Our new Talking about Teaching Series Brings the Experts to You!
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Talking about Teaching Series
This fall, the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (SITE) will host conversations with experts about teaching topics that are top-of-mind for instructors and academic administrators. Each session will include introductory remarks, questions from the moderator for guests, and additional questions from attendees, but specific formats may vary.
All events will be held in Zoom. Registration will close one hour before each event starts, at which time registrants will receive a Zoom link.
Click the registration links below or visit the SITE Events page. Email questions to site@psu.edu.
Talking about Teaching during Presidential Elections
Panelists will discuss teaching during elections and address questions and concerns from participants.
Guests: Natalie Hernandez, Sr. Director of Counseling and Psychological Services
Jeremy Hoffman, Asst. Clinical Professor, Public Policy and PSU Votes
Josh Wede, Teaching Professor of Psychology and Faculty Senate Chair
Michelle Ramsey, Assoc. Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences and PSU Voting Modules
Moderators: Mary Ann Tobin, Assoc. Research Professor and Beate Brunow, Assoc. Director and Assoc.
Research Professor, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.
Wednesday, October 16, 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. Register
Talking about Course Disruptions
The panel will talk about how instructors can prepare and respond to course disruptions and answer questions from participants.
Guests: Meg Brower, Associate Director, Office of Student Accountability and Conflict Response
Ashley Patterson, Acting Asst. Vice Provost for Educational Equity
Lorraine Dowler, Professor of Geography and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Beate Brunow, Assoc. Director and Assoc. Research Professor, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (SITE)
Moderator: Angela Linse, Assoc. Dean & Executive Director, SITE.
Thursday, October 31, 12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Register
Talking about Teaching after the Election
Faculty from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence will talk with participants about their questions or concerns about teaching after the election.
Thursday, November 6, 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Register
Talking about the SEEQs
Bring your questions about Penn State's Student Educational Experience Questionnaire (SEEQ) which is administered during Weeks 13 & 14 of the semester.
Guest: Denise Haunani Solomon, Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and
Co-chair, Student Feedback Subcommittee of the Joint Implementation Taskforce for the Faculty
Senate's Teaching Assessment Framework
Moderator: Angela Linse, Assoc. Dean & Executive Director, SITE.
Wednesday, 11/6/2024, 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Register
Talking about Artificial Intelligence
Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Effective and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Instruction will talk about AI and teaching. Bring your questions.
Guests: To Be Determined. Moderator: Larkin Hood, Assoc. Research Professor & Assoc. Director, SITE.
Wednesday, 11/20/2024, 12:20 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.
