announced the launch of Humanities Technology — “HumTech” — as part of an expanded approach to technology support for the Humanities at…
Read MoreA new home(page) for CCLE
Published: October 2, 2018You may have noticed that CCLE got an upgrade over the summer. As we mentioned in June the Moodle 3.4 (on which CCLE is built) comes with some new features,…
Read MoreIntroducing the Admin Panel: your new course site command center!
Published: October 2, 2018As part of the summer upgrade of CCLE, some of the interface changes mean new names and locations for key functions. The Admin Panel has replaced and combined the Course…
Read MoreA new CCLE – with new features!
Published: June 18, 2018CCLE has a new look, and with it, some nice new features! Launching for summer 2018, the upgrade to UCLA’s course management system gives CCLE a cleaner, more modern appearance…
Read MoreInaugural Course Sharing Symposium at HumTech
Published: June 18, 2018On the afternoon of May 16, instructors from around North Campus joined to discuss the challenges and opportunities around sharing courses across UC campuses. Sharing courses between campuses is a…
Read MoreDebating Transformative Teaching in the Humanities
Published: June 18, 2018The EPIC Program at UCLA recognizes the possibilities of transformative teaching in the classroom when effort is put forth to embrace diversity: both the diversity of the students and the…
Read MoreHelping Students Become Better Writers with Calibrated Peer Review
Published: May 8, 2018Although it’s not specific to the humanities, the teaching of writing is an important priority for undergraduate instruction. Often, we don’t think of technology as a way of helping students…
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