List of Conferences

Forum for chairs to examine the art of departmental administrating through close interaction with colleagues from multiple desciplines and from institutions around the country

"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).  

This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications/distance education.

The Virginia Tidewater Consortium's Summer Institute on College Teaching is in its 36th year of helping faculty at every level and discipline to become more effective teachers. Over the years hundreds of faculty have participated in the Institute and have found it very worthwhile and rewarding. The Institute is unique in that it allows faculty members the opportunity to discuss college teaching and learning in-depth with their colleagues in an open, pleasant environment. Since enrollment in the Institute is limited to a certain number, there is ample time for one-on-one discussion with the other faculty members.

The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education is an international association of individual teacher educators, and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development.

In exploring the conceptions of our profession and how institutional directions shape our practice in diverse landscapes, we invite you to explore the following questions: How do the strategic priorities of our institutions shape our approach to educational development? What are our roles in shaping institutional priorities? What should they be? How do we position ourselves in our institutions to influence strategic decision-making about teaching and learning? On the spectrum of responsibilities from meeting the learning needs of individual teachers to facilitating institutional change, how do we reconcile the tensions that the expanding roles of educational development specialists can create? As institutional directions move to a greater focus on assessment of teaching performance, institutional accountability, e-learning and m-learning, how are the roles of educational developers, instructional designers, and curriculum specialists changing? To what degree to we want to harness these trends to shape how our profession is conceptualized?

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 EdTechTeacher Learning Futures Summit will bring together educators from around the world for three days of workshops and conference sessions dedicated to exploring the future of learning.

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.

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 NW eLearning Conference provides a forum for faculty, staff and administrators to share and discuss strategies and issues related to all aspects of eLearning, including web-enhanced and hybrid instruction.   It's not just for online! 

The 2014 Teaching Professor Technology Conference will examine the technologies that are changing the way teachers teach and learners learn while giving special emphasis to the pedagogically effective ways you can harness these new technologies in your courses and on your campus. The three-day conference will bring together faculty, instructional designers, faculty developers, educational technology leaders, and other higher education professionals interested in learning more about how technology is altering the learning environment. - See more at: http://www.facultyfocus.com/conferences/tech-conference/?ET=facultyfocus:e48:348655a:&st=email&campaign=FF140609#sthash.1RdPKUZK.dpuf

This year's Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning (DCUTL) will explore the integration of learning technologies to foster deep learning in courses and programs and will provide opportunities to discuss how such approaches will continue to influence the higher education landscape. The conference will feature a plenary address by Dr. Norm Vaughan, Professor at Mount Royal University's Faculty of Teaching and Learning and one of Canada's leading experts on blended learning and the effective integration of technology in higher education learning environments.  Dr. Vaughan will be speaking on "The Effective Integration of Blended Learning in Courses and Programs".

Conference Goal The Conference goal is to provide programs that specifically address the administrative and academic needs of post-secondary leaders, develop the skills required for effective leadership, and maximize the opportunity for conference participants to interact with each other. Who Should Attend Educational leaders at all levels, including, Chairs, Managers, Administrators, Faculty, Directors, Deans, and individuals focused on developing and honing your own leadership capabilities and those of individuals in your organization. Conference Highlights The Chair Academy conference is an exceptional forum for participants to meet and share ideas, issues, and challenges with colleagues from other post-secondary organizations worldwide. Participants can gain important knowledge and tools for leadership roles within their organizations. Particpants will have the opportunity to listen an inspiring lineup of cutting-edge education researchers and world renowned speakers. Empower yourself personally, professionally, and organizationally.

The three-day conference will bring together faculty, instructional designers, faculty developers, educational technology leaders, and other higher education professionals interested in learning more about how technology is altering the learning environment. The Teaching Professor Technology Conference will include sessions on: Blended or Flipped Courses Online Learning Technology in Face-to-Face Courses Social Media, Mobile Learning, and Apps

CIC offers the annual Workshops for Department and Division Chairs to strengthen leadership at the departmental level. The workshops are designed to serve both experienced and new chairs of departments or divisions at independent colleges and universities. Campuses are encouraged to send several department or division chairs to the workshop so that they can support one another in instituting change upon return to campus and develop stronger working relationships among institutional chairs.

For those who are passionate about the art and science of teaching, The Teaching Professor Conference, now in its eleventh year, is a three-day conference dedicated to excellence in pedagogy. It brings together hundreds of faculty members from campuses nationally and internationally to: Explore the newest ideas in teaching and learning Hear the latest research Discuss the state of today's changing classroom Network with likeminded individuals who care about teaching and learning

The International Lilly Conference on College Teaching is one of the nation's most renowned conferences presenting the scholarship of teaching and learning. For over thirty years, teacher-scholars from across the U.S. and internationally have gathered annually the weekend before Thanksgiving to share innovative pedagogies and discuss questions, challenges, and insights about teaching and learning.

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.