Ninth Annual Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT)

Penn State faculty and teaching assistants are invited to attend the Ninth Annual Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Symposium, Saturday, April 7, 2001 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Joab L. Thomas Building, University Park. The Symposium is an opportunity for instructors from all disciplines to share ideas, techniques, experience, and practical advice about using technology to improve teaching and learning.

Dr. Sue Legg, director of the Office of Instructional Resources at the University of Florida, will present the keynote address. Dr. Legg's address will lay the foundation for this year's theme, "Supporting E-Learning, Enriching Learning." She will share her perspective on the University of Florida's odyssey from a learning environment where face-to-face communication was the norm, to e-learning, where regular use of the Web has become the new standard. Dr. Legg will discuss the immediate impact of this evolution on students and faculty and will reflect on the decisions, challenges, and consequences of these changes for the academic community.

Symposium presenters will cover such diverse topics as meeting the challenges of large classes, using wireless technology in the classroom, shifting the focus from lectures to active learning, and using technology to visualize concepts. Lunch will be provided.

In addition to the presentations, sponsors will have information available throughout the Symposium. The Symposium will close with student panels on new learning environments and demonstrations of Penn State Libraries' on-line resources and the many services available from the Faculty Multimedia Center at the Center for Education Technology Services.

Registration is free to Penn State faculty and teaching assistants and $75 for attendees from outside the University. To register and for more information please see http://cac.psu.edu/training/tlt/.

The Symposium is sponsored by the Centers for Academic Computing and Education Technology Services; the Teaching and Learning Consortium; the Jack P. Royer Center for Learning and Academic Technologies; the Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning; the Office of Undergraduate Education; and Outreach and Cooperative Extension Education.