Join us to learn the benefits of project-based learning and community partnerships. At Penn State Scranton, the teams’ success along with details of the goals and expectations will be shared. The session will focus on the benefits to students including the development of oral and written communication skills, critical thinking, teamwork, and the exhibition of leadership qualities.
This session will dive into the use of portfolios as a way to review student work. Portfolios not only help with authentic assessment of student work, but showcases students acquired knowledge through an entire semester. The portfolio allows faculty to return to student’s work later as they navigate to graduate school or future work and request recommendation letters.
This presentation will highlight the successful initiatives undertaken by two math faculty members to increase the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in their classes and beyond. The presenters will share the journeys the took to use OER in their courses and spotlight OER tools they’ve used or created that can be utilized by other Penn State faculty.
This session will dive into the use of portfolios as a way to review student work. Portfolios not only help with authentic assessment of student work, but showcases students acquired knowledge through an entire semester. The portfolio allows faculty to return to student’s work later as they navigate to graduate school or future work and request recommendation letters.
Motivating students to engage with complex topics can be challenging. In this session, learn how faculty colleagues encourage students to research, collaborate, and showcase their knowledge about difficult topics through self-reflective and shared learning strategies.
Join us for a panel session where faculty participating in the summer 2024 prompt challenge will discuss their experiences in using Microsoft Copilot. Copilot is Microsoft’s generative AI-powered assistant.
Join us for the plenary session in which recipients of both the George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching Award and the Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching will discuss their use of effective, active, and engaging pedagogy, their passion for teaching and students’ learning, and their approaches to teaching and learning activities.
This presentation explores the development of a retrieval-augmented chatbot leveraging advanced language models to streamline university communication by accurately retrieving specific information from Canvas courses. Additionally, we introduce the PROMPT design framework, a mnemonic tool guiding students in creating effective and ethical AI prompts across various disciplines.
In this panel, two educators share their creative strategies for enhancing student engagement. Seth Powless (Beaver) uses a flipped, gamified curriculum with application software that mirrors industry tools, providing hands-on learning experiences that boost technology skills and engagement. Fernando Soto (Greater Allegheny) employs Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats to foster inclusive, diverse class discussions by encouraging students to explore topics from multiple perspectives.
This panel session explores three innovative techniques for enhancing student engagement in three academic disciplines. An introductory physics course was made engaging by having students analyze bad physics in popular movies. In an Accounting Information Systems course, students brought real-life or movie clip examples of fraud schemes and discussed how these examples align with the definitions given in the text. Join us to discover how these creative strategies can be applied to your own teaching to foster an engaging and effective learning environment.
Our session covers the use of technology tools to engage students, promote active learning and collaborate with Penn State partners in education.
In this session, we will explore innovative approaches to the integration of sustainable landscape practices and undergraduate general science courses.
