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2007

Conferences

2007 Greater Expectations Institute: Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement

June 20-24, 2007 | Burlington, Vermont

The Greater Expectations Institute is a five-day, intensive program designed for campus leadership teams working on ways to increase student engagement, inclusion, and high achievement. The Institute will help teams align institutional purposes, structures, and practices as well as advance and assess the kinds of practical liberal education outcomes outlined in AAC&U’s signature report, Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College, such as critical inquiry, intercultural competence, and integrative learning.

What you can expect from the Institute
Campus leadership teams come to the Institute to advance a specific educational change project. The Institute will help you align the project to your institution’s mission, clarify your desired outcomes, refine your planning and processes, and build a culture that fosters student and institutional learning. While in Burlington, teams will confer with expert faculty; explore more deeply the issues of engagement, inclusion, and high achievement; learn from other teams engaged in a rich variety of educational change efforts; and develop a concrete plan for departmental, divisional, or campus-wide action.

Standard of excellence framework
The Greater Expectations Institute curriculum grows out of AAC&U's long-standing work in diversity and educational quality, recently brought together under a major initiative, Making Excellence Inclusive. Our framework rests on two beliefs: that a high-quality, practical liberal education should be the standard of excellence for all students, and that diversity and intercultural competence are essential elements of a contemporary liberal education. AAC&U provides national leadership to campuses looking to develop and sustain diverse learning environments; the Institute focuses on developing the collaborative leadership skills needed to create and strengthen such environments.

For more information on the Greater Expectations Institute, please visit the Institute sidebars or download the 2007 brochure (pdf). Questions may be directed to Nakia Bell at bell@aacu.org or 202.387.3760, ext. 407 .

National Education Computing Conference

Learning and Leading with Technology
Welcome to NECC 2007! Mark your calendars, budget, and plan now for the 28th annual National Educational Computing Conference. Join more than 18,000 teachers, technology coordinators, library media specialists, teacher educators, administrators, policy makers, industry representatives, and students from all over the world who'll gather June 24–27 at the Georgia World Congress Center in the heart of Downtown Atlanta.

Our purpose? To help shape the future of education. How? By bringing together the best Ed Tech has to offer. NECC 2007 is seeking session proposals in a variety of program formats that highlight promising practices for leadership and school transformation showcase the impact of 21st-century learning environments and virtual schools demonstrate the impact of technology on student achievement and school improvement emphasize the ethics and equity issues involved in all these topics.

This year we're especially interested in proposals that focus on technology's role in developing 21st-century learners. What's our collective 2020 vision? How do we carry that vision forward into reality? Can we develop an intentional course toward that better future? We invite proposals that address these questions through the lens of leadership skills student skills and knowledge emerging technologies and learning environments.

2007 LVAIC Technology in the Classroom Symposium

The 2007 LVAIC Technology in the Classroom Symposium is being held on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.
The conference will be held in the Moyer Hall.

The best place to park for the event is the parking lot on 23rd street. The Moyer building is a short walk from there.

Campus Technology 2007

July 30 – August 2

Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Additional information will be online in January, 2007

2007 AIS Conference

29th Annual Association for Integrative Studies Conference
September 27 – 30, 2007
Tempe, Arizona

Interdisciplinarity at the Border:
Creating, Thinking and Living New Knowledge

We are all at the border, a place and time where knowledge is created, thought, and lived through interdisciplinary processes. In this call for proposals we challenge participants to engage in interconnected movements of creation, thought, and life by imagining new knowledge that would change the ways we understand the many worlds in which we live.

In the context of the field of integrative study and practice, we welcome proposals for papers, panels, workshops, roundtables, and posters that address issues such as the following:

Creating New Knowledge: theorizing interdisciplinarity; integrating knowledge; questioning the assumptions of disciplines; critiquing the boundaries between the arts, sciences, social sciences and humanities; translating the languages of disciplines and interdisciplinarity; engaging in transdisciplinary thinking;

Thinking New Knowledge: teaching; engaging interdisciplinarity in terms of the affective, ethical, cultural, and physical; facilitating new knowledge through creative program and institutional planning, assessment and entrepreneurial initiatives; reimagining institutions of higher learning; learning how to think and live at the border; exploring the effects of technology on knowledge and knowledge transference; re-centering the student in education;

Living New Knowledge: integrating the academy and the community; activating learners through experience and service; globalizing knowledge by studying abroad; engaging students in their civic and social worlds.

