Podcasts at Penn State

In this short article from the Sloan-C Wiki website, a faculty member discusses how he uses podcasting to personalize the learning experiences for his students. These are the kinds of activities we see as positive and appropriate uses of the technology. The article titled, "University of Connecticut -- Beyond Lecturecasting: Using Podcasts for Discussion and Student Content Creation" takes a very practical look at how one can use podcasting to extend the walls and reach of the classroom.

The second presentation from the TLT Innovators Speaker Series took place on October 18th, 2006 on the University Park campus. The talk featured Brian Smith, Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology and Instructional Systems entitled Live and Learn: Supporting Everyday Cognition with Computation. Brian spends a great deal of time envisioning ways to effectively use the things we do when we are outside of formal learning spaces to create learning opportunities. Brian's talk focused heavily on those informal learning spaces and ways he has found to tap into them.

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The first presentation from the TLT Innovators Speaker Series featuring Kyle Peck, Associate Dean for Outreach, Technology, and International Programs, and Professor of Education in the College of Education entitled "It's What the Student Does that Counts: Rethinking the Roles of Students, Teachers, and Technologies" is now available for download. This presentation, which occurred on October 4, 2006, is the first of three such talks by faculty speakers this fall.

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The ITS Student Orientation video provides a great overview to new students who want to learn more about the computing resources that are available. This video can also be found at the ITS Student site.

The ability to visualize and comprehend complex multi-dimensional concepts is a constant struggle for students. Pseudo 3D diagrams, computer animations and other visualization techniques help, but they are limited in scope, or require the user to visualize the third dimension in their heads.