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Led by award-winning scholar-teachers, this speaker series offers practical and inspiring one-hour sessions on today’s urgent challenges in the field, such as enrollment growth, inclusive and equitable curricula, and the relevance and value of the liberal arts.

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Gamifying Ethics: Using Adaptive Learning Tools to Engage and Motivate Your Students

Mary Dwyer and Emily Frankengerger (Norton Philosophy) in conversation with Kristin Borgwald (Miami Dade College)

April 3rd at 2pm ET

Mary Dwyer and Emily Frankenberger of Norton's Philosophy team will be joined by Kristin Borgwald of Miami Dade college for a presentation on how InQuizitive for Doing Ethics, 7th Edition by Lewis Vaughn can be an indispensable tool for supporting busy students. You can expect:

• An overview of InQuizitive adaptive learning tool, and how it supports every chapter of Lewis Vaughn's Doing Ethics--including the moral issues chapters.

• A presentation by Kristin Borgwald on how she implements InQuizitive into her classes, and the positive results she has seen with her population of working students.

• A Q&A in which the team will answer any questions you may have.

Technophilosophy Today

Lewis Vaughn and David Chalmers in conversation

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In this webinar, Lewis Vaughn and David Chalmers will explore the philosophical and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR).

Creating (or Re-Creating) Final Assignments

Hosted by James Lang

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Are the writing assignments in your courses feeling stale? Have you been thinking about how artificial intelligence will impact the culminating projects you assign to students? Join this webinar with Small Teaching author James Lang to discover pathways for creating or re-creating final assignments in any humanities course. We will consider strategies for developing new audiences for final assignments, asking students to re-mix previously written work, or drawing out the distinctive nature of each student’s voice in their academic research. This webinar has been timed to ensure that you will have the opportunity to energize both your teaching and your students with an engaging final assignment.

Cathy Day, Ball State University
"Helping English Majors Pivot from College to Career"

Past Events

"Paths Forward for the Humanities" Events

"Helping English Majors Pivot from College to Career." Hosted by Cathy Day, Ball State University

This workshop emphasizes how faculty members have an important role to play in professionalizing English majors, and shares best practices for maintaining strong English enrollments and aiding in graduates' success.

"Teaching Challenging Poems: Race, Appropriation and the Elegy." Hosted by Paisely Rekdal, University of Utah

This workshop explores the complex and sometimes incendiary ways that three contemporary poets have depicted race, racism, and their own identity formation.

"Transforming the Canon: The Challenge of World Literature." Hosted by Martin Puchner, Harvard University

In this online event, Martin Puchner discusses reimagining the English Department as a center of world literature—with practical steps that departments and faculty members can take to effect this transformation.

Literature Events

"Teaching Challenging Poems: Race, Appropriation and the Elegy with Paisley Rekdal

The Odyssey with Emily Wilson

The Norton Library volume and Norton Critical Edition.

Mrs. Dalloway with Anne Fernald

An exploration of why this work has endured and Q&A with Anne Fernald, editor of The Norton Library volume and Norton Critical Edition.

Crime and Punishment with Michael R. Katz

An exploration of why this work has endured and Q&A with Michael R. Katz, translator of The Norton Library volume and Norton Critical Edition.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with Simon Armitage

An exploration of why this work has endured and Q&A with Simon Armitage, translator of The Norton Library volume.

The Great Gatsby with Andrew Newman

An exploration of why this work has endured and Q&A with Andrew Newman, contributor to the Norton Critical Edition.

Religion and Philosophy Events

"COVID-19: What Are the Ethical Issues?" Hosted by Jonathan Wolff

This talk focuses on how moral philosophy can be applied to issues such as leadership in a pandemic, medical supply scarcity, personal responsibility, and vaccination.

"Religious Literacy." Hosted by Stephen Prothero with Joe Laycock and Natasha Mikles

This workshop covers the AAR Religious Literacy Guidelines and how Norton resources can be used in your World Religions course in small ways to align with the guidelines.

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