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On October 27, the CoLab hosted a workshop, “‘Make’ Your Way through 2025” to talk about the role of craft and handwork in the classroom. We spent some time talking […]
- Categories: Critical Instructional Design, Instructional Design
Learn more about the Designing Forward Davis Grant, how you can get involved, and how the program will foster a conversation across campus about the intersection of instructional design and Cluster […]
- Categories: Inclusive Pedagogy, The Six Pack (24-25)
What does “access” mean for underfunded schools? How have inequities in funding shaped scholarship and disciplines? What is the future of education in an ever-more-unequal America? At this event, we […]
- Categories: Instructional Design, The Six Pack (24-25)
What is game-based learning (GBL)? How is it different from gamified learning? What are some of the benefits of using GBL and play in the classroom? In this fast blast, […]
- Categories: Featured, Inclusive Pedagogy
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During this CoLab event, presenters Judith Josiah-Martin (University of Maine, Social Work) and Alison Smith Mitchell (Plymouth State, Social Work) demonstrated how to create a climate of courageous inquiry through […]
- Categories: Inclusive Pedagogy
In September, PSU IDEA Center director, Alberto Ramos, offered two sessions of a Fast Blast on difficult conversations in the classroom. He’s provided the slides he used as a resource […]
- Categories: Building a Classroom Community, Featured, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Aimee Pascale Many active engagement strategies are evidence-based to support retention, learning, and the student experience. Learn about a few quick, easy to implement active engagement strategies conducive to […]
- Categories: Building a Classroom Community, Featured, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Brad Moser During the Spring 2023 semester, I trialed a 7-week student-designed, measurement-based project to reengage my students in introductory physics. This was a big success! I’ve extended this […]
- Categories: Featured, Inclusive Pedagogy, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Jessie Chapman Checking in is a classroom engagement tool I have carried over from my work in professional and educational theatre settings. It effectively uses the first five minutes […]
- Categories: Featured, Inclusive Pedagogy, SPIN 2024
Presenter: Nic Helms How might we design our courses with neurodivergent students in mind? This presentation will focus on Canvas and syllabus course construction, and will build on the ungrading […]