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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 …
Engaging Students in Hybrid Learning Classes
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This session will share our ideas and experiences with the integration of online and physical audiences in hybrid classes utilizing tools such as Zoom and …
Strategies for Effective Feedback
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This session will explore the use of available communication channels to help students pinpoint the areas needed for improvement. It will discuss the use of …
Student Wellness: An Interdisciplinary Course Approach
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Student mental health is an increasing concern for college campuses to grapple with, especially post-COVID. Join this session to learn how two professors spearheaded the …
Teaching and Learning in the Real World: Client & Project Based Instruction
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This session will highlight two projects designed to enhance student learning through real-world, workplace-applicable project-based instruction.
Promoting Active Learning through Flipped Classroom Techniques
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In this session, Dr. Petko and Dr. Powless will share their experiences using flipped classroom techniques to promote active learning in their courses.
Helping Students Build a Positive Sense of Belonging
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Faculty play a critical role in student support. In this session, the presenters will share several strategies to take advantage of their unique opportunities to …
Grading Effort and Process: How Rethinking What to Emphasize in Grading Impacts Student Learning Outcomes
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This session will outline how two instructors revamped their grading processes for better student learning outcomes and more efficient grading by the instructors.
Effective Group Integration/Team Based Projects: Best Practices
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The presenters will share the formation of groups in diverse courses (one is capstone) and provide steps to help faculty from group formation, to assigning …
Meeting Students Where They Are
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Adapting our classrooms to the needs of our students is an important aspect of good teaching and learning. In this session, you will hear about …
Tools to Facilitate STEM-based Assessments
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This session will explore solutions allowing students to receive helpful feedback to homework, quizzes, and exams while minimizing academic dishonesty by looking at 2 tools: …
Fostering Student Engagement by Empowering Student Choice
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To enhance student ownership over their learning experience, students evaluated their own learning processes and had a voice in decisions related to course design and …
Game On!: Using Game-based Elements to Enhance Student Learning Outcomes
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Join us to learn how instructors enliven their course content by adopting elements of gamification (game-based learning) and other strategies to their course design.
A Quick Guide for Asynchronous Teaching
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This resource gives a quick overview of things to consider for online teaching, from class planning and organization to the ways you can engage students …
Copyright and Creative Commons: How to Find and Use Resources
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A 30-minute presentation followed by 30-minute Q&A. Presentation on copyright and creative commons resources.
Implementing Alternative Grading in Math Courses
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What can a grade convey? In our classes, we track student proficiency in each course learning objective and allow students multiple opportunities to demonstrate their …
Engaging Students with Real World Application of Learning in Business Courses
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In this session, attendees will learn activities, strategies, and suggestions for strengthening student engagement with learning through real life application of concepts. The focus will …
Creative Fluency at Penn State
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A collection of information and resources about fostering creativity and building creative assignments and activities.