Innovating teaching and learning
A nexus for scholars, artists, designers, practitioners, and community members who share a common interest in learning and teaching through the arts.
The Center for Pedagogy in Arts and Design (C-PAD) is a cross-disciplinary center whose goal is to advance arts and design pedagogies, research, and professional development applicable to learning and teaching in all disciplines.
C-PAD is a partnership between the College of Arts and Architecture and Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State (TLT). We support our mission through a program for faculty Innovators in Residence, Discovery Grants for research, and an annual Teaching Award to reward excellence in pedagogy.
The Community Arena re-envisions the C-PAD Academy as an ongoing series of smaller engagements designed to facilitate events for community growth, professional development opportunities for A&A educators and graduate students. The program will feature monthly teaching and learning topics, a resource sharing initiative, drop-in sessions for the online graduate teaching practicum, and surveying of all instructors across the College to access their needs, interests, and engagement preferences. Discussion with local unit leaders will also help inform our understanding of additional support we can provide. We look forward to growing and evolving with our A&A Community.
