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Engaging Students Through Assessment (SITE Version)
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Are you looking for ways to revise and improve your online assessments? This session covers using online assessments (both formative and summative) to engage students. …
Engaging Students Asynchronously
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Topics include how to help students engage with the content, you, and their fellow students, as well as how to structure asynchronous discussions, group work, …
Embedding Retention Strategies into Teaching Practices
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Retaining students starts with experiences in the classroom and interactions with faculty. In this session, faculty will share their teaching practices that promote student retention, …
Creative Course Design: Examples of Transformative and Experiential Learning in the Classroom
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This session explores three distinct ways faculty infused experiential learning into their classrooms. We will explore topics such as telecollaboration, enthusiastic engagement, getting students to …
Creating, Finding, and Assessing Instructional Video to Engage Students
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Instructional video allows for visually explaining information, assists in bringing contextually relevant examples to class, and, if instructor-created, can allow for an increase in instructor …
Creating Community in Your Courses
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Getting students to engage in class can be difficult but establishing a positive classroom community can go a long way to help with that. In …
Continuing the Conversation: Faculty Communities
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Educators have shared a number of strategies and techniques during this event for enhancing the practice of teaching. In this session, Dr. Laura Cruz of …
Combatting Fake News with Digital Literacy
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Educators are increasingly called upon by the public and the press to sharpen students’ digital literacy skills. In this session, faculty and librarians will address …
College Students’ Use and Acceptance of Emergency Online Learning Due to COVID-19
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced higher education institutions around the world to offer education through the Internet. This new modality is called “emergency online learning.” …
Collaboration and Channels in MediaSpace
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Learn options for uploading and sharing media, as well as collaborating on media or media collections within Penn State’s Media management and streaming service, Kaltura …
Allow Students to Author Their Own Learning Path
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Giving students a voice in how their learning is structured can make their learning journey more relevant, meaningful and enjoyable. During this session, you’ll hear …
Adobe Spark for Creative and Engaging Assignments
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Join us to discuss using Adobe Spark Pages to replace a more traditional research paper including the parameters and guidelines provided to the students in …
Active Learning Through Gameplay
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Capturing and securing student attention can be a struggle for even the most seasoned instructors. As educators strive to create meaningful learning experiences for students, …
Enhancing STEM learning through 3-D Visualization and Digital Collaboration Tools
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Enhance student learning in the Sciences with free or low cost tools for interactive and customizable 3-D visualizations then use these tools to create collaborative …
Designing Projects to Enhance Understanding and Engagement
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Designing student projects to increase student engagement and understanding. We will discuss two types of student projects, 1) utilizing case studies to review theories and …
Engaged Storytelling: A Self-Paced Workshop & Resources
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A collection of resources for incorporating engaged storytelling into your course, including activities, tutorials, and tips to get you thinking about your story and your …
The Canvas Learning Center
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Whether you are new to Canvas or interested in learning more about what it can do, this Penn State resource will show you how to …
Continuing the Conversation
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How often do you have a chance to talk with other instructors who teach similar topics and/or courses as yourself? Join your colleagues in discipline-specific …
Open Educational Resources (OER) as a Tool for Inclusivity
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The cost of course materials greatly impacts our students and their opportunities for learning given their limited resources. This presentation will include the OER and …
Using Movement to Encourage Engagement in Problem Solving in Chemistry and Mathematics
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This session will introduce collaborative group work that required students to get out of their seats and participate in problem-solving activities.
Creative Assessments that Positively Affect Learning Outcomes
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Joshua Parcha and Lori Reno discuss and share examples of successful implementation of creative assessments in their courses and its benefits to students achieving learning …
From Gen Ed To Grad School: Active Reading With Perusall
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Do you ever struggle with getting students to engage closely with readings, or talk specifically about a text? Gina and Lindsey will talk about their …
Setting a Tone of Inclusivity
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In order to ensure that we are teaching all of our students and not just the ones who are like us, it is critical that …
Not Written in Stone: Adaptive Strategies to Encourage Student Participation
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Students may be hesitant to participate when topics feel controversial or sensitive to them. In this session, faculty members share how they have adopted adaptive …
Engaging Students through Peer Review in Both Remote and Residential Courses
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Allowing students to review each other’s work enhances student engagement in courses. They interact with each other and the content of the course. This session …