Category: TLC Announcements
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New eTextbook: Basic Statistics Using R for Crime Analysis
The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our seventh free and open eTextbook: Basic Statistics Using R for Crime Analysis by Dr. Jaeyong Choi, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at West Chester University. “Limited access to subscription-based statistical software poses obstacles when students want to…
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New eTextbook: Building User Interfaces for Modern Web Applications
The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our sixth free and open eTextbook: Building User Interfaces for Modern Web Applications: React Programming by Dr. Cheer-Sun Yang, Professor of Computer Science at West Chester University. “Since Facebook released React as an open-source software library for front-end…
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New eTextbook: Intro to Journalism Handbook
The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our fifth free and open eTextbook: Intro to Journalism Handbook: An Open Educational Resource for Journalism Students by Dr. Michael Downing, Professor of English at Kutztown University. “This book is intended as an open educational resource for beginning…
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Enhancing Your Productivity with Generative A.I. webinar
Recorded on Thursday, April 25, 2024, Madison Steinbrenner and Tom Pantazes reviewed how to use generative A.I. tools to assist with the research process, planning for classes, brainstorming, improving writing, summarizing Zoom meetings, and creating class activities.
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Save the Date! PETAL & Mentoring Celebration
Join the Faculty Mentoring Program and the Inaugural PETAL class for an end of year celebration on Friday, May 3, 2024! Details to RSVP will be forthcoming in April.
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A Celebration of Teaching – 2024
Tuesday, May 7 – Sykes Ballroom Incredible teaching happens every day across WCU. Join us on Tuesday, May 7 for a series of four events to sample and discover new WCU teaching innovations, dialog with peers on teaching topics, and celebrate the teaching excellence that happens across WCU. The day’s events will include mini-workshops, our 9th…
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New eTextbook: Python Programming Made Simple
Congratulations to Afrand Agah, Professor of Computer Science and participant in the Teaching & Learning Center’s eTextbook Initiative, for completing her new electronic textbook Python Programming Made Simple. Dr. Agah’s book, which replaces a $95 commercial textbook, will be provided to WCU students for free and used in CSC 141 – Computer Science I starting…
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Quality Matters Peer and Master Reviewer Roles with Dr. Veronica Wilbur Podcast
Dr. Veronica Wilbur is a Peer Reviewer and Master Reviewer for Quality Matters. In this episode she shares how to become a QM reviewer, what she notices during reviews, and the ways being a reviewer benefits her own teaching. Hosted by Amber Alvord and Dr. Tom Pantazes Closed Captions Research Connection Ron Legon (2015) Measuring…
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Season’s Greetings!
Happy Holidays from the Teaching and Learning Center! To celebrate together, the TLC staff have put together a playlist featuring a few favorite holiday songs from each of us. We hope that your holiday season will be joyous and restorative, and we look forward to seeing you again in the new year! The Playlist
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Faculty Fusion: Hot Topics with the TLC
Need help transitioning out of holiday mode before the Spring semester? Looking for ways to keep Winter class momentum rolling? Register today for Faculty Fusion! Each session will include 30 minutes of presentation from a panel of WCU faculty experts, followed by 20 minutes of Q&A and table conversations with your peers. Coffee and lunch…
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