This is an archive of the ACE Workshop website. While all of the original content is available, some features (like forms) may no longer work and there may be broken links (indicated with a strike-through).
A guide for decision-making and professional development planning during times of crisis.
The Workbook is an online space for you to record your reflections and assignments for the Workshop.
Participants at PSU will be using an Office 365 Word Document (available via the “Files” section of the “General” channel in the ACE Workshop Teams space).
Participants at other institutions should check with their Workshop Facilitator(s) about where to work on their Workbook.
The Discussion Forum is an online space where all the members of the Workshop can share ideas and reflections and build community
Participants at PSU will be using the ACE Workshop Teams space).
Participants at other institutions should check with their Workshop Facilitator(s) about where to access their Discussion Forum.
The VidSpace is an online space for synchronous video meetings among participants (that can also be recorded and shared for asynchronous access).
Participants at PSU will be using Zoom (available via the Zoom tab in the ACE Workshop Teams space).
Participants at other institutions should check with their Workshop Facilitator(s) about where to access their VidSpace.
The ACE Framework is primarily designed for faculty who are readjusting their curriculum during times of regional, national, or global crisis. But in order for the work that faculty do with their assignments and courses to be most effective, it should be aligned with the institutional mission, which should guide policy and structural planning related to curriculum and teaching.
The institutional level of the framework is a reminder to faculty that if their adjustments at the assignment- or course-level are difficult to operationalize successfully, it could be due to larger policies and structures that are mis-aligned with the ACE Framework; advocacy may be warranted to bring the institution into alignment.
The institutional level of the framework is also a call to university policy-making committees, administrators, Boards of Trustees, and legislators that there is much work to be done to prepare university policies and structures to support students and faculty who are learning and teaching through challenging times.
