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Faculty Work and Student Learning Conference

  • 1.  Faculty Work and Student Learning Conference

    Posted 10-03-2002 14:54
    AAC&U's Network for Academic Renewal
    Co-sponsored with the Associated New American Colleges
    and Butler University

    FACULTY WORK AND STUDENT LEARNING:
    Meeting New Challenges of a World in Transition
    November 7-9, 2002 / Indianapolis, Indiana
    Conference hotel rate guaranteed through October 7, 2002
    Early registration fees available through October 14,
    2002

    About the Conference
    This conference explores ways to deepen student
    engagement and accomplishment in college, and also probes the
    implications of these new approaches to learning for faculty work,
    leadership, and rewards. It advances the proposition that solutions
    must come from a better understanding of our students and how they
    learn. Using current research on student learning holds promise for
    developing pedagogies and designing courses, programs, and strategies
    that will make our teaching effective. In effect, this conference will
    explore how to use scholarly intellectual tools to enhance teaching and
    learning. Participants will have the opportunity to gain a personal and
    professional satisfaction through teaching and learning similar to what
    our disciplinary learning and scholarship provides. The conference is
    designed for faculty and academic and student life administrators in all
    types of colleges and universities and will work equally well for
    institutional teams or individuals

    Location Information
    The conference will be held at the Sheraton Indianapolis
    Hotel and Butler University. Shuttle service is available between the
    hotel and campus. Special AAC&U conference hotel rates are $109 for a
    standard king or double room. Please call (800) 325-3535 before October
    7, 2002, to obtain this special hotel rate.

    Sessions include:
    Transforming Pedagogy to Transform Learning
    Marcia Baxter Magolda, Professor, Educational
    Leadership, Miami University-Ohio
    Student Panel

    Integration of Research and Experience: Foundations for
    Curricular Design
    Karen Kashmanian Oates, Professor, New Century College,
    George Mason University

    Building a Framework for Institutional Change to Enhance
    Learning
    Douglas Bennett, President, Earlham College
    John Wergin, Professor, Educational Studies, Virginia
    Commonwealth University
    Susan Traverso, Assistant Professor, Department of
    History, North Central College

    Revisioning Faculty Work and Professionalism for a World
    in Transition
    Linda McMillin, Professor and Department Head,
    Department of History, Susquehanna University
    George Walker, Vice President for Research and Dean of
    Graduate School, Indiana University-Bloomington

    For complete program information and secure on-line
    registration, visit AAC&U's web site at
    http://www.aacu.org/meetings/facultywork.cfm .