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The Institute on Project-Based Learning is a 2.5 day intensive workshop where teams of five or more faculty and administrators from colleges and universities will gain knowledge about project-based learning and make tangible progress to integrate those concepts into their own curricula. The Institute is hosted and run by WPI in partnership with the Association of American Colleges & Universities, the leading national association focused on undergraduate liberal education.

"Emergent Dialogues in Assessment"   In the last decade, the higher education sector has been confronted with increasing skepticism about its effectiveness and quality from government agencies and employers, as well as from prospective students and their families. In the face of such criticism, higher education's response has been very weak, as illustrated by the inclusion of assertions that these skeptics should trust us; the production of weak and misleading reports on institutional quality; and accreditation-based assertions of quality based on criteria that miss the point of the skeptics' criticism. While we assert quality in many ways, we rarely do it in a way that answers the central, critical question these skeptics want answered: will graduates be able to function and succeed in the world after graduation?  Colleges and universities can no longer avoid answering that question, nor can they try to answer it with surrogate measures.   The demand answers that are both rigorous and practical is being exacerbated by fundamental changes in student demographics and the way higher education institutions "do business."  Growing adult/returning student populations, more diverse student bodies with more diverse needs, and an increasingly challenging economic environment  will force higher education to be more flexible and accountable, but with fewer resources. In this environment assessment practitioners can play a major role in evaluating and developing response strategies like translating learning into credit (e.g. prior learning assessment), "direct assessment programs" ( e.g. competency-based education), and emergent learning environments (e.g. adaptive learning).  

A unique one-year Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) accredited, non-degree certificate program, inquire is designed for graduate students and instructors looking to engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). The inquire certificate includes face-to-face sessions and online course delivery, providing participants studying from a distance with the flexibility to conduct their own disciplinary studies while simultaneously enhancing their abilities in the scholarship of teaching and learning. A blended learning, inquiry-based program, the inquire certificate can be achieved by completing the following three successive courses: Foundations and Frameworks in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conducting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Communicating Findings in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program participants can expect to ethically and collaboratively identify, investigate, and answer a question related to teaching and learning. The inquire non-degree program certificate will use an inquiry-based learning approach to enable students to develop and apply pedagogical knowledge and skills by collaboratively researching a self-identified question related to teaching and learning. Two mandatory face-to-face sessions occur throughout the certificate. The first face-to-face session is a four-day Action Institute running at the beginning of the first course (May 5-8, 2015). The second face-to-face session occurs at the end of the certificate during the 2016 Teaching and Learning Innovations Conference at the University of Guelph. All other components of the certificate will be offered online.

"This retreat is for faculty in higher education. It is based on the philosophy that well facilitated shoptalk is one of the highest forms of professional development. No individual "expert" can match the collective knowledge, experience, wisdom, creativity, and genius of 30-40 teachers who are actively involved in their profession. The participants themselves are the experts at the retreat! You will meet with other teachers from different disciplines and institutions, engage in highly interactive discussions, share successful teaching strategies and innovations, seek solutions to your own teaching problems and challenges, and much more (see instructions for Prior Preparation about what to bring to the retreat). The retreat facilitators will provide structure and guidelines to help assure effective use of retreat time, but you and the other participants will decide which issues are most important and relevant to discuss. Together, we will pursue a quest for the ideal of the "great teacher." The Red Rock Great Teaching Retreat is based on the seminar model of the National Great Teachers Movement, founded in 1969 by David Gottshall. This movement continues to grow with workshops, retreats, and seminars held across the United States, Canada, and other parts of the world."

This retreat is for college and university faculty. It is based on the philosophy that well facilitated shoptalk is one of the highest forms of professional development. No individual "expert" can match the collective knowledge, experience, wisdom, creativity, and genius of 30-40 teachers who are actively involved in their profession. The participants themselves are the experts at the retreat! You will meet with other teachers from different disciplines and institutions, engage in highly interactive discussions, share successful teaching strategies and innovations, seek solutions to your own teaching problems and challenges, and much more (see instructions for Prior Preparation about what to bring to the retreat). The retreat facilitators will provide structure and guidelines to help assure effective use of retreat time, but you and the other participants will decide which issues are most important and relevant to discuss. Together, we will pursue a quest for the ideal of the "great teacher." The Red Rock Great Teaching Retreat is based on the seminar model of the National Great Teachers Movement, founded in 1969 by David Gottshall. This movement continues to grow with workshops, retreats, and seminars held across the United States, Canada, and other parts of the world.

AAEEBL is the Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning.  At these conferences: Learn how your colleagues are changing their approaches to teaching, how technology can be more friendly and why eportfolios are spreading in higher education. Join the community:  AAEEBL is the only eportfolio professional association in the U. S. Learn the latest about eportfolios:  AAEEBL and AAC&U offer the best conferences in the U. S. on eportfolios in the winter, spring, summer and fall. Catch up on the latest thinking on how best to re-design learning experiences.

Moving Beyond "One-Size-Fits-All" by Targeting Three Strategic and Transformative Approaches: Evidence-Based Learning; Personalized Learning and Holistic Outcomes Assessment Hynes Convention Center  Boston, MA  July 27-30, 2015

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (CTLS) will host the 6th annual "The SoTL Commons" conference in Savannah, Georgia. 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.