Atlanta Hotel • Atlanta, Georgia
October 11-13, 2007

Association of Integrative Studies Conference

September 27 - 30, 2007

Interdisicplinary at the Border: Creating, Thinking and Living New Knowledge

In the context of the field of integrative study and practice, we welcome proposals for papers, panels, workshops, roundtables, and posters that address issues such as the following:

International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
October 11-13, 2007
http://www.isetl.org

The thirty-sixth annual conference of the International Society for
Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL) will be in Atlanta, Georgia,
from October 11-13, 2007. ISETL encourages college and university
faculty and practitioners from all disciplines to develop, study, and
apply learner-centered principles of teaching, learning, and
assessment in innovative, yet effective and practical ways. The
program committee invites proposals for 50-minute presentations or
for poster session presentations that reflect these goals. We are
especially interested in presentations that demonstrate practical and
creative teaching and learning techniques based on personal
experiences and/or research that will appeal to colleagues in several
disciplines. Preference will be given to presentations that promise
to model alternative teaching methods and engage their audiences in
activity and dialogue.

The Atlantic Center for Learning Communities Retreat

October 18-19, 2007

A consortium of colleges/universities committed to supporting institutions in the region who are developing learning community initiatives. We are a collaborative leadership network dedicated to enriching discussion about learner-centered pedagogies, and the professional development that supports them.

"Integrative Learning: What does it Mean? How do We Do it? How Do We Know it Works? Why is it Important?"

Location: Passionist Spiritual Center of Riverdale Bronx, NY
To find out more about this center visit www.passionists.org

Like learning communities at their best, integrative learning helps faculty and students move beyond the boundaries of their disciplines to integrate multiple waus of knowing and of thinking for an enriched and deep learning experience.

At this retreat, learning community teams will explore the following topics as they relate to our work in learning communities:
*Defining and Promoting Integrative Learning: Communities of Practice
*Identifying and Assessing Integrative Learning: Looking at Student Work
*Integrative Learning and Co-Curricular Activities: Partnerships with Student Life
*Institutional Support Strategies for Integrated Learning and Learning Communities
*Integrated Learning and Core Curriculum: Creative Approaches in a TIme of Limited
Resources
*New Directions for Integration in Learning Communities: Voices of the Next Generation

This retreat will benefit new as well as seasoned learning community practitioners. Activities include an interactive keynote presentation, workshops on the above topics, a learning community student fishbowl and team time for participants with kibitzers on request.

Educause 2007

October 23 -26

Information Futures: Aligning our Missions

Make a sound investment in your career and the success of your institution—attend the premier information technology event in higher education, EDUCAUSE 2007, October 23–26 in Seattle, Washington.

Focused on the theme “Information Futures: Aligning Our Missions,” the diverse program offers a variety of ways to gather information, meet with peers in the higher education IT community, and hear from leading figures in the field—including preconference seminars; track and poster sessions; small group meetings; and corporate exhibits, presentations, and workshops.

Join us in the exciting and beautiful city of Seattle to learn new ideas, forge valuable collaborations, and discover effective strategies. You’ll meet people from all professional levels, from all sizes and types of institutions, and from across the United States and around the world. Don’t miss this opportunity to recharge professionally and go back to campus with useful information and an expanded network of colleagues.

2007 POD Network Conference

October 25-28, 2007
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Purpose, Periphery and Priority

You are enthusiastically invited to be a part of the 2007 POD Conference to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 25 – 28, 2007. This 32nd annual meeting will offer many opportunities for professional development and renewal. Our theme, “Purpose, Periphery, and Priorities,” invites you to consider POD’s commitment to accessible research, professional growth, and improved teaching and learning.

This year’s conference invites participants to raise important questions about what we consider to be our purpose and what we therefore choose to prioritize or to leave in the periphery. For good work to be done, it is important to prioritize some goals over others, but when we effectively focus our attention on one complex task, we often lose sight of others. This balance between priority and periphery, therefore, raises important questions:

How do we make choices about our purpose and priorities?
What should be at the center of who we are and what we do, and what do we intentionally put in the periphery?
What is currently in the periphery that should be brought back into clearer focus?

We look for this conference to elicit research findings and practical strategies to help make these discernments and put them into practice. Sessions, mealtime conversations, and educational expeditions will stimulate dialogues around these issues as we collaborate in this effort to become more mindful of our choices. We anticipate that the diversity within POD will foster discussion of different perspectives and the opportunity to respectfully challenge one another’s assumptions about priority and periphery.

AAACE 2007 Conference
Spirit of New Norfolk:
Life and Adult Education Celebrated Daily
October 30 - November 2, 2007

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION (AAACE)
AAACE is dedicated to the belief that lifelong learning contributes to human fulfillment and positive social change. We envision a more humane world made possible by the diverse practice of our members in helping adults acquire the knowledge, skills and values needed to lead productive and satisfying lives. Through its annual conference, adult educators can become more effective in assisting adult learners to succeed in the global marketplace, at the workplace and in their communities.

SoTL Commons Conference
November 1 -2, 2007

Statesboro, Georgia

The Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) will host the inaugural “The SoTL Commons” conference on the campus of Georgia Southern University. The conference brings together people engaging in SoTL and anyone wanting to improve student learning outcomes in higher education today. The conference epitomizes that college teaching is intellectual work that is enhanced both by disciplinary scholarship and the scholarship on teaching the disciplines (SoTL). The SoTL Commons Conference is a catalyst for learning, conversations and collaborations about SoTL as a key, evidence-based way to improve student learning.

