Interactive 45-minute breakout sessions should present creative and effective ways to engage students, deepen learning, harness emotion in the classroom, teach with technology, and maximize the benefits of different modalities of teaching in higher education. Proposals should be grounded in the research on teaching and learning, and should clearly describe in which ways you will be actively engaging participants in activities that allow them to reflect, discuss and practice session concepts.  

Your proposal must include:

• Title (10 words maximum)
• Abstract (50 words maximum)
• Brief description and outline of session, including plan for actively engaging participants in the session (500 words maximum)
• Citations/references

Breakout Sessions Will be Reviewed Using the Following Criteria:

• The proposal clearly explains the teaching project, strategy, or innovation
• The topic of the proposal is of interest to a faculty (teaching) audience
• There is a clear plan for facilitating an interactive session
• The proposal is grounded in the research on teaching and learning

To submit your proposal, please click on the link below, fill in your information, and upload your proposal as a Word Document. Please remember to anonymize your proposal by removing institutional or personal identification information (i.e. XX University instead of Temple University) from your submitted docs. You will receive notification via email concerning the acceptance of your breakout session to the conference by early November.

Submit a breakout session proposal (DUE October 11) 

Lightning Talks are 15-minute opportunities for faculty to learn about a teaching idea that you have implemented. The talk should be designed to provide a brief (no longer than 7 minutes) introduction and explanation of the idea followed by Q&A. The facilitator will give the same talk four times during the session, providing participants the opportunity to visit four different talks. Note that lightning talks take place in a small group presentation format at a round conference table. Presenters may bring a device if technology is needed.

 Your proposal must include:

• Lightning Talk title (10 words maximum)
• Abstract (25 words maximum)
• Brief description of the lightning talk (100 words maximum)
• Citations/references

Lightning Talks Will be Reviewed Using the Following Criteria:

• The proposal clearly explains the teaching project, strategy, or innovation
• The topic of the proposal is of interest to a faculty (teaching) audience
• The teaching project, strategy, or innovation can be explained in 7 minutes

To submit your proposal, please click on the link below, fill in your information, and upload your proposal as a Word Document. Remember to anonymize your proposal by removing institutional or personal identification information (i.e. XX University instead of Temple University) from your attached document. You will receive notification via email concerning the acceptance of your lightning talk to the conference by early November.

Submit a lightning talk proposal (DUE October 11)

Submissions should highlight creative and effective practices, projects, and/or scholarship related to teaching and learning within higher education. Applicants are welcome to submit a proposal to present a traditional research poster or an alternative method for demonstrating a teaching innovation (including but not limited to assignment instructions, materials used in demonstrations, activity prompts, etc.). Note that all showcase materials should fit on a 6' rectangular table. At least one of the presenters must be present during the session at the conference to have discussions with participants about their work as they circulate through the showcase.  

Your proposal must include:

• Title
• Abstract (25 words maximum)
• Description of your work to be highlighted by your poster (500 word maximum)
  • Proposals must be grounded in research, include scholarly references, and present evidence of the impact of the ideas presented
• Citations/references 

Showcase Submissions Will be Reviewed Using the Following Criteria:

• The proposal clearly explains the teaching project, strategy, or innovation
• The proposal clearly indicates whether presenters are submitting a proposal for a poster or an alternative format
• The topic of the proposal is of interest to a faculty (teaching) audience
• The proposal includes scholarship to ground the project and includes evidence to support implications and conclusions or to demonstrate impact on learning. It includes appropriate citations.

To submit your proposal, please click on the link below, fill in your information, and upload your proposal as a Word Document. Remember to anonymize your proposal by removing institutional or personal identification information (i.e. XX University instead of Temple University) from your attached document. You will receive notification via email concerning the acceptance of your poster to the conference by early November.

Submit a showcase proposal (DUE October 11)

Keynote Speaker: Thomas J. Tobin

Thomas J. Tobin helped found the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Teaching, Learning, and Mentoring, and he is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and speaker on technology-mediated education—especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practices, academic integrity, accessibility, and universal design for learning. He holds a master’s and Ph.D. in English literature, an information science master’s, and certifications in project management (PMP), online teaching (MOT), Quality Matters (QM), accessibility (CPACC), and academic leadership (Penn State). On Ed Tech Magazine’s 2020 Influencers “Dean’s List,” honored with the 2022 Wagner Award for Leadership in Distance Learning Administration, and one of Eduflow’s 2023 global Top 100 Learning Influencers, Tom serves on the boards of Advances in Online Education, InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, and the Oklahoma University Press Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed series.

Plenary Speaker: José Bowen

José Antonio Bowen has been leading innovation and change for over 40 years at Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Southampton (UK), as a dean at Miami University and SMU and as President of Goucher College. Bowen has worked as a musician with Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck, and many others and his symphony was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Music (1985). Bowen holds four degrees from Stanford and has written over 100 scholarly articles and books, including the Cambridge Companion to Conducting (2003), Teaching Naked (2012 and the winner of the Ness Award for Best Book on Higher Education), Teaching Naked Techniques withG. Edward Watson (2017) and Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers using Relationships, Resilience and Reflection (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021). Bowen has appeared in The New York Times,Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and has three TED talks. Stanford honored him as a Distinguished AlumniScholar (2010) and he has presented keynotes and workshops at more than 300 campuses and conferences 46 states and 17 countries around the world.  In 2018, he was awarded the Ernest L. Boyer Award (for significant contributions to American higher education). He is a senior fellow for the American Association of Colleges And Universities.