ETS Engagement Project

The Faculty Engagement Initiative was designed to give faculty an opportunity to work with ETS staff to explore emerging technologies that have the potential to impact teaching and learning at Penn State. Throughout the year, new technologies will be selected for further investigation, and a Call for Proposals will be made for a limited number of projects. Once a proposal is accepted, TLT staff time and facilities will be dedicated to the development and successful implementation of the project.

By combining ideas and innovative spirit with expertise in academic thought, we can work collaboratively to appropriately apply emerging technologies for teaching and learning. Currently ETS is seeking faculty and students who would be interested in working with us in the following areas:

• Blogs at Penn State - We are interested in collaboratively exploring novel uses of blogs particularly in the areas of blogs for teaching, personal content management, research, and portfolio creation/management. We also very interested in using the Blogs at Penn State as an eLearning design, development, and delivery platform.
• Podcasts at Penn State - We are interested in collaboratively exploring novel uses of podcasts to support teaching, study practice, and outreach. We are also interested in working to utilize podcasts and the Blogs at Penn State in a mashed up environment.
• Social Ratings and Content Aggregation - We are interested in collaboratively exploring how aggregation and social ratings can impact teaching and learning.
• Serious Game and Virtual Worlds - We are interested in collaboratively exploring novel uses of games for teaching and learning purposes. As a component of this, we are interested in working to establish learning environments within virtual worlds.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Cole Camplese, ETS Director. Below you will find some of the outcomes from the ETS Engagement Initiative. Clicking the title of any of the projects below will provide more details.