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Tag Archives: instructional practices
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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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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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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Growth Mindset Data
My thanks to Dr. Farrell for the support of this project and the faculty members listed below who had their students (n=99) participate. This is a Stanford University project fostering growth mindset (GM) in students and comes out of the work by Carol … Continue reading
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Resilience and Math Project
Penn State York Math Lecturer Joan Smeltzer and I are working on a project with her students in Math 21, College Algebra, looking at the impact of direct instruction of resilience strategies on math scores. Read more about the project … Continue reading
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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Asking Critical Questions in Student-Led Discussions
UPDATES are in Red below After talking with Dr. Nicole Muscanell in Fall 2017 about her PSYCH 424 Applied Social Psychology course, we decided to create a support session for students on how to lead better discussions. As a 400-level … Continue reading
Building Academic Reading Skills: New Campus Approaches
This semester there are several exciting projects happening on campus to build college-level reading skills. LL ED 005 is the college reading course that I teach each semester which typically has students with lower SAT reading scores or international students … 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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ELLI Senior Benchmark Project gets Underway!
We’ve been using the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) with students for many campus learning projects since 2013, and we’ve gotten some interesting and useful insights as a result. The most current (and perhaps final) project in the series is … Continue reading
Final Approach – One Button Studio Arrives at York!
Tomorrow will be the final touches on our new One Button Studio (OBS) at Penn State York. Thanks to the work of Graham Berg & Carla Rapp (PSU Media Commons) and with the support of our own IT staff with … Continue reading
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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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
Going Back to Chalk & Talk… WHAT??!!
I teach first semester students who need some support in reading/learning skills. But let’s face it, many of our first semester students could use this help, no matter their SAT scores. In class, we work a lot on active reading … Continue reading
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Incorporating SEL and Lifelong Learning in the Reading Course
I’ve incorporated lifelong learning practices for 3 years into my college reading course and each time, we’ve seen statistically significant changes in lifelong learning dimensions (ELLI) for our students (Shaffer, Eshbach, & Santiago-Blay, 2015) – now after attending the social-emotional … Continue reading
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Greater Good Science Center – Summer Institute on Social-Emotional Learning
I can honestly say that this institute was the BEST thing I’ve ever attended. I created a blog to share highlights – there is a goldmine of ideas gathered that can be used in the classroom, in your meetings, with … Continue reading
