by Jamie Oberdick | Mar 22, 2012 | Video Archive
Keynote Jane McGonigal Our speaker this year was Jane McGonigal, director of game research and development at the Institute for the Future, a nonprofit futures research group based in Palo Alto, California, and creative director at SocialChocolate.com, a game...
by Jamie Oberdick | Mar 27, 2011 | Previous Speakers
Symposium Theme: Community Engagement and the Culture of Teaching and Learning Our keynote speaker for 2011 was Clay Shirky, distinguished writer in Residence, Arthur L. Carter Journalism School, New York University and Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and...
by Jamie Oberdick | Mar 22, 2011 | Video Archive
Keynote Clay Shirky Our keynote speaker this year was Clay Shirky, writer, consultant, and teacher on new technology and social media. Clay is a provocative new voice on all things Internet: social networks and media, economics and culture, connected communities, and...
by Jamie Oberdick | Mar 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
When many think of large enrollment classes, they think of monotonous lectures given to bored students who are not engaged and are just going through the motions. However, Sam Richards, senior lecturer in sociology, challenges that idea. If you know Richards, you know...
by Jamie Oberdick | Mar 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
The second in our series of Symposium Stories, brief podcast previews of Symposium sessions, is with Davis Shaver. Photo by Stefan Choquette Davis is an undergraduate liberal arts student and creator of the Penn State newsblog Onward State. Davis is part of a panel...
