The Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology is both an annual event and a year-round online discussion of ways that faculty are using technology to enhance teaching, learning, and research.
Visit the full conference website at http://symposium.tlt.psu.edu
This panel discussion will allow attendees to gain perspective from instructors in multiple disciplines and campuses on the use of Doceri in the classroom. We will focus on strategies for improving your class through discussion and student participation. Each panelist will discuss their use of Doceri, and strategies for fostering student interaction and analysis of course materials.
During the fall semester, faculty at multiple campuses were part of a faculty engagement grant used to promote the use of clickers in their teaching. Clickers (Student Response Systems) are wireless handheld devices that allow students to respond to classroom polls and quizzes. This session will be discussion based. The faculty leading the discussion are in different disciplines and are from different campuses. They will give a quick explanation of how they used clickers, if it made a difference in learning outcomes, and if they plan to continue to use clickers.
Students create public service announcements about societal problems as part of their introduction to criminal justice course. Students develop research skills, focus on local community issues and resources, and produce a cohesive message for the public. Students and faculty will conduct a roundtable discussion of both the intended and unintended consequences of this assignment.
Big Data, business intelligence, educational data mining, and learning analytics are all increasingly on the radar of leaders in higher education. In this session, panelists will discuss the methods and implications of how Big Data is being used in education and industry to support decision making. Panelists will provide a variety of perspectives on this topic, including current initiatives at Penn State, and then open the floor for debate about how this might impact teaching and learning.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are among the hottest topics in higher education today. This panel discussion will include how MOOCs are already having an impact in education, emerging strategies for universities and evolving practices for development and delivery.
