Events

Providing a high-level view of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), this introductory course is for instructors and designers who embrace student variability, strive for equity, seek to implement research-based learning practices, and want to empower students through flexibility. You will be presented with the rationale and research that supports UDL, read scenarios about applications of UDL, reflect on ways you can change your current practice, and answer multiple-choice questions about UDL terms, principles, structures, and applications.

This course is a collaboration between the Schreyer Institute and World Campus Online Faculty Development. Enrollment is conducted on a continuous basis at https://psu.catalog.instructure.com/browse/wcfd/courses/ol-360001-universal-design-for-learning-2023.

Teach to Reach participants draw upon their own teaching or learning design experience and their existing, basic understanding of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to create an instructional activity inspired by UDL. This free, non-credit, and entirely asynchronous online course is conducted in Canvas in four weeks.

This 90-minute webinar will address baseline knowledge about disabilities and the experience of students with disabilities in higher education including barriers and resource needs. Effective practices for working with students with disabilities in proactive ways will be explored. 

Registration will close one hour before the workshop starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the workshop.

The 2023 Summit will take place on March 29. The summit, which will feature both virtual and in-person components, will be an opportunity for participants to share best practices, network with one another, and cultivate a community of practice across the University. The summit aims to prominently feature the voices of first-generation students, whose firsthand perspectives can inform efforts to support and advocate for this student population.

https://success.psu.edu/first-gen-student-support-summit

So you’ve been asked to lead a course that's new to you—now what? This interactive workshop will focus on strategies for focusing course goals, syllabus content, and the schedule of activities and assessments.

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.

For more information and to register: https://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/register/detail.aspx?id=19866

How can we take a more inclusive, accessible approach to class participation in our classrooms, whether they’re virtual or in person? In this workshop, we’ll consider principles and practices to turn our classes into learning communities where students can learn from and with each other. 

This workshop is presented by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Bruff is the auithor of Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching (West Virginia University Press, 2019). 

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.

This is a drop-in virtual working group that focuses on writing about teaching and learning.

Join us (virtually) any/all Friday afternoons for a supportive and productive space to work on your research/scholarship/creative works related to teaching and learning.

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the workshop.

Are you interested in learning more about the research on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility? We invite you to join our online DEI Journal club. Sessions will be hosted on Zoom every other week throughout the summer, and each session will focus on a separate article.

Article: Sun, K. L. (2019). The mindset disconnect in mathematics teaching: A qualitative analysis of classroom instruction. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 56, 100706.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732312318300178

Registration will close one hour before the event starts.
   
Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least one hour before the event.