The Liberal Arts Office of Digital Pedagogy and Scholarship will share with you reflections on Trump 297H. The course, created in partnership with the McCourtney Institute for Democracy, applied critical analysis during the unprecedented Trump candidacy by using multiple disciplines within the liberal arts. This pilot course used existing technology such as live streaming, archive videos, chat, the Canvas platform, and digital badging in an innovative way, allowing the DPS office to showcase the pedagogical and technical services offered to faculty. We will share marketing successes of this course including media coverage and how it created affinity with alumni.
Director, Digital Pedagogy and Scholarship, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Kevin Conaway manages the Office of Digital Pedagogy and Scholarship at the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts, University Park campus, partnering with residential faculty and staff.DPS provides a space for faculty and staff to experiment with student-centered learning methods... Read More →
Instructional Designer, Penn State, Teaching and Learning with Technology
As an Instructional Designer, I work with exceptional Penn State faculty to design and re-design residential learning experiences with technology."Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't... Read More →
Students learn new things about the world every semester, and often distill what they learn into concise summaries that would be of great interest to a general audience. Sadly, those fruits of learning are rarely seen by anyone other than their professors and, possibly, their classmates. We seek to change that by launching PSYou, a sharing site for student-created audio, video, and written content of interest to a general audience. Connected to Penn State's engaged scholarship mission and addressing the never-more-pressing need for public scholarship, PSYou offers students a forum in which to publicly address questions of public concern.
Affordability and accessibility are important issues facing higher education today. In this session, three faculty members will discuss how they moved from high-cost course materials to free and low-cost materials. Processes, tips, and tricks for others wishing to do the same, and the results and feedback they received from students will be shared. The session will conclude with a look at resources available at Penn State and via Unizin and other institutions that are part of the Big 10 Academic Alliance.
Have you ever tried to be in two places at once? Faculty in Biology and Rehabilitation and Human Services have addressed this challenge in teaching a shared, blended course as part of their participation in the TLT REACH (Re-imagine, Engage, Align, CHange) program. Learn about the various emerging technologies, blended course pedagogies, and engagement of students in the classroom including initial results of a research study focused on student engagement. We will conclude with a discussion and brainstorming session around additional strategies to engage students at multiple geographic locations in a shared videoconferencing-based course.
Amy Kuntz is the Learning Innovation Strategic Initiatives Coordinator in Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) and adjunct instructor at Northampton Community College. She is responsible for leading the TLT Faculty Fellows program that has 4-6 project teams conducting intensive... Read More →
