Inclusive Teaching
Students at the Commonwealth Campuses have diverse social identities, backgrounds, language competencies, and geographical regions. Teaching inclusively can help your students feel valued and valued while giving them equitable opportunities to learn and demonstrate their knowledge.
Explore this collection of resources to help you integrate inclusive teaching techniques and ideas into your courses.
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Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days Fall 2025, Day 2
Join faculty from across the commonwealth for 2 days of Zoom-based activities exploring methods to support students, emerging technologies, assessment, and student engagement techniques.
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days Fall 2025, Day 1
On August 12th and 13th, join faculty from across the commonwealth for 2 days of Zoom-based activities exploring methods to support students, emerging technologies, assessment, and student engagement...
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days, Fall 2025
On August 12th and 13th, join faculty from across the commonwealth for 2 days of Zoom-based activities exploring methods to support students, emerging technologies, assessment, and student engagement...
Accessible Skills Challenge: Weekly Email with Task to Make your Course Accessible!!
In April 2024, the Department of Justice mandated that all state and local programs, including Penn State, must make their web and mobile applications accessible to individuals with disabilities by Ap...
Summer Accessible Skills Challenge
Join the Accessible Skills Challenge where you will learn the core skills to make your course accessible!
Accessible Skills Challenge
Join the Accessible Skills Challenge where you will learn the core skills to make your course accessible!
Can all your students watch and learn? Part 2: Essential Elements of Captions
In Can All Your Students Watch and Learn? Part 1: Video and Audio Accessibility Considerations, we identified three types of pre-recorded time-based media and four alternatives for making them accessi...
Accessibility Checklist
As you work through making your course accessible, you will want to consider the various document and content types that you create. The following checklist has been provided to help you in your proce...
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. Th...
Can all your students watch and learn? Part 1: 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 unintention...
Department of Justice (DoJ) Ruling Overview
Information on the Department of Justice (DoJ) Ruling
Considering the Big Picture When Using Visuals in the Classroom
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. What if a learner can not see that picture? How do they understand the idea? What if the visual is a complex graphic or map? How do learners know what...
Creating a Dynamic and Inclusive Learning Environment in Zoom Classes
This training program is designed to transform your Zoom classes into engaging, inclusive, and productive learning spaces. Learn strategies to foster a sense of belonging, improve student interaction...
Tech Strategies For Active Learning and Intercultural Communication
Our session covers the use of technology tools to engage students, promote active learning and collaborate with Penn State partners in education.
Amplifying OAER: Collaborative Approaches for Expanding Open Educational Resources at Penn State
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 w...
Fostering Community and Engagement: Creating Supportive Learning Cultures in Different Classroom Environments
This session explores effective strategies to foster engagement and build community in educational settings. By prioritizing student connection and belonging, educators can create supportive environme...
Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success
Did you know that the majority of disabled learners in your classroom have invisible disabilities that you can not see? The recommended strategies to reach these disabled learners actually benefit ALL...