Services
The Center for Teaching Excellence provides personalized and collective opportunities for faculty to learn effective teaching practices, explore educational technologies, and to partner with instructional designers to create high-quality, engaging courses.
Consultations
Discuss your teaching and learning needs with a member of our team.
Course Design
Design new courses or revise existing courses with an instructional designer.
Course Review
Partner with the Center to review your course for a refresh, accessibility, or other learning needs.
Faculty Development
Learn how to strengthen your teaching skills and to promote learning.
Instructional Support
Find support for instructional technology, assessments, student data, and more.
Instructional Technology
Integrate technology into your courses to encourage active student learning.
Multimedia
Enhance your courses by developing engaging multimedia and custom visuals.
Program Assessment
Collaborate with the Center to ensure a strong program assessment.
Student Surveys
Intepret your students’ feedback and identify strategies for strengthening student engagement.
Syllabus Support
Create a comprehensive resource to guide your students through each semester.
Highlights of Our Work
In our Center, we support more than 2,500 courses and their respective sections across all instructional modes for Penn State Harrisburg. We also support more than 25 World Campus courses.
700+ Consultations
700+ individual faculty consultations with faculty at Penn State Harrisburg over the past twelve months.
250+ Multimedia Pieces Created
250+ individual videos, podcasts, resources, and other multimedia created over the past twelve months.
75+ Presentations
75+ faculty development events, conference presentations, classroom presentations, and other speaking events provided by members of the Center’s team over the past twelve months.
700+
Consultations
700+ individual faculty consultations with faculty at Penn State Harrisburg over the past twelve months.
250+
Multimedia Pieces Created
250+ individual videos, podcasts, resources, and other multimedia created over the past twelve months.
75+
Presentations
75+ faculty development events, conference presentations, classroom presentations, and other speaking events provided by members of the Center’s team over the past twelve months.
Faculty Development
Offered each semester, our faculty development provides opportunities for instructors to develop critical skills for teaching and learning.
Upcoming Events
Accessibility Open Workshops
Multiple Dates Through Summer 2025
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These open workshops are an opportunity to collaborate with the Center to review courses for accessibility and to address any questions and issues related to making digital content accessible.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
ITS and CTE Technology Open Workshops
Multiple Dates Through Summer 2025
Check post for times.
Join the Harrisburg Information Technology Services (ITS) and Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) for a series of open technology workshops this summer.
Accessibility Open Workshops
Multiple Dates Through Summer 2025
Check post for times.
These open workshops are an opportunity to collaborate with the Center to review courses for accessibility and to address any questions and issues related to making digital content accessible.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
ITS and CTE Technology Open Workshops
Multiple Dates Through Summer 2025
Check post for times.
Join the Harrisburg Information Technology Services (ITS) and Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) for a series of open technology workshops this summer.