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Schreyer Institute
for Teaching Excellence
301 Rider Building
227 West Beaver Avenue
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-8681
Fax: (814) 865-8659

104-105 Pollock Building
University Park, PA 16802
Scanning: (814) 863-2802
Testing: (814) 863-8116
Fax: (814) 863-2322

A Division of Undergraduate Education at Penn State.

Teaching and Learning at Penn State

The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is your one-stop faculty resource for innovative teaching and learning at Penn State. Contact us at site@psu.edu with your comments and suggestions.

News and Announcements

Apply now for Spring 2008 Teaching Enrichment Travel Grant

Teaching Support Grant recipients named

Ten Teaching Support Grants from the Schreyer Institute have been awarded to faculty, staff, and administrators across the University. Principal investigators for this semester’s awards are Paul deGategno, Penn State Brandywine; Norene Ferris, University Park; Michael R. Gallis, Penn State Schuylkill; Anne Hoag, University Park; Dana Mitra, University Park; Duarte B. Morais, University Park; Courtney Nagle, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College; Jacqueline M. Ritzko, Penn State Hazleton; Donald B. Thompson, University Park; and Robin Yaure, Penn State Mont Alto.
Descriptions of this semester's projects.

Jill Lane "rocks" at Lilly-East

Dr. Jill Lane, Schreyer Institute Research Associate, and Dr. Susan Copeland, Assistant Professor of English at Clayton State University, co-presented "Using Pop Culture to Engage Students through Multimedia Sources" at the Lilly-East Conference on College and University Teaching held at the University of Delaware on April 17-18. Their session illustrated how to "rock" students' worlds with hands-on, collaborative activities, including video and audio sources, which engage students in active interpretation of rock music. Session participants experienced the technique first-hand through a simulated class and discussion on the effectiveness of this method in courses ranging from liberal arts to engineering and the sciences. Contact Dr. Lane for more information on active learning techniques. View "Using Pop Culture to Engage Students through Multimedia Sources" handouts here.

New Kensington conference podcasts available

Podcasts are available for four sessions of our April 11 regional conference at Penn State New Kensington, Motivating and Engaging Today's Students: Tools and Best Practices. You must have iTunes installed on your computer to access these files. To access, use this shortcut to iTunes U.

Open iTunes U as a Penn State user
Log on with your Penn State ID
Click on "PSU Podcast Shows," located at middle center of the main screen
Click on "Penn State New Kensington Podcasts," on the left hand side of the screen
To play a file, click on the item number at the left of the file name

You will find the podcasts under the tab "April 11 Schreyer Conference." Please contact Deborah Sillman with questions or comments.

Study skills modules, plagiarism prevention tool available for use in courses

Faculty, staff invited to participate in beta test of enhanced version of Turnitin

Attend one of two online sessions offered Thursday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m. or Friday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m. in the Adobe Connect meeting room. Before joining a Connect meeting, please read Getting Started and test your connection with our generic test meeting room.