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“I didn’t know what to say!”: Managing Your Classroom Face-to-Face and Online

All instructors encounter challenging student behaviors at some point, whether that means chronically late arrivals or early departures; distracting use of mobile devices or side conversations; microaggressions, inappropriate comments, hostility, or harassment (student-to-student and/or student-to-teacher); or some other unwelcome behavior. How we as teachers deal with such behaviors will have major impacts on the learning environment.  This workshop focuses on best practices and tools for addressing potentially disruptive behaviors in the residential and online classroom before, during, and after they occur-- without becoming part of the disruption yourself.

 

Dutton Food for Thought (previously Dutton Brown Bags)

Our professional development series, Food for Thought, is devoted to sharing ideas for effective teaching for all faculty in EMS. Whether teaching "on the ground" or online, participants walk out of these sessions with ideas they can implement immediately!

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Ain't Misbehavin' - Or are they? Strategies for Managing Student Behavior

Proactive tips to prevent disruptions and how distracting, disruptive and dangerous behavior in your classes can be managed. Aslo discussed was how to refer/report incidents when necessary.

Accessibility: Optimizing Word and PowerPoint Files

Devoted to ensuring that your Word and PowerPoint files are fully accessible.

Putting Pedagogy First: 20 Instructional Uses of Video

Exploration of twenty different ways that video can be integrated into your teaching - either online or in residence. Different approaches for creating videos and information about helpful Penn State video resources.

Simplifying Video Use in Canvas Using Kaltura!

Easy ways to incorporate video quizzes, screencasts and student projects in Canvas.

Gen. Ed. Recertification: Your Questions Answered

A panel presentation and question and answer session devoted to helping faculty prepare to recertify their gen. ed. courses.

Creating a Conscientious Culture in Your Classroom

Exploration of strategies and tools for potentially reducing the risk of student cheating in your courses by cultivating a conscientious culture in your classroom. Discussion of current research and practical tools and strategies for immediate implementation.

Take Action on Infractions - Reporting Academic Integrity Violations in Your Class

A discussion of what to do if you suspect an academic integrity violation.

Beat the Cheat!

Strategies for safeguarding your course from academic integrity violations.

Canvas Gems

Faculty and Learning Designers shared what they had discovered to be "Canvas Gems."

Canvas - Get Your Course Up and Running in No Time!
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Quick and easy ways to get your course up and running in Canvas.

Using Copyrighted Content in Your Course and Scholarship!
  • Presenter: Brandy Karl, Penn State Copyright Officer
  • November 19, 2015
  • For more information on this topic, contact Stevie Rocco, Director of Learning Design at the Dutton Institute
Writing Effective Rubrics

Different types of rubrics and best practices for creating your own. Sample rubrics to adapt for use were presented, and there was a demonstration of the rubric feature in Canvas.

Understanding SRTEs

A question and answer session about the SRTEs and presentation of methods for using SRTEs to inform teaching. Ideas for presenting SRTEs to those in charge of evaluating teaching performance.

  • September 2015
  • For more information on this topic, contact Stevie Rocco, Director of Learning Design at the Dutton Institute
Why All This Talk About Accessibility? (May 2015)

Screen reader demonstration and question and answer session for all faculty who deliver content online through Drupal, Canvas, or any other platform.

  • Presenter: Michelle McManus, Accessibility Consultant with ITS
  • May 2015
  • For more information on this topic, contact Stevie Rocco, Director of Learning Design at the Dutton Institute
Creating Effective Assessments (February 2015)

A hands-on training session on writing effective assessments. Discussion of best practices in assessing student learning.

  • Presenter: Crystal Ramsay, Assessment Expert from Penn State's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
  • February 2015
  • For more information on this topic, contact Stevie Rocco, Director of Learning Design at the Dutton Institute
Accessibility and World Campus

A discussion of the process for students, typical accommodations and why they are necessary, available assistive technologies, and how to make a referral.

  • Presenters: Anita Colyer Graham and Terry Watson from Penn State's World Campus
  • January 2014
  • For more information on this topic, contact Stevie Rocco, Director of Learning Design at the Dutton Institute