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UC Data Week – Sharing and Locating Research Data in Humanities and Social Science Studies

Speaker: Tianji Jiang (UCLA) Sharing and reusing data can effectively reduce redundant efforts in data collection. It also enhances the efficiency of scientific research investments by preventing the reinvention of the wheel. Building a sustainable data-reuse process and culture requires frameworks that include policies, standards, roles, and responsibilities, all of which must address the diverse...

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UC Data Week – Visualizing Islamic Manuscripts data at UCLA Library

Speaker: Saad Shaukat (UCLA) UCLA library holds one of the largest collections of Islamic manuscripts (roughly 10,000 items) covering multiple languages including Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu, and spanning nearly 9 centuries (12th-20th). Currently, UCLA Library Special Collections is in the process of a multi-year effort to create digital records for its Islamic Manuscript holdings....

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IALLT Webinar – Kudu and the AI Classroom

Please join us for a special webinar! IALLT Webinar March 2025: Kudu and the AI Classroom: A New Age of Customized Textbooks (Without Sticker Shock) Mar 5, 2025 12:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 AM Central / 10:00 AM Mountain / 9:00 AM Pacific The presenters of this webinar will highlight Kudu, a textbook creation platform...

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Conference: Creating Communities through Language

Clark Memorial Library 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA

This spring, the Southwest Association for Language Learning and Technology (SWALLT) and Humanities Technology, are hosting an in-person conference on foreign language instruction focusing on creating communities. This free conference will be held at the beautiful Clark Memorial Library on Saturday, April 5, 2025.  As space is limited, we are asking everyone to please register...

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Assessing for thinking in an age of AI – the Cognitive Audit

Young Research Library YRL 2"d Floor West Classroom 23167, Los Angeles

Join us for the inaugural 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. A key challenge for teachers is planning and assessing student thinking with the same precision and intentionality applied to content knowledge. This...

Thinking, Talking and Writing

Young Research Library Presentation Room YRL 1st. Floor Presentation Presentation Room 11348, Los Angeles, CA

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...

Teaching for Thinking

Young Research Library YRL 2"d Floor West Classroom 23167, Los Angeles

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...

10 + 10 Pop-Up Series: Explore the AI Toolkit for the Humanities Classroom

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,...

IALLT Webinar – Academic Reading Circles

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...

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Equip Your AI Toolkit with HumTech

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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...