December 2008 Archives

Welcome to the Cybertorium blog!

 

We invite faculty and students to post issues and suggestions regarding teaching and learning in the Cybertorium. To help organize comments, we've posted categories to the left, including a general category for comments that don't fit the topics that we've outlined. Most of the topics came from a "Teaching Community" discussion earlier this year, when faculty and students gathered to share best practices for facilitating collaborative work in the Cybertorium.

We are using the PSU blog site until we find a tool for discussions. Please post your ideas, suggestions, or experiences as comments under the appropriate category to the left. We will summarize ideas posted here for future College discussions about the Cybertorium.

Many thanks to Amy Garbrick for creating this blog and loaning us her personal blog space!

 

Office of Learning Initiatives

Audrey Boob, Staff Assistant audrey@ist.psu.edu

Amy Garbrick, Instructional Designer agarbrick@ist.psu.edu

Lisa Lenze, Director llenze@ist.psu.edu

 

 

 

Sailing the "Cybertanic" through team activities

Date: Wednesday, November 19
Time: Noon to 1:15pm
Location: 201A IST Building

The topic of our next Teaching Community session calls to mind John Cage's madrigal piece: "The ship that sailed in the month of May... sunk."

Although we don't teach in 113 in May, faculty and students tell stories of "sinking ships" throughout the rest of the year.

What are the dynamics to be aware of in the "Cybertanic"?
How can we use in-class activities to keep the course afloat?
What does it take to manage team interactions in a lecture hall with no center aisle?