Guided by Davidson’s primary purpose “to assist students in developing humane instincts and disciplined and creative minds for lives of leadership and service” we strive to include digital spaces in these endeavors. In what ways can technology be leveraged for active learning, working outside of classroom walls, creating authentic assignments, and building student agency?
The Digital Learning Team collaborates with faculty on the use, development, and evaluation of a wide range of teaching and learning technologies. We are available to assist in the design of assignments, projects, or courses that involve digital tools and spaces. You may have an idea for a project or assignment that uses story mapping, timelines, podcasts, video, infographics, social media, or you would like to develop an online course space.
Team Goals 2021-2022:
- In collaboration with other library teams and relevant Davidson departments, develop and deliver programming to build digital agility for all students.
- Develop and implement a train the trainer series for media consultants around identified digital competencies.
- Elevate awareness of Digital Scholarship and resources at Davidson.
- Lead the development of ethical metadata curation in Digital Scholarship.
- Reflect, write, and openly share about how we are integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into our work.
Tiffany partners with staff, faculty, and students to foster and support the use of digital tools and techniques to enhance research and to improve teaching and learning, as well as connect the community with digital scholarship. Tiffany frequently collaborates with the library’s Research Learning and Outreach team and the Archives, Special Collections and Community team to bridge the work of librarianship with digital learning, Her interests include research management, open access, and IP.
Thomas collaborates with people from the Davidson community to facilitate uses of technology for teaching and learning. particularly digital storytelling, filmmaking, and podcasting. They use traditional and experimental forms of digital storytelling to produce digital media that explores the human condition, teaching and learning, and memory and nostalgia. Their interests are horror and documentary films, coffee, walking, and writing.
Matt collaborates with people from all areas of Davidson College to find the appropriate platforms to discover, create, and share their research. He also works a lot on the back-end of the Library Service Platform to maintain and explore library systems for the Davidson College community. His interests are coffee (farm to cup), research data technologies and storytelling, scholarly communication, and practical theology.
Madeleine is a 2020 Davidson graduate who researches innovative technologies and methods for professors to integrate into their teaching. She focuses on developing a critical understanding of how the history and policies of a program or device affect teaching and learning. Nerd out with her over accessibility, visual design, and superheroes.