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Academic Commons Annual Report (2022-2023), Elizabeth D'Angel Oct 2023

Academic Commons Annual Report (2022-2023), Elizabeth D'Angel

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Contents

  • Recap of the Year
  • Jefferson Libraries
  • Archives & Collections
  • Professional Communications
  • Educational Technologies & Instructional Design
  • AV Equipment Services, Graphics, Photography & Video Production
  • Staff Highlights


Academic Commons Annual Report (2021-2022), Elizabeth D'Angel Dec 2022

Academic Commons Annual Report (2021-2022), Elizabeth D'Angel

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Contents

  • Introduction & By the Numbers
  • Updates at the Jefferson Libraries & Library Statistics
  • Instructional Design & Educational Technologies By the Numbers
  • Professional Writing and Communications
  • Textile & Costume Collection
  • AV, Graphics, Video Production, and Photography
  • Staff Highlights


Academic Commons Annual Report (2020-2021), Elizabeth D'Angel Dec 2021

Academic Commons Annual Report (2020-2021), Elizabeth D'Angel

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Updates at the Jefferson Libraries & Library Statistics
  • Special Collections
  • Research Tools and Support
  • Professional Writing and Communications
  • AV, Graphics, Video Production, and Photography
  • Educational Technologies and Instructional Design
  • Staff Highlights


Annual Report 2018-2019, Elizabeth D'Angel Oct 2019

Annual Report 2018-2019, Elizabeth D'Angel

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

No abstract provided.


Annual Report 2018-2019, Jeffrey Ashley, Amy Patrone Jun 2019

Annual Report 2018-2019, Jeffrey Ashley, Amy Patrone

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

No abstract provided.


Center For Teaching & Learning + Scott Memorial Library: Academic Year 2017/2018, Elizabeth D'Angel Nov 2018

Center For Teaching & Learning + Scott Memorial Library: Academic Year 2017/2018, Elizabeth D'Angel

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Contents:

  • About Us
  • Staff Highlights
  • From the Archives
  • Milestones
  • Metrics
  • Programs & Exhibits


Annual Report 2017-2018, Jeffrey Ashley Jun 2018

Annual Report 2017-2018, Jeffrey Ashley

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

No abstract provided.


Center For Teaching & Learning + Scott Memorial Library: Academic Year 2016/2017, Liz Mikita Nov 2017

Center For Teaching & Learning + Scott Memorial Library: Academic Year 2016/2017, Liz Mikita

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Contents:

  • About Us
  • Staff Highlights
  • Milestones
  • Metrics
  • Programs & Exhibits


Annual Report 2016-2017, Jeffrey Ashley Jun 2017

Annual Report 2016-2017, Jeffrey Ashley

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

No abstract provided.


Annual Report 2015-2016, Jeffrey Ashley Jun 2016

Annual Report 2015-2016, Jeffrey Ashley

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

No abstract provided.


Scott Memorial Library: Academic Year 2015-2016, Liz Mikita Jan 2016

Scott Memorial Library: Academic Year 2015-2016, Liz Mikita

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Includes:

  • Milestones
  • Metrics
  • Top Ten Lists


The Center For Teaching & Learning: July 1, 2014 - December 2015, Liz Mikita Dec 2015

The Center For Teaching & Learning: July 1, 2014 - December 2015, Liz Mikita

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Contents:

  • From the Director
  • New Center Supports Teaching and Learning
  • CTL Supports Scholarly Publishing
  • iCE Platform Fosters Interactive Learning Experience
  • A Physical and Virtual Makeover for Scott Library
  • Reaching Out to Our Users
  • Exhibits & Special Events
  • Staff Highlights


Annual Report Fall 2014-Summer 2015: The Design, Implementation, & Assessment Of Nexus Learning Hubs, Jeffrey Ashley, Susan Frosten, Marion Roydhouse, Sally Dankner, Shannon Gahagan Jul 2015

Annual Report Fall 2014-Summer 2015: The Design, Implementation, & Assessment Of Nexus Learning Hubs, Jeffrey Ashley, Susan Frosten, Marion Roydhouse, Sally Dankner, Shannon Gahagan

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Executive Summary

Literature suggests that active and collaborative pedagogies, as compared to traditional lecturing, may enhance student engagement, motivation, retention, learning, and achievement. While Philadelphia University’s faculty members have embraced these Nexus Learning pedagogies that facilitate active and collaborative learning, the built environment of our traditional classrooms, and their associated technologies, have often limited the effectiveness. Philadelphia University began an initiative aiming to radically transform existing traditional learning spaces into intentionally designed learning environments that aim to minimize the physical and technological limitations of some of our traditional classrooms and maximize the beneficial evidence-based approaches of active, collaborative, real world …


2010-2011 Best Practice Sampler: The Theory And Practice Of Teaching At Philadelphia University, Jane Antheil, Marion Roydhouse Jun 2011

2010-2011 Best Practice Sampler: The Theory And Practice Of Teaching At Philadelphia University, Jane Antheil, Marion Roydhouse

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Preface

Every faculty member at one time or another has known the sinking sensation that he or she is just not reaching students. Since we entered the profession because we love learning and love to facilitate learning, blank stares and dull eyes lead not only to frustration, but also to disappointment. Paraphrasing Lee Shulman, past President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and a leader in professional education, it is one thing to be competent in subject knowledge and another thing to be competent in subject knowledge pedagogy.

The examples and ideas expressed in these pages come …