{"id":831,"date":"2012-08-20T07:39:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/technology\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2012-08-20T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T11:39:08","slug":"9th-annual-teaching-and-learning-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/2012\/08\/20\/9th-annual-teaching-and-learning-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"9th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/technology\/files\/2012\/08\/conf-tllogo.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/technology\/files\/2012\/08\/conf-tllogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2343 alignright\" title=\"conf-tllogo\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/technology\/files\/2012\/08\/conf-tllogo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Now  in its ninth year, Elon\u2019s annual Teaching and Learning  Conference drew  over 300 faculty, program directors, and administrators  from 40 area  colleges and universities on August 17, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>With the theme of Teaching, Learning, and Assessing in Traditional  &amp; Non-Traditional Settings, the conference provided  opportunities  to look at student learning, faculty roles in creating  active and  engaging learning environments, and technologies that support  engaged  teaching and learning.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-2295\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conference resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Opening Plenary Session: &#8220;How to hit a moving target: assessing engaged learning&#8221;<br \/>\nAshley Finley, Senior Director of Assessment and Research \u2013 Association    of American  Colleges and Universities (AACU), and National Evaluator \u2013    Bringing Theory  to Practice Project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qOEFPmWkCy4?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elon.edu\/e-web\/academics\/teaching\/tlconference\/conf_materials_2012.xhtml\">Concurrent sessions presenter&#8217;s materials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elon.edu\/e-net\/Note.aspx?id=961559\">Feature article on E-Net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference-related tweets (#ElonTLC)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonteaching\">@<strong>elonteaching<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Great article on <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>. <a title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/PrpRMh\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NVdAsDEM\" >http:\/\/bit.ly\/PrpRMh<\/a> Thank you to everyone who joined us for the conference.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonteaching\">@<strong>elonteaching<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Watch Ashley Finley&#8217;s plenary session &#8220;How to hit a moving target: assessing engaged learning&#8221; <a title=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/qOEFPmWkCy4\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/R5EESO9Y\" >http:\/\/youtu.be\/qOEFPmWkCy4<\/a><a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPRI\">@<strong>EPRI<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Thank you. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sameneman\">@<strong>sameneman<\/strong><\/a>: Twitter Rubric from UWisc-Stout <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/d1nZ2\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HcApVhsW\" >http:\/\/ow.ly\/d1nZ2<\/a><a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/innovative_tech\">@<strong>innovative_tech<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/WBHNs\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/aDXTUJQb\" >http:\/\/goo.gl\/WBHNs<\/a> &#8212; handouts from Twitter session facilitated by Paula Patch and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\">@<strong>danreis01<\/strong><\/a><a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekbruff\">@<strong>derekbruff<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\">@<strong>danreis01<\/strong><\/a> I like taking student responses to open-ended JiTT questions and turning them into answer choices for clicker questions. <a title=\"#elontlc\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23elontlc\">#<strong><strong>elontlc<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evmaiden\">@<strong>evmaiden<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Good resource: 100 Ways To Use Twitter In Education, By Degree Of Difficulty <a title=\"http:\/\/edudemic.com\/2012\/04\/100-ways-to-use-twitter-in-education-by-degree-of-difficulty\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/3wsyyXJO\" >http:\/\/edudemic.com\/2012\/04\/100-ways-to-use-twitter-in-education-by-degree-of-difficulty\/<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edudemic\">@<strong>edudemic<\/strong><\/a><a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sameneman\">@<strong>sameneman<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Twitter Rubric from UWisc-Stout <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/d1nZ2\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/4d1y436T\" >http:\/\/ow.ly\/d1nZ2<\/a><a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evmaiden\">@<strong>evmaiden<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Discussions about the value of twitter and the backchannel for large section classes <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/innovative_tech\">@<strong>innovative_tech<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Hootcourse &#8212; a way to restrict hashtags to a specific group of students. Will def need to investigate this more  <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sameneman\">@<strong>sameneman<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Twunkie: the Twinkie found in your computer &#8212; never knew <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evmaiden\"> \u200f@<strong>evmaiden<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>A