(in alphabetical order)
Dutton Institute Faculty Development Resources
A collection of faculty development resources, compiled by the John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
EdSurge Higher Ed
EdSurge provides free podcasts and articles related to a wide range of higher education topics.
ID2ID
The ID2ID program provides instructional designers an opportunity to engage a community of colleagues across higher education institutions that share the same passion for advancing teaching and learning. This program is designed to help participants grow professionally through focusing on common areas of interest such as: faculty development, academic transformation, digital literacies, accessibility, assessment, open education, and learning spaces. Program participants are paired into mentor, mentee, or peer relationships and work together towards building personalized program goals that directly tailors the experience for specific professional development interests.
IT Learning and Development (ITLD)
IT Learning and Development (ITLD) provides learning opportunities on many of the technology applications and tools that affect our work and lives at Penn State. The goal of this group is to facilitate teaching and learning with technology to enhance the productivity and efficiency of Penn State’s workforce, as well as to provide professional and personal development opportunities to Penn State students, faculty, and staff.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is an online educational platform that helps you discover and develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led course videos. All Penn State faculty, staff, and students have access to this service. With more than 5,000 courses and personalized recommendations, you can discover, complete, and track courses related to your field and interests. You can also choose to add these courses and related skills to your LinkedIn profile once you’ve completed them.
Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
The Schreyer Institute helps faculty and staff to use effective teaching methods, engage all students in the learning process, effectively assess students’ learning, enhance the value of teaching excellence, and inform decision-making about teaching and learning.
Teaching and Learning with Technology
TLT helps Penn State instructors take advantage of information technology to enrich the educational experience of their students. Services are designed to support and promote creative and innovative uses of technology in courses to actively engage learners in acquiring and assimilating the core principles and experiences of a discipline.
World Campus Online Faculty Development
A team dedicated to serving the professional development needs of faculty teaching online, face-to-face, and every combination in between. A particularly popular program is the Certificate for Online Teaching.
Conferences and Events
- Penn State’s TLT Symposium (free)
- Penn State’s Learning Design Summer Camp (free)
- Online Learning Consortium (Penn State is a member institution)
- Educause (Penn State is a member institution)
- UPCEA (Penn State is a member institution)
- AECT
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