Join us for the second session of our Critical Thinking Focused Teaching Workshop, hosted by the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project (UQCTP) and sponsored by the UCLA Department of Philosophy and HumTech. In this session, we will explore a thinking and talk-based writing pedagogy that is transferable to any discipline and year level. Based...
Join us for the third and final session of our Critical Thinking Focused Teaching Workshop, hosted by the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project (UQCTP) and sponsored by the UCLA Department of Philosophy and HumTech. This session challenges the false dichotomy of teaching for thinking and teaching for content knowledge. We will show that developing...
Explore the AI Toolkit for the Humanities Classroom RSVP Humanities Technology (HumTech)--HumTech is developing an AI Toolkit in collaboration with their graduate student RITC's, Research and Instructional Technology Consultants who provide both instructional and research support. Join this session to learn about the various resources developed so far, including, AI best practices in the classroom,...
Developing skills for independent literacy through collaborative exploration This session discusses Academic Reading Circles (Seburn, 2015), an approach to teaching reading in second and foreign language teaching contexts. ARC provides a structure which empowers learners to become experts in specific aspects of a text, then pool their knowledge in a group discussion. With choice over...
Humanities Technology (HumTech)--HumTech is developing an AI Toolkit in collaboration with their graduate student RITC's, Research and Instructional Technology Consultants who provide both instructional and research support. Join this workshop to hear about resources such as AI best practices in the classroom, the ethics of AI use, sample AI-based activities and lesson plans, and AI-based...
In this webinar, a language teacher (Erin Fell) and a reading interventionist (Judy Hur) come together to discuss how to support dyslexic students in the L2 classroom. Specific strategies and examples will be used to highlight core skills where students often benefit from extra support, such as phonological awareness, spelling patterns, and reading comprehension. ...
This webinar presents practical lessons from developing and implementing three custom AI tools—AI-migo, XiSPA, and TAR-íA—designed for lower-level Spanish learners at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) to address limited exposure outside the classroom and a lack of adapted practice materials. Drawing on experience from SPA001, an entry-level module serving over 700 students annually, the session illustrates...
Humanities Technology's is pleased to announce our new workshop series Humanizing Technology. The first talk on "Cultivating Critical Thinking in the Challenging Age of Big Tech" by Dr. Yael Leibovitch will take place on March 25th, from 11:30-1:00pm in the Rolfe Learning Lab (Rolfe 2118). Lunch is kindly provided by UCLA's Philosophy department. Please RSVP HERE
How do we meaningfully assess not just what students write, but how they write? Join us for a one-hour Zoom workshop exploring approaches to evaluating the writing process (part of our ongoing Humanizing Technology Series)
This webinar will explore the creation of two immersive specialized culture experiences for both Japanese and Chinese language learners. The presentation will cover the motivation behind these experiences, the specific tools used in their development, and the resulting impact on student engagement and proficiency. Date: June 10, 2026 Time: 3:00 pm ET / 2:00...
