The document summarizes the results of Brandon Crutchfield's StrengthsFinder assessment. It identifies his top five signature themes: Achiever, Arranger, Harmony, Relator, and Learner. It provides a short description of each theme and how it influences his behaviors, specifically his drive to achieve, ability to configure situations flexibly, preference for harmony, enjoyment of close relationships, and passion for learning. The assessment suggests focusing on these signature themes can help him identify his talents and strengths to enjoy personal and career success.
Overview of our ATEL group within TLOS at Virginia Tech. Concepts of active learning, engaged learning, and technology intersect to form ATEL's primary mission: to help students express and form deeper connections to what they are learning, experiencing, and inventing.
TWSIA Award: ePortfolios in Virginia Tech's FYEMarc Zaldivar
This was the presentation given at Jasig-Sakai 2012 for accepting the 2012 Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award for Virginia Tech's First-Year Experience Portfolios.
ePortfolios from Beginning to End to BeginningMarc Zaldivar
This is the presentation from Virginia Tech's ePortfolio Initiatives for the Jasig Sakai 2012 conference. In it, we look at activities that are used in various ePortfolios at Virginia Tech to promote reflection and assessment.
Adversarial to Harmonious: Building the Developer/UX ConnectionUXPA International
Ever worked on a project where Design and Development blended like oil and water? Whether you're on a UX team of one, or designing with the help of a whole department, the success of your work ends up in the hands of a developer.
Teams with specialized skillsets and certain cross-team cultures can put up walls between designers and developers. We will deconstruct these adversarial relationships from real-world examples, then learn how to convince, collaborate, and co-create.
Being stuck in a storming phase isn’t good for you, your product, and ultimately your users. Bringing harmony to your team is important to your success and your sanity. Hone your best expertise to build relationships, handle differences of opinion, and learn to speak geek to be heard!
Walk out with tools and techniques to stay efficient and deliver the best possible experience for the real human beings who will use it.