Teaching Innovation Showcase

IB 75: Berkeley Changemaker: BioDiscovery, Community, and Culture

This course aims to enhance students' leadership in science and Integrative Biology by guiding them in value reflection, community engagement, research experiences, and the creation of their own DeCal courses and RSOs. Authors: Nichole Lewis, Postdoctoral Scholar in Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley, Diyala Shihadih, Postdoctoral Scholar in Shortlidge Biology Education Research Group at Portland State University, Dax Ovid, Assistant Professor in Physiology and Pharmacology at University of Georgia and Robert Full, Professor...

Exploring Space and Mobility

Students in this assignment explored and reflected on campus and local Italian spaces, enhancing vocabulary learning through movement and environmental interaction, culminating in film analysis and a project on historically significant, dynamic locations. Author: Cristina Farronato, Lecturer and Language Program Coordinator in Italian Studies Course Number & Title: Elementary Italian I and II Grant Type: Berkeley Discover...

Framing AI Images

In this assignment, students reflected on an AI image they created by prompting a free image generation platform of their choice. Author: Ben Spanbock, Lecturer in College Writing Programs Course Number & Title: COLWRIT R4A: Reading and Composition Grant Type: Berkeley Discover Departmental Innovation Award Program (Discovery Trailblazers)

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Experiential Field Learning in Language Courses with Community Outreach

In this activity, students visited the East Asian Library on campus to practice formal speech with a Korean librarian and engage with collections. Author: Minsook Kim, Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Cultures Course Number & Title: K1BX: Elementary Korean for Heritage Speakers Grant Type: Berkeley Discover Departmental Innovation Award Program (Discovery Trailblazers)

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Digna Rabia: Constructing a Digital Journal in Latinx Oral History

In this assignment, students compiled oral histories from U.S. immigrants, including interviews, transcriptions, and augmented reality-enhanced images, culminating in a collective digital journal. Author: Pablo Gonzalez, Lecturer in Chicanx and Latinx Studies Course Number & Title: CHS 159: Mexican Migration Grant Type: Distinguished...

Environmental Influences on Brain and Behavior

In this assignment, students used journal articles to explore environmental effects on the brain and behavior, culminating in a brief presentation with a written/graphical piece or an extended teaching segment. Author: Annaliese Beery, Associate Professor in Integrative Biology Course Number & Title: IB 142L: Brain, Behavior, and Environment: a research approach Grant Type:...

Concise Communication through Flash Fiction

In this activity, students worked in pairs or small groups to first distill the day's reading into a haiku and then into a six-word story, sharing and discussing each with the class. Author: Srijani Ghosh, Lecturer in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Course Number & Title: Female Playwrights and XEnglish R1B: Girls, Misunderstood?: “Deviant” Women in Literature Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF...

COLWRIT 107: Translation in Practice

This course provides an English language setting for an immersive dive into translation studies. This work will culminate in a significant, public facing translation project designed around principles of discovery: we will aim to challenge conventional notions of a translator’s visibility by emphasizing development of paratextual materials, direct community engagement, personal contexts, and work with archived primary sources. Authors: Chisako Cole and Ben Spanbock, Continuing...

Community builder: Powerpoint Party

In this activity, students created individual PowerPoint slides with information about themselves and their goals for the program, including visuals. In class, they each presented their slide for 2 minutes, followed by a Kahoot quiz on the shared details. Author: Marieka Schotland, Executive Director at i4Y (Innovations for Youth), Berkeley Public Health Course Number & Title: PH199: Independent Study - YEDI (Youth Equity Discovery Initiative) Grant Type:...

3D Model Data Acquisition & Virtual Reality-Based Visualization of Infrastructure

In this activity, students apply Structure-from-Motion techniques learned in lectures by visiting the Geosystems Sensing and Analytics Laboratory (GeoSAL). Authors: Dimitrios Zekkos, Robert Kayen, Kenichi Soga, Nick Sitar, Professors in Civil and Environmental Engineering Course Number & Title: CE170A: Infrastructure Sensing and Modeling Grant Type:...