Center for Teaching and Learning

Focus on Teaching and Technology: A Regional Conference 2007

 

November 1-2, 2007

J.C. Penney Conference Center
University of Missouri - St. Louis
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Conference Schedule
Review schedule of the 1-1/2 day conference. Register for Pre-Conference Workshops, as seating is limited. You will receive additional information from the instructors.

Learning: Impact and Evidence is the theme of the sixth annual campus-wide conference highlighting instructional innovations. This year's regional conference is being planned by Maryville University, Saint Louis University, St. Louis Community College, as well as the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Workshops and concurrent session presentations will be solicited from among faculty, staff, and Teaching Assistants in the greater St. Louis area.

Keynote presenters include Dwight W. Allen, Eminent Scholar of Educational Reform, Old Dominion University and Charles Dziuban, Director of the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Central Florida.

The conference includes two days of presentations and workshops by colleagues from campuses across the metropolitan region, as well as Missouri and Kansas.

The 2007 program begins Thursday, November 1 with pre-conference workshops at 9:30-11:30 AM and 1:00-2:45 PM. The conference kick-off plenary address by Dwight Allen is scheduled at 3:00 PM, followed by a sponsored reception at 4:30 PM. On Friday, November 2, concurrent sessions are scheduled 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Businesses serving higher education campuses in the metro area are invited to participate in a Vendors Exhibit. For more information about conference events, workshops and concurrent sessions, please check back after October 1 for the complete conference program.

Please contact Cheryl Bielema, for additional information.

Co-hosting Institutions: Continuing Education, Information Technology Services and the CTL at UMSL; Center for Teaching and Learning, Maryville University; Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence at Saint Louis University; and St. Louis Community College.

2007 Conference Planning Committee:

Julie Bergfeld, and Jing Yang, Academic Computing & Instructional Technology, Maryville University; Sandy Gambill and Mary Stephen, Center for Teaching Excellence, Saint Louis University; Craig Klimczak, Technology and Educational Support Services, St. Louis Community College; John Crane, Optometry; D'Anne Hancock and Rhonda Tenkku, Business Administration; Gina Ganahl, Clarence Maise, Kate Moore and George Ruh, Continuing Education; Carl Hoagland, Education; Robert Keel, Sociology; Bill Klein, English; Joan Miller, Libraries; Denise Mussman, Foreign Languages & Literature; Melodie Rowbotham, Nursing; Jennifer Siciliani, Psychology; Jeff Sippel, Art and Art History; Keith Stine, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Mary Fowler, Jennifer Spearman-Simms, Jim Tom, and Paul Wilmarth, ITS; and, Peggy Cohen and Cheryl Bielema, CTL

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