Digital Commons at Penn State

On Friday and Saturday, November 7th-8th at Penn State Schuylkill campus, Teaching and Learning with Technology will be hosting the Digital Commons Tailgate, the first of a series of community-designed unconferences* aimed at exploring all aspects of digital media in teaching and learning. Topics include (but are certainly not limited to) ePortfolio, digital literacy, and design and assessment of multimedia projects, and will delve into both pedagogy and technology. Sessions will be driven by attendees and everyone's expertise will enrich the conversation. Our goal will be to collectively develop a series of best practices which will inform how we all use digital media in the classroom.

If you were able to attend the Learning Design Summer Camp this August, you'll be familiar with how this event will be run. Creativity and conversation are paramount, and the mood is intended to be relaxed but intellectually stimulating. Since this is a Fall weekend we're going with a Tailgate theme, so expect lots of good food, and dress appropriately (i.e. however you want!).

You are invited to attended this free two-day event starting with an optional day of workshops and dinner on Friday November 7th, with the main conference sessions on Saturday November 8th.

You are also invited to help design the conference! Check out the wiki at: http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/wiki/Digital_Commons_Tailgate. Anyone with a PSU access account can edit this. So if you have an idea for a session, or you want to expand on what's already been suggested, just hit the [edit] button.

Please pass this invitation along to any faculty who may be interested in this opportunity!

To register, simply jump to the Registration section of the wiki and add your name to the list.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly.

* Unconference @ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference