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Faculty co-chairs largest computer science education conference in North America

The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Technical Symposium, the largest computer science education conference in North America, was held in Portland, Oregon, recently. Jeffrey Stone, associate professor of information sciences and technology at Penn State Lehigh Valley, not only attended the four-day event, but he served as its symposium co-chair.
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New collaboration expands educational opportunities in Pennsylvania

Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses and the state’s community colleges have announced a new collaboration aimed at expanding educational opportunities in Pennsylvania and removing barriers to degree completion among college students. The collaboration builds upon long-standing relationships between the campuses and the community colleges and a shared commitment to access and affordability in higher education. 
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TLT to host Virtual Symposium Lite to complement the 2024 TLT Symposium

Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) has announced that its virtual Symposium Lite will return on March 28, the week after the in-person TLT Symposium. The half-day event will feature four 30-minute, prerecorded presentations followed by 15-minute, live facilitated discussions with presenters. 
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Penn State Lehigh Valley to offer AI course for educators

K-12 educators interested in learning more about artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to student learning will find a wealth of information — and how to apply it in a classroom setting — in a new course through the Lehigh Valley Writing Project at Penn State Lehigh Valley.