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Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days

Thank you for considering to participate in the Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days. This event will take place on the afternoon of August 12th and the morning of August 13th, 2025.

We are looking for faculty members to share examples, strategies, and lessons learned on a variety of topics. Each session will be 45-minutes with several faculty sharing about 5-10 minutes each and leaving plenty of time for participants to ask questions and share their own experiences.

We will reach out to you this summer with additional information as we form the event schedule. While we hope to include as many faculty presenters from as many campuses as possible, we may not be able to fit every presenter in for each session.

Thank you,

Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days planning team

Faculty information

Prefix

Full Name

PSU Email

Campus

Teaching discipline

Your Job Title (as you would like displayed on the website)

Faculty presenters will be grouped with other faculty presenting on similar topics. Each faculty will present for 5-10 minutes followed by an open discussion with participants. Please select the general theme that your topic best falls under.

Student Engagement
Example topics:

Active learning strategies
Educational technology tools
In-class participation
Engagement in remote synchronous or shared courses

Emerging Technology Trends

Example topics:

Virtual/Augmented Reality
Artificial Intelligence
Badging/Micro-credentialing
Data Analytics

Assessment
Example topics:

Authentic Assessment
Promoting academic integrity
Grading differently
Providing effective feedback

Grab Bag
Presentation topics that do not fit into the other themes.

Supporting Students
Example topics:

First-generation or underprepared students
Student mental health and motivation
Creating classroom community
Universal Design for Learning
Using Open or Affordable Educational Resources (OAER)
Accessibility

Explain why you selected this particular theme (for example: if you selected “student engagement”, explain how the strategy addressed engagement).

Please answer the following questions to describe what you would like to discuss in your 5-10 minute presentation. Your responses will help us match you with presenters of similar topics.

What did you do?

(example: TopHat for polling)

Why did you do it?

(Example: Students were reluctant to answer questions in class.)

How did you do it?

(Example: Students completed various types of polls and I was able to revise my lectures based on their responses.)

Accepted proposals will be paired with other faculty speaking on similar topics, and will be assigned an Instructional Designer to help facilitate the session. Please indicate if you would like additional support from an instructional designer.

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