Jul 15, 2019 | Home Page
At the IMS Global Learning Impact Leadership Institute in San Diego on May 23, Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) was awarded the 2019 Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) Advantage Contributors Institutional Leadership Award. Terry O’Heron, TLT director of operations; Tony Anderson, learning tools and learning management system manager; and Kristen Lytle, learning tools project manager, were on hand to receive the award.
“We focus so strongly on working with vendors who have LTI Advantage standard-certified products because it expedites the process of approving learning tools requests from Penn State’s faculty, colleges, and campuses,” said O’Heron. “It’s an honor to be recognized for our work in integrating certified learning tools with Canvas because it means we’re doing the best we can for our faculty and students.”
TLT, part of Penn State IT, asks all of its learning tools vendors to certify their products within the LTI Advantage standard because it allows for the most secure and seamless integration with Penn State’s learning management system, Canvas. This attention to excellence ensures the best possible user experience for students and faculty, which earned Penn State IT recognition from the IMS Global community.
Currently, Penn State has 15 third-party integrations using LTI with Canvas. Among them are Turnitin, Voice Thread, Examity and Kaltura.
IMS Global is a learning consortium that works to “advance technology that can affordably scale and improve educational participation and attainment.” Penn State is one of IMS Global’s 524 members who hail from 22 countries around the world. The group’s development of interoperability standards for education technology intends to create the best possible ecosystem for integrating products and tools into educational enterprise systems.
Apr 19, 2019 | Home Page
Penn State’s commitment to be a leader in the transformation of education among institutions of higher education requires an evaluation regarding the means by which faculty are provided with the technology and tools that enhance learning experiences for students, including improving access to such tools.
Introducing Courseware, a new online resource that simplifies the process for faculty to navigate through the list of authorized software and digital applications for use in course instruction.
All authorized courseware has gone through the courseware review process to assist in meeting University security, privacy, and accessibility policies.
Courseware is defined as any digital, educational application or software used by students or instructors for a Penn State class.
Faculty can easily perform a search to determine what software or applications are authorized for University-wide use, which ones need additional authorization, what is not currently authorized for use, and submit a request for authorization for a desired courseware not on the reviewed list.
“We made it easier for Penn State faculty, staff, instructional designers, and students to access cutting-edge software and learning applications that complies with University policies to greatly enhance the classroom experience,” said Michael Kubit, vice president for Information Technology and chief information officer.
“Courseware allows faculty to discover new learning tools that are continually being added for University-wide use,” said Nick Jones, executive vice present and provost.
For additional information or questions, refer to the Courseware FAQ or contact courseware@psu.edu.
Sep 19, 2018 | Home Page
Save the date for Canvas Day 2019 on Friday, March 15, 2019, at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. We are interested in your ideas as we build our schedule of events.
What kind of teaching experiences do you want to hear about from your colleagues at the Canvas Day conference? Let us know your ideas by taking our brief survey.
If you are interested in presenting, we will make a call for session proposals in October. We will also open registration next month. See you in March!
