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Learning Styles, 21st Century Skills and Media Commons

by Carla Rapp Traveling Media Consultant cmr38@psu.edu I have always been interested in exploring different learning styles. No two people learn the same way. Some of us learn through listening or visualization, or by doing and experiencing. Often people learn best by...

MAKEiT 2015 – In Review

by Graham BergMedia Commons Consultantgrb16@psu.edu MAKEiT was about thinking collaboratively with colleagues and students, learning through making and creating solutions using innovative new tools and practices. 80 faculty and staff attendees from 10 campuses,...

6 Apps To Take Your Mobile Photos From Good to Great

by Kristen McAuley Media Commons Consultant kem361@psu.edu Smartphones grant access to thousands of apps that can take amateur photography to a new level. Mobile apps can be used to edit photos in similar ways as high-end software, like Photoshop. If you like using...
Fall 2015 Report

Fall 2015 Report

Fall 2015 Report Happy 2016 – and a warm welcome to the Spring semester! Along with the activity that always comes with the start of a new term, we have been taking a close look at the previous semester, hoping to gain some insights that can help us as we move...

New Students Page Makes Getting to “Done” Easier Than Ever

A recent overhaul of our Students page for the Spring 2016 semester has made finding just the resources you need at each stage of a media assignment even simpler than before. Like the prior version of this tool, the Students page is broken down into color-coded...