Previous IPFW Conferences

	Spring	Fall
2007		Learner-Centered Teaching
2008	Linking Advising	Great Expectations
2009	Enhancing Learning	Circle of Success
2010		Scholarship of Engagement
2011		2011 Technology Showcase

The links below to previous IPFW Conferences on Teaching and Advising feature a wealth of resources, including video, handouts, slides, and other materials.

2011 Technology Showcase: Learning Anywhere, Anytime

Friday, April 8th, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm in the Walb Student Union

Mobile technologies and eTextbooks are sailing into the mainstream of teaching in higher education, according to Educause's 2011 Horizon Report. Our Technology Showcase offered the opportunities to try out the iPad and use interactive eTextbooks. Dr. Malcolm Brown, Director of the Educause Learning Initiative, engaged attendees in "seeking the evidence of impact" of the pedagogical innovations that mobile technologies support. Attendees leared from IPFW faculty innovators and from a special Trends in Mobile Learning session.

2010 Fall Teaching Conference: The Scholarship of Engagement: Integrating Teaching, Service and Research

Thursday, August 19th, 9:00 am - 2:50 pm in Liberal Arts 159

Nationally known speaker, Patti Clayton, founding director of the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement at North Carolina State University, and Senior Scholar with the Center for Service and Learing at IUPUI, along with IPFW and Ball State colleagues discussed their experiences with service learning and provided practical recommendations for engaging in scholarly teaching and research around service learning.

2009 Fall Teaching Conference: Circle of Success, Plan-Teach-Evaluate

Thursday, August 20th, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm in Science Building 168

Become more intentional in your planning, optimize your teaching, and fine tune your methods for gathering and interpreting useful feedback on student learning. Join our speaker, Catherine Wehlburg, and your collegues in closing the loop on learning.

2009 Spring Teaching Conference: Enhancing Learning through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Friday, March 20, 2009 at IPFW

Dr. Kathleen McKinney, author of “Enhancing Learning Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” and holder of the Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University, gave the keynote address. Concurrent sessions included discussion of the nature of scholarship, the fundamentals of doing SoTL research, examples of SoTL and SoTL-related work, and discussion of the future of SoTL at IPFW.

2008 Fall Teaching Conference: Great Expectations

Thursday, August 21, at IPFW

Jerry Pattengale, PhD, Assistant Vice President for Academic Support at Indiana Wesleyan University

2008 Advising Conference: Linking Advising to Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship

Friday, March 28, 2008

Marc Lowenstein, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and a proponent of academically centered advising, delivered the keynote speech and led a breakout session at this half-day teaching conference open to all IPFW faculty and staff.

2007 Fall Teaching Conference: "Solid, Sane, and Successful Strategies for Learner-Centered Teaching"

Thursday, August 16, 2007

CELT's spring survey revealed the faculty members' strong interest in enhancing skills and strategies fundamental to successful university teaching: motivating students, developing assessments, and integrating teaching technologies. This conference focused on the building blocks of solid university teaching.

What's New

Quick Links