Academy of Distinguished Teachers News
Making Connections between Teaching and Learning
Monday, April 27
McNamara Alumni Center
It is with great pleasure that the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, the Center for Teaching and Learning, UMTC, the Office of Information Technology, UMTC, and Instructional Development Services, UMD, announce a one-day conference on teaching and learning.
The conference is free and open to all interested University of Minnesota faculty, instructional staff , and graduate students. The day will feature keynote speaker Dr. John Bransford. Dr. Bransford holds the James W. Mifflin University Professorship of Education and Psychology at the of the University of Washington and is the principal investigator and director of the Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Center, a National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center. He served as co-chair of several National Academy of Science committees that wrote How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom (2005), How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School (1999, 2000), and How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice (1999). Recently, he co-edited, with Linda Darling-Hammond, Preparing Teachers for a Changing World: What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do (2005). He is on the International and United States Board of Advisors for Microsoft's Partners in Learning program and has worked with the Gates Foundation to develop technology-enhanced workshops that link learning and leadership.
Those interested in reviewing the How People Learn and How Students Learn series prior to the conference can find those publications online at http://www.nap.edu.
Call for Proposals
Proposals for the conference are currently being accepted and are due Monday, January 26, 2009. For the full Call for Proposals, see http://www.adt.umn.edu/conferences/tlc2009/invite.html.
Submissions can be made on any topic the submitter(s) feels lends itself to a discussion and exploration of the many ways in which teachers enhance students' learning through research and practice. Proposals directly related to the main theme of connecting teaching and learning are strongly encouraged.
We Invite Conference Session Proposals in the Following Formats:
- Guided discussion - 60 minutes; intended to be highly interactive, this format invites facilitators to generate a collective dialogue about the proposed topic. Discussions may be led by individuals or guided by panels.
- Workshop - 75 minutes; intended to encourage participant involvement, this format invites facilitators to emphasize concrete application and discussion.
- Poster Session - 60 minutes; intended to provide presenters with an opportunity to display a poster highlighting their project and to talk in more detail one-on-one with interested attendees. The posters will remain on display through lunch the day of the conference.
To Register
Online registration will open in early March. The conference is free; however, registration is required.
For General Conference Information
http://www.adt.umn.edu/conferences/tlc2009/index.html.
Contact Jeremy Hernandez, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Aff airs and Provost, at herna220@umn.edu or 612.625.5652.
Jeremy Hernandez is coordinator for faculty awards in the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs.
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