List of Conferences

"Okanagan Campus, 8th Annual Learning Conference Scholarly Approaches: Evidence-Informed Teaching and Learning May 2 and 3, 2012, Kelowna, British Columbia"

"Learning analytics (LA) is the collection and analysis of data associated with student learning. The analysis of this data, coming from a variety of sources like the LMS, the library, and the student information system, helps us observe and understand learning behaviors in order to enable appropriate interventions. The reports that an LA application generates can be helpful for instructors (regarding student activities and progress), for students (regarding their progress), and for administrators (regarding course and degree completion data). LA applications help instructors monitor student progress, students evaluate their own performance, and administrators track course and degree completion. Although still emergent, learning analytics is a rapidly expanding area of research and a practice worthy of exploration."

"Psychology, Emotion, and the Human Sciences Psychology, Emotion, and the Human Sciences A Symposium at the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario Canada 20th to 21st of April, 2012. Call for Papers Deadline 1 November 2011 In Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions [Cambridge, 1999], Jon Elster argues that "with an important subset of the emotions [for example, regret, relief, envy, malice, pity, indignation, ...] we can learn more from moralists, novelists, and playwrights than from the cumulative findings of scientific psychology." Elster then explores the work of both ancient and early modern moral philosophers in order to substantiate his argument. This symposium will explore Elster's assertions: what can contemporary 'scientific psychology,' barely 150 years old, teach us about the emotions that early modern literary and philosophical inquiry cannot? Does psychology [of various sorts] deserve its status as the discipline of feeling? What can contemporary philosophical work teach us about feeling and emotion? Are there viable ways of bringing historical and contemporary emotional inquiry into contact? What insight can various forms of inquiry bring to the increasingly prominent issue of affective education [the education of emotions, dispositions, and values]? What is the status of emotional inquiry across disciplines? Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are invited by scholars engaged in the history of psychology, contemporary psychology and sociology, philosophy, literary studies, the history of emotion, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and informal logic and argumentation. Maximum 500 word abstracts should be sent by 1 November 2011 to spender@uwindsor.ca. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to, the following: - rhetoric and the emotions - emotion and informal logic - argument and emotion - affective education - emotion in the classroom - the history of psychology - neuroscience and emotion - the passio

"October 27 & 28 Diversifying Blended Learning: Diverse learners, needs, and approaches in a cost-effective environment REGISTER NOW! The conference will be hosted by the University of Guelph at: Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre, 700 Hespeler Rd, Cambridge, ON N3H 5L8 "

"EdMedia 2012 - World Conference on Educational Media and Technology Denver, CO, USA: June 26 - June 29, 2012 Lisbon The EdMedia World Conference on Educational Media and Technology is an international conference, organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). 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."

"Mobile Learning Developer's Conference, Oct 5-7 2011 mLearning DevCon's focus is on mobile learning development, not just theory. Learn about mobile learning technologies, how to overcome barriers in development and tools that can help accomplish what you need. Whether you work in government, academic, corporate or just want to learn more about the future of training, mLearning DevCon will offer more useful and relevant information than any other mobile learning conference. Don't just memorize terms or jot down the experiences of someone else- learn whether or not mobile learning is right for your organization and, if so, how to actually create mobile learning content. "

SITE 2012 is the 23rd annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. Join with 1,200+ colleagues from over 50 countries in Austin, Texas! This society represents 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. SITE is a society of AACE. The SITE Conference is designed for: Teacher educators in ALL disciplines Computer technology coordinators K-12 administrators & school leaders Teachers Curriculum developers Principals All interested in improving education through technology

"October 17 - 21, 2011 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort Proposal Submission Guide & Form Invitation E-Learn 2011 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education is an international conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and co-sponsored by the International Journal on E-Learning."

"We cordially invite you to participate in the 36th Annual POD Conference to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on October 26-30, 2011. This year's conference is a collaborative endeavor between POD and the Historically Black Colleges & Universities Faculty Development Network (HBCUFDN). This partnership-enriched by each organization's long-standing traditions and thoughtful, dedicated members-signifies our commitment to diversity and recognizes its central role in faculty, professional, and organizational development. With this year's conference theme-Create * Collaborate * Engage-we both invite and challenge our POD and HBCUFDN colleagues to work side-by-side to create new ideas and ways of thinking, to collaborate innovatively across traditional boundaries, and to engage each other and the broader higher education community in meaningful and sustainable dialogues and activities. The questions we explore may not be new, but they are questions worth reconsidering through a new, composite lens: How can we rethink our organizational structures so we work smarter in tough economic times, meet the needs of a rapidly changing student body, and keep our faculty colleagues up to speed-all without sacrificing those aspects of the academy we hold most dear? How do we create, assess, and disseminate world-class faculty and organizational development programs? How can we foster collaboration at a nationwide level, as well as in our own departments and across professional organizations? How do we best teach, develop, and support the next generation of faculty and faculty developers? How can we help faculty members engage their students and institutions, and, maybe more importantly, how do we engage with the myriad stakeholders who influence and affect the work we do, including students, faculty, administr"

Engaging Difference: Diverse Women in STEM Building Careers, Creating Alliances August 4 & 5, 2011 Charlottesville, VA · Strengthen the Skills You Need to Navigate an Academic Career · Connect with Other Academic Women in STEM Complete workshop descriptions and registration available online: www.virginia.edu/ead/

"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"

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"2012 Annual Conference ePortfolios as a Catalyst for Connections: Celebrating the Curious, Creative and Capable Learner"

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"A conference devoted to the purposeful, strategic and comprehensive approach to blended teaching and learning 2012 Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference and Workshop: Perfecting the Blend April 23-24, 2012 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee - Milwaukee, Wisconsin"

"Research on Teaching and Learning: Integrating Practices December 7-8, 2011 McMaster University || Hamilton, ON This annual conference is an opportunity for individuals interested in scholarship pertaining to post-secondary teaching and learning to connect across disciplines and institutions, and to exchange ideas and research findings. This conference will appeal to educators interested in sharing and discovering the latest research on teaching and learning in higher education We look forward to meeting you on December 7th - 8th 2011."

"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 Conference has become a teaching retreat as well as a conference. Deans and chief academic officers often support the attendance of faculty teams at Lilly as recognition for outstanding faculty and for faculty development, and institutions planning Teaching and Learning Centers have found the Conference an effective way to meet and "scout" exceptional teacher-scholars. Miami University, with its timeless Georgian architecture and beautiful wooded areas, makes an attractive location for learning."

"CONFERENCE DATE: October 13, 2011 Join our online conference for inspirational insights and practical ideas to benefit your classroom practice. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection! Join just one or any number of the sessions listed below. All sessions are live with Question & Answer time included. Register today! To learn how the online conference works, click the Learn More tab. To register, click the Register tab. After you have registered, you will receive an email from GoToMeeting containing the conference link and other information you will need to join the conference. If you do not receive this email within 24 hours, please check your SPAM filter or Junk Mail folder, or contact jean-pierre.dufresne@pearson.com for assistance."

"CONFERENCE DATE: October 12, 2011 Join our online conference for inspirational insights and practical ideas that can help you discover new directions for your teaching. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection! Join just one or any number of the sessions listed below. All sessions are live with Question & Answer time included. Register today! To learn how the online conference works, please read "Learn More." After registering at the link above, you will receive an email from GoToMeeting with the conference link and other info you will need to join us on October 12th. If you do not receive this email, please check your email software's SPAM filter for the message, or contact jean-pierre.dufresne@pearson.com for assi"

This online - free - conference includes some good general sessions about teaching and learning online as well.

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.