We are excited to announce that we will have an online Student Academic Conference on April 21. Student presenters will upload videos of their presentation or when appropriate PowerPoint files of their posters between April 14 and April 17. These presentations and posters will be accessible on the SAC website on April 21. Faculty and staff mentors, please email Oscar […]
Welcome back Dragons! As you all know, we officially started our online classes Monday. You’ve probably received a lot of information from your professors about how you’re moving forward with the semester. Below we’ll share our tips and resources for how to make the most of your spring semester despite the disruptions and finish strong! Maintain a schedule You’ve probably […]
Meet MSUM’s new communication project coordinator Kayla Stenstrom. With prior experience in higher education, she is looking forward to tackling projects and finding ways to best tell stories at MSUM! Start date: February 4, 2020 Q: What drew you to MSUM?A: I love working in higher education. I worked at another institution for six years and was in ministry prior […]
Brian Wisenden, Biosciences Department, published a paper in the international peer-reviewed Wilson Journal of Ornithology on signal evolution in red-winged blackbirds. Collaborators on this project were Muir Eaton from Drake University and 23 undergraduates who comprised the summer field courses in Animal Behavior (Wisenden) and Field Ornithology (Eaton) at the Itasca Biological Field Station, University of Minnesota. Open-ended inquiry-based pedagogy […]
Normally, online classes would be subject to the TEACH Act rather than fair use, but in the case of moving face-to-face courses online, using fair use should be acceptable. For spring 2020, if you are moving a face-to-face course to online, continue using fair use and weighing your use against the four factors as you would with any face-to-face course. […]