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Teaching and Learning with Technology introduces new Faculty Fellows

10/12/18

Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State has named its four TLT Faculty Fellows for the 2018-19 academic year — David Hunter, Kathryn W. Jablokow, Karen Kackley-Dutt, and Alan Wagner. This year's TLT Faculty Fellows will work on projects covering data science, digital fluency, immersive experiences, and robotics.

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Examining the anatomy of an innovative internship

8/9/18

With the help of Teaching and Learning with Technology staff and Penn State faculty, along with resources at the Dreamery, Penn State student Spenta Bamji created a unique internship that fortified her desire to become an educator.

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Smart robot enhances kinesiology and speech classes at Scranton campus

7/6/18

A robotic video capture platform is well on its way to transforming kinesiology and speech education at Penn State Scranton. Previously piloted at other college campuses, including Penn State Berks, there are many uses for the robotic platform known as Swivl. The smart robot turns a tablet or smartphone into a video capture system that will scan a room at command and stop to focus where it is needed.

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Penn State Law launches Legal-Tech Virtual Lab with ROSS Intelligence pop-up

4/26/18

Penn State Law launched its new Legal-Tech Virtual Lab on April 17 with a pop-up event in University Park with legal-tech company ROSS Intelligence. The event, co-sponsored by the College of Engineering and Penn State Information Technology, trained Penn State students on EVA, ROSS Intelligence’s new free, publicly accessible artificial-intelligence-powered legal research tool.

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Symposium returns for another exciting day of ed tech sessions

3/28/18

More than 500 Penn State faculty, staff and students attended this year’s annual Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology — the highest attendee count during the event’s 25 years. A standing-room-only crowd gathered at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center on March 17 to hear the keynote speech by award-winning author, journalist and radio/TV personality Stephen J. Dubner.

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WebAccess redesign retains services with updated look

1/2/18

An update to WebAccess has been launched, which includes a redesigned login page, service list and other pages. The revamp is part of a University-wide initiative by Penn State Information Technology to create a cohesive web experience for all web visitors.

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WebAccess redesign to launch Jan. 4

12/11/17

Launching next month, the WebAccess redesign will provide an updated look to fit with other Penn State websites while continuing to provide the same functionality and links to commonly used services.

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Updated WebAccess launch announced

12/5/17

Next month, WebAccess, the University’s authentication system that protects such systems as University email, Canvas and LionPATH, will launch a redesigned web presence. The change will remove the thumbprint image on the login and service links screen, replacing them with images of Penn Staters from across the University.

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