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Teaching on the DLC Orientation: Part 1 Setting up for Success
Teaching on the DLC Orientation: Part 1 Setting up for Success
Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success
Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success
Teaching on the DLC Orientation: Part 2 Designing for Engagement
Teaching on the DLC Orientation: Part 2 Designing for Engagement
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days
Introduction to Canvas for New Commonwealth Campus Instructors
Introduction to Canvas for New Commonwealth Campus Instructors
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Online Synchronous Level 3 learning module ready for instructor enrollment
Penn State has many modes of teaching to allow for student and faculty flexibility in delivering high quality learning. To support instructors teaching in the online synchronous environment, we have a new module for teaching in the online synchronous mode...
Shorten, Focus, and Analyze: Boosting Student Engagement with Kaltura Video Analytics
There are several suggestions for creating optimal educational video content. First and foremost, only film and include content that’s absolutely necessary. Would you like students to watch your whole lecture? Of course! But it isn't likely that they are going to watch a 45 minute video voluntarily.
Preparing for Teaching in the Age of AI: A Faculty Checklist
As artificial intelligence continues to transform the educational landscape, it brings both exciting opportunities and complex challenges to teaching. AI is reshaping how students access, process, and engage with information, and it’s up to instructors to adapt...
Join Your Peers in a Weekly Accessible Skills Challenge!
In April 2024, the Department of Justice passed a ruling that requires state and local programs to make their web and mobile applications accessible to individuals with disabilities by April 2026. This applies to Penn State and means we must have all our online...
Can all your students watch and learn? – Video and Audio Accessibility Considerations
We take our responsibility for inclusive and supportive learning environments very seriously. But when we post pre-recorded videos in Canvas and assign them to students to watch, we may be unintentionally requiring those students to be able to see and hear in order...
Top 5 UDL Workshops Receive Provost Endorsement
Top 5 Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Strategy Series Overview The Top 5 UDL Strategy series began in August 2022 as a series of workshops aimed at helping faculty create more universally designed content for their students. The initial workshops focused on...
Online Synchronous Level 2 learning module ready for instructor enrollment
Have you been looking for ways to amp up your teaching strategies for the online synchronous classroom? We have a new module for teaching in the online synchronous mode available. Level 2 of the Teaching Online Program (TOP) has a new specialized module on teaching...
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
Over the summer many of us are looking for beach reading, an easy-to-read novel that is a break from our academic research. Surprisingly, Melanie Mitchell’s Artificial intelligence: A guide for thinking humans (2019) is a great option. It is a book about artificial...
Promoting Collaboration and Engagement Using VoiceThread in Online and Residential Courses
Are you exploring avenues in which students can work collaboratively yet asynchronously on a presentation in your online course? Would you like for students to practice and submit a draft presentation for constructive feedback before delivering it in a residential...
GenAI and Teaching Toolkit available!
Many changes have been brought about by text-based GenAI tools like ChatGPT and the many similar tools produced since its release. Those teaching in higher education have certainly had to contend with the changes that these tools have brought. In the hopes of...
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