Events

Good teaching involves planning, lots of it and at every level. This online, self-directed workshop, open to all new instructors at Penn State, is offered at the start of each semester through Canvas, Penn State’s learning management system.

Moderated by Cindy Decker Raynak, Senior Instructional Designer, this self directed workshop will provide you with a brief introduction to the resources and strategies that are crucial to good teaching and planning.

Registered participants will receive a registration confirmation immediately, followed by an email within two business days upon start of the course with Canvas access instructions.

The last day to register is noon, Wednesday, February 22, 2023. All assignments must be uploaded by 11:59 p.m. Friday, February 24, 2023.

 Providing a high-level view of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), this introductory course is for instructors and designers who embrace student variability, strive for equity, seek to implement research-based learning practices, and want to empower students through flexibility. You will be presented with the rationale and research that supports UDL, read scenarios about applications of UDL, reflect on ways you can change your current practice, and answer multiple-choice questions about UDL terms, principles, structures, and applications.

      
This course is a collaboration between the Schreyer Institute and World Campus Online Faculty Development. Enrollment is conducted on a continuous basis at https://psu.catalog.instructure.com/browse/wcfd/courses/ol-360001-universal-design-for-learning-2023.

Penn State is a member of the CIRTL network, an international consortium of universities, and Penn State graduate students and postdocs are eligible to attend CIRTL professional development events for free.

This two-part workshop, part of CIRTL's network-wide offerings, is for anyone who needs to explain a concept or skill to students in any instructional role: an instructor, a guest lecturer, as a teaching assistant or tutor holding office hours. The main deliverable of the workshop is to develop an analogy for a particular concept/skill that will make your learners say “Aha! I truly understand what you mean!” By the end of this two-part event, participants will:
   
 --Identify specific content or skills learners in your field/discipline typically struggle with.
 --Develop an instructional intervention (in the form of an analogy) to communicate the mental actions learners must take in order to successfully navigate their struggle.

Part 1 of the workshop will be held 2/8/23

Part 2 will be held on 2/15/23

To register for this event: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIucuqtrzwtEtyw-ErK3hzyblHYaSS9aYWX

For more information go to: www.cirtl.net

Transparency is a subtle idea: What happens when we make more of an effort to clarify our expectations, demystify the steps of an assignment, or discuss with our students what makes good work good, OK work OK, etc.? In this workshop, we'll consider what transparency is, what it looks like, and what difference it might make in your classes and assignments. Participants are encouraged to bring a draft assignment to discuss.

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.

Are you interested in doing research on your teaching practice? In this interactive session, we will examine strategies for aligning your research question with established methods for collecting and analyzing data about student learning. You will leave with a preliminary research plan for your next project.
   
This workshop is the second part of a three-workshop series on the Teaching as Research Framework. The other events are on February 2 and 23. Participants who attend all three workshops will receive a completion certificate from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.

This is a drop-in virtual working group that focuses on writing about teaching and learning.

Join us (virtually) any/all Friday afternoons for a supportive and productive space to work on your research/scholarship/creative works related to teaching and learning.

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the workshop.

Are you interested in learning more about the research on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility? We invite you to join our online DEI Journal club. Sessions will be hosted on Zoom every other week throughout the summer, and each session will focus on a separate article.

Today's Article: Márquez, C., & Melero-Aguilar, N. (2022). What are their thoughts about inclusion? Beliefs of faculty members about inclusive education. Higher Education, 83(4), 829-844.

• https://link-springer-com.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/article/10.1007/s10734-021-00706-7

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.
   
Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.

Have you ever wondered how geopolitical situations -- invasions, political reforms, refugee intake, immigration, and many other global developments -- might impact your classroom? In this interactive session, we will illustrate how global tension can disrupt learning in a college classroom and examine strategies you can employ to make the disruption a learning opportunity for your students. You will learn about how to handle students’ conflicts caused by global tension and how to build a learning community that’s resilient to such disruptions.
   
Registration will close one hour before the event starts.
   
Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.

In this session we will review the characteristics of mentoring, differentiate between mentoring and advising, and identify what effective mentors do. We will discuss how reflecting on our own mentoring approaches can help us communicate our expectations to those we mentor, as well as those who mentor us.

This is a closed event customized for the requesting location. If you are interested in a Custom Workshop for your area, contact us at site@psu.edu.

This is a drop-in virtual working group that focuses on writing about teaching and learning.

Join us (virtually) any/all Friday afternoons for a supportive and productive space to work on your research/scholarship/creative works related to teaching and learning.

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the workshop.

Penn State Lehigh Valley is hosting International award-winning writer and disability studies scholar Kenny Fries, who will present a free Zoom webinar: Beyond Access and Inclusion: Disability in Our Cultures, Our Institutions and in Our Classrooms on Tuesday, Feb 21, 2023 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 a.m. EST.  Fries will offer ideas on how we can best represent disability in education, culture, and our lives.

To register for the webinar, visit: Webinar Registration - Zoom 

For more information, contact Elieen Grodziak emg15@psu.edu.

This event is made possible through a grant by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. 

Are you interested in sharing your Teaching as Research project with others? In this interactive session, we will examine strategies for disseminating your future findings. You will leave with a preliminary dissemination plan, including potential outlets for presentation and/or publication.
   
This workshop is the third part of a three-workshop series on the Teaching as Research framework. The other events are on February 2 and 9. Participants who attend all three workshops will receive a completion certificate from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.

This is a drop-in virtual working group that focuses on writing about teaching and learning.

Join us (virtually) any/all Friday afternoons for a supportive and productive space to work on your research/scholarship/creative works related to teaching and learning.

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the workshop.

Are you interested in learning more about the research on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility? We invite you to join our online DEI Journal club. Sessions will be hosted on Zoom every other week throughout the summer, and each session will focus on a separate article.

Article: TBD

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.
   
Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.

Instructors have many choices to make when creating materials for a classroom presentation. Those choices can have positive or negative impacts on students—and perhaps especially on students with disabilities. In this interactive workshop, we will share tips and resources for making slides and presentation materials more accessible.

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.