Take some time to think about your goals for yourself as you explore the DF curriculum. What are you hoping to learn more about? What do you want to have time to work on? Is there something you would like to redesign or rethink?
In Your Portfolio, go ahead and add a new written reflection summarizing your goals. You can revisit and edit these as your work in this module progresses!
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Everything is too much right now: from the climate (more wildfires in Canada) to politics (Trump admin’s crackdown on protests in LA) to higher ed
Overall Goal: Modify existing 5-week interdisciplinary curriculum for HHP Intro courses (Intro to PE, Intro to AHS, Intro to Ex Sci) based on student feedback
I am excited to be in DF this summer! I needed a spark back in my teaching and feel positive energy when exploring the DF
I started teaching about 15 years ago. Â It was my second, or third, or even fourth if you count my first job out of college
What are you hoping to learn more about? I am hoping to learn about student-led and emergent learning experiences, and project-based learning. What do you
I would like to infuse more visuals into all of my courses. This is not something that comes naturally/easily for me–so I am curious about
News of the ‘Death of the Humanities’ at PSU (and elsewhere) is greatly exaggerated. In the broad scope, what higher education has seen over the
The three values I listed were: Fun – Enjoyment- Pleasure (I want students to genuinely look forward to the 100 minutes they spend with me
5/21/25: Day 1 of Designing Forward Activity: Review a syllabus and consider if your values are articulated in its design. Reflect on what you are
Weaving our Syllabus with Values A Design Forward activity on 5/21/25 The three values I chose to emphasize for today are Enjoyment, Relevancy, Flexibility. Enjoyment:
“Design Bites” are a special kind of portfolio post. They’re an opportunity for us to share practical design ideas that we’ve tried or are planning to try. As DF participants add more Bites, we will assemble a library of these that will be searchable by type, tags, and modules.
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