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Tag Archives: T&L
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
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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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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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
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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What’s the best approach for note taking?
Here’s a good article on why hand-written note taking in class is more effective for deeper learning than typing via laptops and other devices. http://www.npr.org/2016/04/17/474525392/attention-students-put-your-laptops-away?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170819 Here are some good note taking systems you could share with your students from Cal … Continue reading
Planned ELLI Senior Benchmarking Project + Resilience
ELLI, the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory, is a measure of students’ lifelong learning attributes: resilience, changing & learning, creativity, strategic awareness, learning relationships, critical curiosity, and meaning making. I’ve been working on this campus project with my students and other … 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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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
Making the Most of the Drop/Add Period
Drop/Add Period: Frustration or Opportunity? You’re just getting underway in your course and then several new students come and need to catch up. You’ve already done your icebreaker and course expectations, and now you’ve got a group that consistently feels … 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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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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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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Work Flow for Campus ID
So it is July 22nd, and I can feel the tension gathering in my neck and shoulders… The fall is approaching and my body is already gearing up in readiness. This will be my 10th fall on my campus and … Continue reading
Tableau Free for Teachers & Students
Tableau is a powerful data visualization tool which they are offering free to instructors and students! Check out examples at the “Visual Gallery” http://www.tableau.com/learn/gallery http://www.tableau.com/academic/teaching http://www.tableau.com/academic/students I found one link in Lynda.psu.edu for Tableau – http://bit.ly/1z9k5Zf
