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Collaborations for Empowerment & Learning Innovative Pedagogy & Course Redesign XII

Conference 2013

Innovative Pedagogy & Course Redesign

Since 2001

May 29—May 31, 2013

Fairfield University Fairfield, Connecticut

Conference Schedule at-a-glance

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

10:00am—6:-00pm Registration, check-in

Noon—3:00pm Interactive presentation Dr. Cathy Burack and Dr. Cathy Jordan (lunch included)

3:15—4:30pm Concurrent session

4:45—6:00pm Concurrent session

6:15—7:15pm Welcome reception & dinner

Thursday, May 30, 2013

10:00am—4:-00pm Registration, check-in

9:00—11:45am Welcome and interactive keynote session with Dr. Mary Deane Sorcinelli

Noon—1:00pm Lunch

1:00—2:15pm Concurrent sessions

2:30—3:45pm Concurrent sessions

4:00—5:15pm Concurrent sessions

5:15—6:30pm Poster session & Reception

6:45—8:00pm Dinner

Friday, May 31, 2013

Testimonials

“Fantastic experience with engaging sessions”

“informal networking across Universities”

“sense of community focused on teaching & learning”

“The collegial reinforcement that there are others who care about students’ learning is always a take-away.”

“each year my ‘bag of tricks’ grows deeper and larger”

“Always a wonderful experience. I have so many notes – great ideas to take back. Thank you.”

“The conference was fabulous. Friendly – informative – supportive. Great use of time.”

“Fairfield has created a community of caring attendees that keeps growing.”

“Keep this conference going forever!!”

8:00am—noon Registration, check-in

9:00—10:15am Concurrent sessions

10:30—11:45am Concurrent sessions

Noon—2:00pm Interactive plenary workshop with Dr. Katie Linder (lunch included)

2:00—2:30pm Closing plenary, raffle give-away

Conference sponsored by:

Center for Academic Excellence, Fairfield University Office of the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs

For further Information:

Center for Academic Excellence 1073 North Benson Road (Library 106) Fairfield, CT 06824, USA Tel.: (203) 254—4000, extension 2876 Fax: (203) 254—5575 E-mail: cae@fairfield.edu Website: www.fairfield.edu/cae

Back after a 1-year hiatus!

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As a Jesuit institution, Fairfield University has a particu-lar commitment to teaching and learning. In the tradi-tion of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, Fair-field faculty take seriously cura personalis, the teaching and care of the whole person. In this spirit, our activities integrate intellect and affect in the service of others.

In 2003, Fairfield formally founded its Center for Aca-demic Excellence, with a mission to provide faculty de-velopment in teaching excellence, and professional and organizational development across the campus. Through workshops, consultations, writing retreats, and other offerings, the Center encourages delight, innova-tion and scholarship in teaching and learning. Our twelfth Annual Conference celebrates and showcases excellence and innovations in all areas of teaching, fac-ulty support and development, the scholarship of teach-ing and learning, and community-engaged teaching and scholarship.

We see this annual conference as an opportunity to learn from each other, to build connections and collabo-rations and to reflect upon the meaningfulness and im-pact of our work as educators and scholars. Welcome to our beautiful campus, and to our time together as colleagues and friends.

Dr. Mary Deane Sorcinelli Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Professor of Educational Policy, Research, and Administration, and Director of the Center for Teaching and Faculty Develop-ment (CTFD) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Dr. Cathy Burack Senior Fellow for Higher Education at the Center for Youth and Communities (CYC), Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University.

Dr. Cathy Jordan Executive Director, Children, Youth & Family Consortium Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.

Dr. Katie Linder Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, Suffolk University, Boston, MA.

Registration Information

Conference registration includes: Participation in all sessions and events Conference materials Meals: 2 morning coffee/tea and light breakfast, 3 lunches, 2 dinners, daily refreshments break

On-campus housing available for an additional fee.

Registration Fees for 2013:

“Early Bird” Registration Fee

(through April 24, deadline strictly

observed)

Regular Registration Fee

(April 25 onward)

Individual $350

$400 Group rate (3 or more registrants from the same institu-tion)

$325

Housing Rates for 2013:

Single Room

Per night

Double Room

Per night

Includes private bath-room, linens, and hot breakfast

$85 $60

per person

On-campus housing available for check-in May 28, check-out on May 31.

Overview Presentation Formats & Proposals

We welcome proposals for the following session types:

75-minute interactive sessions (features a panel or two 25-minute presentations) 75-minute roundtable discussions Poster presentations

Submissions may address all areas of teaching and learning, though emphasis on the following are encour-aged:

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Engaged Teaching and Scholarship

Innovative teaching and learning practices

Strategies that empower colleagues and learners

Promoting faculty-faculty, faculty-student, faculty-staff, student-student, faculty-staff-student, faculty-community, faculty-student-community collaborations For session descriptions, selection criteria, and submis-sion instructions, please visit the conference Digital Commons page: ...

Online proposal submissions begin January 15, 2013 and will be due by 5pm (EST) on February 22, 2013.

In the context of higher education, collaborations are essential to build bridges, stretch limited resources and address the needs of all learners. Whether partner-ships between faculty, students, professional staff, communities, all foster communities of practice. The 2013 conference theme is “Collaborations for Empow-erment & Learning” and will offer strands on collabora-tive teaching & learning, technology, the scholarship of teaching & learning, and community-engaged scholar-ship. Featured interactive presentations include: Dr. Mary Deane Sorcinelli on mutual mentoring; Dr. Katie Linder on teaching & learning collaborations in higher education; and journal editors Dr. Cathy Burack and Dr. Cathy Jordan on community-engaged scholarship and advice on getting your community-engaged scholarship published.

Why a conference on pedagogy at Fairfield?

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Note: there is a $50 fee for all cancellations.