NEFDC Fall 2007 Conference

ENGAGED LEARNING: FOSTERING STUDENT SUCCESS

Featuring Dr. George Kuh, Indiana University
Friday, November 9, 2007
DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts

Description:
The NEFDC invites faculty, faculty developers, administrators, and student
affairs staff to explore strategies for engaging students in all aspects
of their college experience. The plenary presentation, by Dr. George Kuh
will prompt our discussions and reflection. Join us at our exciting and
centrally located new venue, the DCU Center in Worcester MA!

Conference Format:
The conference day will feature a mixture of concurrent workshops,
teaching tips, poster sessions, a plenary presentation, and networking
opportunities.

* Classroom strategies that engage students
* Engaging students in academic learning outside the classroom
* Engaging students in co-curricular learning
* Assessing student engagement
* Engaging students with peers, staff, and faculty
* Collaborative strategies for engaging students

There will be three types of presentations:
* Concurrent Workshops (60 minutes): interactive; encourage
participant involvement through case studies, discussion groups, role-
playing, etc.
* Teaching Tips (25 minutes): shorter topical presentations
* Posters (ongoing): allow presenters to highlight a particular
program or initiative throughout the day

Visit http://www.nefdc.org <http://www.nefdc.org/> for more conference
information, to review
important submission guidelines, and to submit your proposal online.

Submission deadline is May 15, 2007. Questions? Contact Dr. Susan
Wyckoff
(swyckoff@cowc.org).

27th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching

November 15 -18, 2007

2008 Conferences

INTENTIONAL LEARNING, UNSCRIPTED CHALLENGES

January 23-26, 2008
Washington, DC

AAC&U’s 2007 report, College Learning for the New Global Century, poses several fundamental questions:

What do college graduates need to know and be able to do to thrive in an unpredictable future?

How can institutions demonstrate that students are actually achieving the kinds of learning they need for life, work, and citizenship?

How are institutions structured—internally and externally—to build real-world capabilities that empower students to apply their knowledge to complex real-world challenges?

Collectively, these questions underscore the need for a renewed sense of clear purpose, across the curriculum and co-curriculum. Participants at AAC&U’s 2008 annual meeting will explore innovative and imaginative strategies and structures for college learning—purposeful pathways that clearly and intentionally connect wide-ranging knowledge of science, cultures, and society; high-level intellectual and practical skills; active commitment to personal and social responsibility; and demonstrated ability to apply learning to complex problems and challenges. Participants will also explore the role of assessment in measuring achievement of essential outcomes and in providing useful data to ensure that all students get the education they need and deserve in today’s world.

The urgent need for such pathways, unfortunately, arises in a context of stalemated politics, public cynicism, and a depleted sense of the commons. Restoring creative, collaborative, and democratic commons, therefore, is a necessary pre-condition for teaching the necessary arts of inquiry, innovation, and political imagination. Higher education can model such necessary collaboration between national and regional associations, disciplinary societies, accreditation groups, and institutions from all sectors—many of which are already deeply engaged with such fundamental questions.

Purposeful pathways must be built across and within disciplines, between school and college, and from the classroom to the real world. They will enable students to integrate and apply their learning—at increasingly sophisticated levels and across disparate fields of study. By setting expectations and creating environments in which new pathways for students and faculty can emerge, higher education can tap the creative energy at the intersections where knowledge and ideas collide and merge and applications evolve.

NADE Conference 2008 Boston

Come to Boston for NADE's 32nd Annual Conference:
Developmental Education: The New Revolution!

NADE 2008 will be in Boston from February 27-March 1. Sponsored by LAANE, the Learning Assistance Association of New England, the conference will be at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, located in the heard of the beautiful Back Bay section of Boston and adjacent to two of the city’s most exciting shopping malls.

The conference theme was selected to remind us that, in spite of developmental education’s long history of success with students of all academic abilities, there remains a constant tension between the needs of students and the limits of human and material resources in the delivery of programs. For many students, access to higher education continues to be a struggle, and we as educators play a vital role in helping students improve their lives through access to curriculum, programs, services, and teaching and learning opportunities.

The six New England states are home to some of the best colleges and universities in the country. What better place for us to meet, to share ideas, and to develop revolutionary ways to meet the challenges we face as we continue to deliver excellent programs and services to our students? Come experience the rich cultural, educational and historic offerings of Boston, with its many museums, restaurants, historic landmarks and, of course, great shopping!

So…please come to Boston where you will be “educated, inspired, wined and dined, treated to events that are one of a kind in historic venues that we have selected where we will share info that you’ve not detected.”* Volunteer your time in an area of interest. Browse Our web to learn more about the conference and the City of Boston, and sign up for outstanding pre-conference Institutes, presentations, and poster sessions..

*From “Please Come to Boston,” by Margaret Suby, 2008 Conference Co-Chair

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