The conference theme is "Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning".  The conference offers a dynamic program whereby participants may attend presentations formatted as 100-minute workshops, concurrent 60-minute sessions or 40-minute presentations, 20-minute discussions, traditional plenary addresses, and a poster session, across four days.  Presentations are selected through a blind peer-review process.  Participants are given the opportunity to exchange ideas, build a repertoire of take-home skills that can be put to use immediately, as well as network with colleagues.

The ET4Online Symposium offers you an opportunity to study best practices, understand applications, discover new technologies, and connect to others who share a love for and belief in the promise of educational technology. In 2012 the symposium developed a new mission statement designed to emphasize the innovation and invention that is the focus of the conference: A conference devoted to the emerging and innovative uses of technology designed to improve teaching and learning online. Tracks for this year's conference include Learning Spaces and Communities, Open and Accessible Learning, Evidence-based Learning, Faculty and Student Development, and Innovative Media and Tools. Woven into the conference program and offered within the structure of the tracks will be special emerging technologies, future academics, sandbox, leadership, and STEM sessions. We are also building upon the unconference experience from 2012 to offer again an unconference showcasing innovation and hot topics in 2013.

A Three-day institute based on Ken Bain's award-winning and best selling book What the Best College Teachers Do* (Harvard University Press, 2004), and featuring some of the subjects of the 15-year study of excellence in college education. Institute combines resources of Northwestern University, University of Texas, University of Virginia, Rhode Island School of Design, Assumption College, and Vanderbilt University.  This year's program will also feature ideas from Ken Bain's new book What the Best College Students Do* (Harvard University Press, 2012).

The Leading Change Institute, successor to the Frye Leadership Institute, engages leaders who seek to further develop their skills for the benefit of higher education. The Institute explores higher education challenges, empowering librarians and information technologists to initiate conversations and take action on issues of importance not just to their individual institutions, but to the entire higher education community. Higher education requires leaders, particularly in the information sector, who can inspire, advocate, and advance needed change. The Leading Change Institute's curriculum is based on three guiding principles: Participants learn how to be part of a collaborative community that takes leadership on critical issues. Participants develop the skills to build public will, set an agenda for change, and advocate for needed change. Participants learn by doing through engagement with real-world issues. Through a seminar approach, Institute participants will focus on specific issues as they seek to develop new kinds of thinking to foster collective action. They will deconstruct the issues, craft arguments to re-conceptualize what is happening in higher education, and catalyze action through collaborative projects. Further information about the Leading Change Institute may be found on the What is the Program? page. The missions of CLIR and EDUCAUSE reinforce the importance of partnership, learning, and collaboration reflected across the Leading Change Institute experience.

For 33 years, Lilly Conferences on College and University Teaching and Learning have provided opportunities for the presentation of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.  This interdisciplinary teaching conference targets faculty and administrators.  Participants come from across the United States and abroad; participants represent many disciplines and represent various stages in academic careers ranging from post-doctoral positions, adjunct faculty, new faculty, mid-career faculty, seasoned faculty, and even emeritus faculty and administrators. The conference is centered on the theme "Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning".   Conference sub-themes involve tracks the following tracks:

"Universities are being asked to engage with the most complex student base in history. Is there a more sustainable model of teaching and research in the age of exponential enrolment growth? What are the opportunities to re-envision the academy of higher learning? This conference seeks to provide a forum for people from both the private and public sectors (including policy makers), post-secondary education sector leaders, senior university leadership (presidents, provosts, VPs, AVPs, directors), faculty, administrative staff, and students to re-imagine tomorrow's universities. Location: Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo campus 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON Save the Date: October 20, 2011"

Searchable conference database CETL maintains one of the most comprehensive directories of teaching conferences and their sponsoring organizations. Upcoming conferences are listed chronologically. Click on the links to visit the home page for the conference or its sponsoring organization. Each conference listing also includes links to similar conferences based on Discipline or Topic in Higher Education.

The Centers for Teaching & Technology will host the 8th annual "The SoTL Commons" conference in Savannah, Georgia. The conference brings together people engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and research that helps improve student learning outcomes in higher education. The conference epitomizes that college teaching is intellectual work that is enhanced both by disciplinary scholarship and the scholarship on teaching the disciplines (SoTL) that is enhanced by both disciplinary scholarship and the scholarship of teaching and learning. The SoTL Commons Conference is a catalyst for learning, conversations and collaborations about SoTL as a key, evidence-based way to improve student learning.

Moving Beyond "One-Size-Fits-All" by Targeting Three Strategic and Transformative Approaches: Evidence-Based Learning; Personalized Learning and Holistic Outcomes Assessment

The inquire Certificate is a non-degree certificate program that has been developed for you to enhance your ability and competency in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). With attention to the authentic experience of conducting SoTL, the inquire Certificate is designed to be collaborative and inquiry based.  Upon successful completion of the program, you can expect to leave with the following: Non-degree program certificate in The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, offered by Open Learning and Educational Support (OpenEd) at the University of Guelph Named award in Enhancing Research Practice, accredited by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) Peer-reviewed conference presentation

A Three-day institute based on Ken Bain's award-winning and best selling book What the Best College Teachers Do* (Harvard University Press, 2004) and James Lang's highly lauded instant classic Small Teaching (Jossey-Bass, 2016). This year's program will also feature Eric Mazur, Harvard Physics Professor who won the prestigious Minerva Prize for his contributions to teaching and learning, Mindy Maris, a brilliant new contributor to the international dialogue on teaching and learning, and ideas from Ken Bain's book What the Best College Students Do* (Harvard University Press, 2012).