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Tag Archives: Faculty professional development
Summer 2020 Teaching Resources
Now that the University has decided on remote or online for summer courses, the planning has begun! Our summer faculty have been polled to find out their most pressing needs, and now they will be matched with resources and/or design … Continue reading
FLC fall updates
I wanted to write an update to acknowledge the work being done by the growing number of faculty who have taken part in any of the Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) since we started them last fall. Their work to explore … Continue reading
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Integration of Immersive Technologies Workshop November 5th
Amy Kuntz (TLT) and Carla Seward (MediaCommons) will be on campus November 5th to work with faculty and students on various immersive technology projects. Carla will be working with the students in Dr. Bob Foschia’s communication courses to learn about … Continue reading
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Faculty Retreat
Twenty-five faculty from multiple PSU campuses attended a faculty retreat at Wyndridge Farm on September 6, 2019. Funds from The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, Teaching & Learning with Technology, and Penn State York contributed to the very successful day. … Continue reading
Fall 2019 Faculty Retreat!
UPDATE!!! We have the funding, a date, and location! Friday, September 6th at the Inn at Wyndridge. Register at http://bit.ly/psyfacultyretreat Agenda 10:00 am – 1:00 – Quiet work session #1 1:00 – 1:30 – Lunch 1:30-4:30-Quiet work session #2 4:30 … Continue reading
Science of Emotion in the College Classroom
Working with our Faculty Learning Community (FLC) reading James Lang’s Small Teaching text, brought me in touch with Dr. Sarah Cavanagh, associate professor of psychology at Assumption College. We are considering using her text, The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College … Continue reading
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PADE Conference
The 40th annual PA Developmental Educators Conference (PADE) was held on April 1-2 at the Radisson Hotel in Camp Hill, PA. PADE’s members are “committed to the principle of equal educational opportunity for all persons who have the potential and … Continue reading
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Alternatives to SRTE
I received some valuable info in my email this morning (shared by Jackie Bortiatynski) on alternative methods to measure teaching effectiveness which I think could be useful right now on campus as part of a larger conversation about how to document good teaching. … Continue reading
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BlendLT Program & Kinesiology 81: Wellness Theory
Penn State York’s, Jim Crivaro, Lecturer in Kinesiology, has been selected to participate in TLT’s Blended Learning Transformation Program (BlendLT) for the Summer and Fall 2018 cycle. With the help of TLT staff, Jim will be re-designing Kinesiology 81, Wellness … Continue reading
Faculty Learning Communities for 2018-2019
Two groups of faculty are gathering for the 2018-19 academic year to explore the following topics of interest: Strategizing for Publication: From Innovation to Dissemination – led by Dr. Jennifer Nesbitt, Associate Professor English, this faculty professional development group is geared … Continue reading
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Advanced Course in College Teaching
Faculty from Penn State York joined me and facilitators from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, Drs. Chas Brua and Mary Ann Tobin, for a multi-session action research sequence of workshops in Spring 2017. Faculty identified pedagogical issues in their … Continue reading
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Academic Integrity Program for Opening Campus Meeting January 4, 2018
On January 4, 2018, Fred Haag, Sheri Yoder, and I will be facilitating a campus-wide discussion on academic integrity at the opening campus meetings. A survey was distributed to faculty before the break to ascertain current issues and offer solutions … Continue reading
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Western Campus Program January 15: Creating Positive Learning Environments with Resiliency and Mindfulness
Read more about this upcoming program! Creating Positive Learning Environments with Resiliency and Mindfulness
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Year 2: MINDFULNESS, SELF-CARE, & COMMUNITY-BUILDING
MINDFULNESS, SELF-CARE, & COMMUNITY-BUILDING Faculty and staff finished our second year of exploring the nature of mindfulness practice, self-care, and community-building along with the relationship of these to teaching. Read more about our first year experiences here and activities here. In Fall 2016, … Continue reading
CARE: Cultivating Awareness & Resilience in Education
I just returned from 5 fabulous days at the Garrison Institute attending a program entitled CARE: Cultivating Awareness & Resilience in Education. Educators from Pre-K through college gathered to explore approaches in education that can help instructors to navigate the … Continue reading
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Fall 2017 Newsletter of Teaching & Learning is Ready!
This Fall newsletter contains the following: Celebrating the Work in 2016-17: Advanced Course in College Teaching, Mindfulness, Summer Reading, and more! Updates in Canvas: Turnitin integration, New Speedgrader tools, Merging courses, Getting started reminders, an Advanced Canvas workshop? Teaching Corner: … Continue reading
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Mindful Awareness for Educators and Designers
Had the chance recently to do a session with my fellow instructional designers to share some of the mindfulness and social-emotional learning practices from UC Berkeley. It was wonderful doing the practices together with people and getting the chance to … Continue reading
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Finishing up a Year of Mindfulness with Faculty
Below is a posting I wrote for a weekly writing site called Slice of Life I am posting it here, too, as it is a nice wrap-up to the year’s activities with mindfulness. From my Slice of Life reflections Starting … Continue reading
College Reading Guide – Summer Series?
Working with a faculty member this week and the subject of college reading came up… I created this College Reading Guide based on the highlights from LL ED 005 that I teach on college reading and thought others might find … Continue reading
Mindfulness Speaker April 1st!
Robin Boudette, Ph.D., is our campus speaker on April 1, 2016. She’ll be talking to the campus about the benefits of mindfulness practice in higher educational environments in two sessions: (1) a general session for everyone and (2) a more … Continue reading
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Wrapping up SoTL Projects for a Bit…
Canvas is coming as our new course management system which means I will be busy for the next year or so helping to get people’s ANGEL content migrated and converted and then the faculty trained on how to use Canvas … Continue reading
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Learning Spaces
One of the areas that came up in the faculty satisfaction survey was about updating classroom learning spaces. So I invited Lori McCracken, Manager of Learning Spaces, who works with Teaching & Learning with Technology (TLT), to come to campus … Continue reading
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Transformational Conversations to Resume 2/3/16
The Transformational Conversations series that began in the fall will resume on 2/3 with a really interesting line-up of events and experiences for faculty! A detailed explanation of the group’s raison d’etre can be summarized by a quote from Parker … Continue reading
Spring 16 Faculty Orientation
CANVAS Thanks to Jennifer Nesbitt, associate professor of English and Bill Cantor, senior instructor in IST for helping with a Canvas demonstration for the full- and part-time faculty at their respective orientations yesterday. Jen showed the use and advantages of … Continue reading
Fall Projects Update
The semester got off to a bang with several major projects underway!!! Thanks to the many faculty partners who made all of these projects possible! Please let me know if I inadvertently left your name out – Apologies and I … Continue reading
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