Author Archives: scs15

So a team of us (Dr. Jorge Santiago-Blay, Dr. Cora Dzubak, Loren Brewster, Barb Eshbach, and I) wrote a grant to fund a fall project in a paired reading/environmental science course to incorporate adaptive learning technology, mobile devices, and Effective … Continue reading →

Finally, all the stars are in alignment – we had enough people who had the time/interest to do this, and I was able to get one-time funding for participants so this is officially a GO!!! a cohort with 6 people … Continue reading →

With the help of a Schreyer Institute grant, I was able to attend (and present at) this year’s Bethesda Lilly Conference and it was FABULOUS! I came home with lots of ideas and also contacts for possible on-campus speakers – … Continue reading →

Professor Fred Haag is participating in the Media Commons summer Mobile Media Project – Students are using Ipod Touches and WordPress blogs to document their learning. This is a brief description of the project: I am requesting 10-15 iPod Touches … Continue reading →

Getting ready for a presentation with Dr. Samir Shah (Drexel U. – formerly of PSY) at Drexel U’s Business Professor Teaching Summit Our Presentation website is: http://bit.ly/16SA6mO Presentation Recording – https://meeting.psu.edu/p7j64oxh5nk Presentation Presentation Handout Session Title: Innovative One-shots Build Motivation … Continue reading →

This topic came up in my Learning Analytics MOOC and it is something for people to be aware of – a huge sea change in the power of searching is coming once meta-data becomes ubiquitously assigned to content. The Tim … Continue reading →

PSU’s new Center for Online Innovation in Learning announced a new call for grants – Research Innovation Grants (RIG) and we’ve put together a local team that is going for one!! We hope to submit by Friday and find out … Continue reading →

The John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education   (group that pioneered the work on the First Year Experience, Foundations of Excellence programs) sponsored the first annual Conference on Excellence in Gateway Course Completion April 13-16 in Indianapolis, IN.  … Continue reading →

UPDATE! 4/17/2013 Professor Haag, the students in the Visual Arts Club, and I really got this to work for their Art Show!!! Students recorded (using another cool app – Tellagami) a little 30 second blurb about their piece of art … Continue reading →

Last week, I attended a presentation and discussion for Fred Haag’s Art students with freelance graphic designer, Daniel Kent. Dan was showing his work and one of the things he was working on were “books” – and it got me … Continue reading →

From Tomorrow’s Professor… a good overview of the basic categories of educational research available.. From Chapter 1, Research, paradigms, and ethics, in the book: A Beginner’s Guide to Doing Your Education Research Project, by Mike Lambert. Published by SAGE Publications … Continue reading →

Nobody likes a good MOOC more than me… but I definitely don’t think they’re for everyone… and I hope that we don’t spoil them in the end (as we in education tend to do with many things that start out … Continue reading →

March 14-16 TLT Symposium – Using Stanford University’s d-school Approach to Add Meaning, Build Buy-In, and Encourage Innovation in Class Projects April 13-16 – Indianapolis – Gateway Courses -  attending – no presentation May 10 – Pathways Program Penn State … Continue reading →

Project for LAK 13 – MOOC with George Siemens SP 2013 Recording – https://meeting.psu.edu/p5xe3ht92go/ Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) + Reflection + LA + College Reading Course Thanks to Simon Buckingham Shum,(Knowledge Media Institute of The Open University, UK) who … Continue reading →

Began participation in my third MOOC: 1st experience) Digital Storytelling with the infamous d106 crowd at Mary Washington – awesome! 2nd experience) Statistics with Princeton prof through Coursera – again – super helpful 3rd and current experience) Learning Analytics and … Continue reading →