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Here are some of the resources and reminders that I wanted to share before classes start: 1) Video – Setting up Zoom access for students 2 ways – https://psu.zoom.us/rec/share/wNVKCqnw8EZLXreK9GDedrQdPq-9T6a8hCdLr_YNmGoWud76QiVQkwPidQcZRuU?startTime=1597922951000 * 2) Video – Examples of different attendance-taking options for remote teaching … Continue reading →

Engaging Students Series: Engaging Students in Flexible Course Delivery and Multi-Audience Synchronous Courses yesterday! You will soon be able to find the follow-up resources from this session in Chapter 8 of the ESS Pressbook. Each chapter contains the particular session recording, slides, and links … Continue reading →

General Resources for Fall Training Webinars & Recordings – https://keepteaching.psu.edu/webinars/ Engaging Students Series Office 365 Learning Path (Including Teams)  PSU Hbg How-to Videos – Coming! Instructional Video Resources Video Series with multiple how-to videos by IT Learning Design How-to web … Continue reading →

If you are hosting a course on the DLC, here are a few important reminders! As other campuses secure seats in your course, new campus-specific course shells will appear in Canvas. Eventually, you’ll want to merge these sections so all … Continue reading →

One benefit of Covid-19 has been the expansion of the Tech TA/Tech Tutor program through IT Learning Design (ITLD). This service is open to all faculty, staff, and students for help with technology via Zoom. Connect to both programs to … Continue reading →

Q: Is there an app that will accommodate both f2f & remote group collaboration using a PDF file that the group of students (3-4) to a group can all interact with the document as a white board and then submit … Continue reading →

WEBCAMS You MAY REQUIRE webcams for the purpose of exams/testing in remote teaching You MAY NOT REQUIRE webcams for classroom participation… Here is some sample language for syllabi on this point (thanks to Robin Gill): “In order to maximize collaboration in the … Continue reading →

TLT’s Engaged Series offered a great session yesterday on calculating Hours of Instruction for your course – a very handy thing to do to determine whether you have enough content and contact hours to fulfill the requirements of a 3-credit … Continue reading →

I’m thinking about the fall, and trying to help you prepare for the complex situation that each of you will face in different ways. I’ve included organizing questions, a checklist of skills/tools to  help you gauge your readiness, and links … Continue reading →

Say you want to have a survey where the information you are collecting needs to be anonymous… Yet, you want to know who has actually taken the survey without that information being tied to the original survey data. Qualtrics uses … Continue reading →

Here are our Fall TLT Faculty Learning Communities and their associated websites with updates! Creativity in the Practice of Teaching – Leader: Noel Sloboda This initiative will address traditional topics in pedagogy but from an unusual angle, with readings of … Continue reading →

We held our second faculty retreat on Wednesday January 8th at our campus library, following am overnight snowstorm that surprised us all a bit. We sadly missed a few folks because of it, as some school districts did close. In … Continue reading →

Greetings and welcome back from the holidays! Here are a few save-the-dates and resources to get you started! 1) We had our faculty retreat yesterday in the library which was great. Time for work, time to learn, time to socialize. Here are … Continue reading →

You may already subscribe to listservs for teaching and learning topics, but here are a few that you might like to add: Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Stanford’s Tomorrow’s Professor Maryellen Weimer’s newsletter, Faculty Focus Here are a few more … Continue reading →

Dr. Laura Cruz from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence came to campus on Friday September 27th for an engaging three-hour hands-on workshop about research in teaching and learning. Fifteen faculty from York and Mont Alto attended the event which … Continue reading →