Summer Workshops for Scholarly Communications and Copyright with Penn State Libraries

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about copyright law, predatory publishing, copyright issues related to generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and federal funder public access policies this summer. Penn State University Libraries is hosting a series of virtual workshops now through July. Registration is free but required for all workshops.

Copyright in One Hour

June 9, 2-3 pm EST

This workshop provides a brief introduction to U.S. copyright law, focusing on its impact on university research and teaching. This workshop is designed for complete beginners. You will learn what copyright covers and how copyrighted works enter the public domain. You’ll also learn about fair use and other rights that copyright gives to people using copyrighted material. Danielle Steinhart of the Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright will teach this workshop.

Register via Zoom

Generative AI and Copyright

June 17, 2-3 pm EST

This workshop will introduce copyright issues related to generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot and Stable Diffusion. The law in this area is in flux, so we’ll study recent developments as well as relevant precedent on three questions: (1) Are works created with generative AI tools copyrightable? (2) Is it fair use to train a large language model on in-copyright material? (3) Is it fair use to create a new work with a generative AI tool that is “substantially similar” to an in-copyright work? Ana Enriquez will teach this workshop.

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Fair Use

July 16, 2-3 pm EST

Do you need copyright permission to use that image in your article or that diagram in your course? When does copyright law allow use of copyrighted material without permission? In this introductory workshop, you will learn about U.S. copyright law’s fair use doctrine. You will have a chance to apply what you’ve learned to hypothetical questions involving fair use in a university setting, including questions related to research or teaching. Danielle Steinhart will teach this workshop.

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Year-End Workshops, Grant Opportunity, and New Essay by Andrew Delbanco

The Teagle Foundation, a collective that works to improve teaching and learning in liberal arts and science education, offers opportunities for communities to get engaged in their cause, as well as news to showcase their latest achievements. Explore many ways to get connected and to help support higher education in art and science.

Cornerstone: Learning for Living

Do you have a project that needs funding? Teagle’s Cornerstone: Learning for Living initiative offers grant funding for faculty-led curriculum reform and long-term sustainability. The initiative seeks to revitalize the role of the humanities in general education by embedding transformative texts into gateway courses that promote shared intellectual experiences, foster community among diverse students, and connect humanistic inquiry to students' professional aspirations.

Funding is available through planning grants (up to $25,000) and implementation grants (up to $300,000), with applications due December 1, 2025.

Successful proposals must demonstrate strong faculty leadership, curricular innovation, broad student reach (especially among non-humanities majors), clear assessment strategies, and plans for institutional integration and dissemination. A two-stage application process begins with a 3–5 page concept paper outlining goals, key faculty, potential texts, and alignment with initiative priorities.

Visit the Request for Proposals page for more details.

Year-End Workshop Roundup

Check out inspiring highlights from the past year of workshops sponsored by the Teagle Foundation on how to teach transformative texts so they are accessible and engaging to first-year students and non-humanities majors.

Tara K. Menon, assistant professor of English at Harvard University, presented on how she teaches Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: https://teaglefoundation.org/Resources/How-and-Why-I-Teach/Resources/Tara-Menon-on-Teaching-Austen-s-Pride-and-Prejudic

Marina van Zuylen, Clemente Chair in the Humanities at Bard College, presented on how she teaches Charles Baudelaire’s "The Bad Glazier": https://teaglefoundation.org/Resources/How-and-Why-I-Teach/Resources/Van-Zuylen-on-Baudelaire-s-The-Bad-Glazier

David Olson, director of education for Retro Report, presented on how to connect transformative texts to contemporary issues using Retro Report's short documentaries and related classroom resources: https://teaglefoundation.org/Resources/How-and-Why-I-Teach/Resources/David-Olson-on-Retro-Report-education-resources

Meghan Sullivan, Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, presented on how she teaches Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life": https://teaglefoundation.org/Resources/How-and-Why-I-Teach/Resources/Meghan-Sullivan-on-Teaching-Chiang-s-Story-of-You

New Essay by Andrew Delbanco

Teagle Foundation president Andrew Delbanco's latest essay marks the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

"... first and last, The Great Gatsby is a story of unrequited love that invites rereading or even reciting, as poetry does when there's too much music in the words to be absorbed in a single listening."

Read The Connoisseur of Desire at: https://teaglefoundation.org/Newsroom/News/Articles/Staff-Writing/The-Connoisseur-of-Desire

Reimagining Assessments: 21st Annual Teaching & Learning Conference at Elon University

Join Elon University for their 21st Annual Teaching & Learning Conference on Wednesday, August 13th, 2025! This free, fully virtual event, hosted by Elon’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) and Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT), explores the theme “Reimagining assessments: Sparking innovation, equity and impact to promote student learning.” Explore how you can shape your assessments for, and of, learning to be transformative approaches that prioritize diverse student needs, experiences, and outcomes.

This year's conference features two session types:

• Interactive Workshop: 50-minute evidence-based workshop. These sessions seek to engage attendees in applying, creating, and discussing a specific topic. Proposals must include a detailed outline of activities and how they plan on engaging participants.
• Sharing Pedagogies and Practice: 20-minute presentations highlighting a teaching strategy and its impact, and/or scholarship around teaching and learning. (Note: 5 minutes of questions will be allotted at the end of the 20-minute presentation.

Presentations will be aligned with one of four sub-themes:

• Students-as-partners
• Learning technology to enhance learning
• Developing authentic and equitable assessments
• Measuring impact

The Keynote Session

Led by Professor of Classical Studies and the inaugural Trustee Chair of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Elon University in Elon, N.C., Kristina Meinking, the keynote session will examine what current and emerging trends in teaching and learning reveal about a more deeply rooted preoccupation with the purpose of higher education.

Learn more and register for free at: https://www.elon.edu/u/fa/technology/tlt/tlc/