The Digital Excellence Commitment (DExC) provides faculty with a unique opportunity to participate in activities in support of professional development.
The Digital Story as a Tool for Exploration, Documentation and Assessment
This workshop is split across two morning sessions, participants will make a “Five Shot Digital Story” that critiques an issue, illustrates an opinion or argument or documents a moment in time.
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 9 and 10, 2024
9:30 am to 12 pm
Media Commons, H-L Library
Organizer: Colin Kelley
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Mapping and Sipping French Wines: How to go from an Excel file to a web map
Starting with an excel spreadsheet, participants will learn to make and publish digital maps of the great French wine regions, such as the Loire Valley, Burgundy, Alsace, Champagne, and Bordeaux. We will collect and prepare wine data, map it using ArcGIS Pro, and then create a narrative journey through France in Story Maps.
Friday, January 12, 2024
9:00am – 1:00pm
Adams 208
Organizers: Aaron Gilbreath and Jennifer Snow
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Textbook Affordability and Open Educational Resources
In this workshop session, you will learn how to lower textbook and course materials costs for your students through an examination of Open Educational Resources and textbook reserves in the Bowdoin College Library.
Friday, January 19, 2024
9:00am – 12:00pm
Faculty Research Room, H-L Library
Organizers: Carmen Greenlee and Kate Wing