lot more to Google Analytics than I thought &#8212; impressive session <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\">@<strong>danreis01<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sameneman\">@<strong>sameneman<\/strong><\/a> Google Analytics could be useful for things outside the LMS: course blogs, wikis, etc. <a title=\"#elontlc\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23elontlc\">#<strong><strong>elontlc<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sameneman\">@<strong>sameneman<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Download AACU VALUE Rubrics <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/d0PW2\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/P0B1vHQa\" >http:\/\/ow.ly\/d0PW2<\/a><a title=\"#elontlc\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23elontlc\">#<strong><strong>elontlc<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekbruff\"> \u200f@<strong>derekbruff<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\">@<strong>danreis01<\/strong><\/a> Nice! I haven&#8217;t heard about that project. Time to go see what Randy has been up to lately&#8230; <a title=\"#elontlc\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23elontlc\">#<strong><strong>elontlc<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\">@<strong>danreis01<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Make the reflection process better. &#8220;Seeing student learning: teacher change and the role of reflection&#8221; by Carol Rodgers <a title=\"#elontlc\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23elontlc\">#<strong><strong>elontlc<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSturg\"> \u200f@<strong>DrSturg<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Education is more than what students know. It&#8217;s what they can then do with that knowledge. <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\">@<strong>danreis01<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekbruff\">@<strong>derekbruff<\/strong><\/a> Thanks Derek. For us unfamiliar with thin slices, here&#8217;s a video by Randy on Educause <a title=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/eli\/events\/eli-annual-meeting\/2011\/problem-learning-postcourse-era\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/dRO4cIkp\" >http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/eli\/events\/eli-annual-meeting\/2011\/problem-learning-postcourse-era<\/a><a title=\"#elontlc\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23elontlc\">#<strong><strong>elontlc<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleDenlinger\">@<strong>KyleDenlinger<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Ashley  Finley: assessment should show  us the things that are *producing* the  learning, the things that create  the a-ha! moment. <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\">@<strong>danreis01<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Learning is easier to spot after it happens. What does learning look like while it is happening? Discussion at <a title=\"#elontlc\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23elontlc\">#<strong>elontlc<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekbruff\">@<strong>derekbruff<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\">@<strong>danreis01<\/strong><\/a> Randy Bass&#8217; notion of &#8220;thin slices&#8221; of student learning is a useful one here. We can make such learning visible. <a title=\"#elontlc\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23elontlc\">#<strong><strong>elontlc<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenpressley\">@<strong>laurenpressley<\/strong><\/a>: Ready for a big day at <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>! Starting off with &#8220;assessing engaged learning in changing environments&#8221; with Ashley Finley.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSturg\">@<strong>DrSturg<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>: First up&#8230;assessing engaged learning. My question: How do you do this without quadrupling your grading load. <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleDenlinger\">@<strong>KyleDenlinger<\/strong><\/a>: Hey there, <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>. Happy to be here. Let&#8217;s learn about learnin&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonteaching\">@<strong>elonteaching<\/strong><\/a>: Conference tweeters should use <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>. If you tweet using this hash tag, you have a chance to win a year subscription to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gosoapbox\">@<strong>gosoapbox<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSturg\">@<strong>DrSturg<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>:\u00a0 Off to <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a> today. Sessions on integrating technologies in classes look quite interesting. I&#8217;ll be live tweeting some today.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\">@<strong>danreis01<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>:\u00a0 Co-presenting at <a title=\"#elontlc\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23elontlc\">#<strong><strong>elontlc<\/strong><\/strong><\/a> on Thursday. Here&#8217;s the opening slide &#8212; can you spot Charlie Sheen? <a title=\"#winning\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23winning\">#<strong>winning<\/strong><\/a><a title=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/danreis01\/status\/235837245632958464\/photo\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ppSrqMXx\" >http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/ppSrqMXx<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonteaching\">@<strong>elonteaching<\/strong><\/a>: Joining us for <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a> tomorrow? Visit <a title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/O5YyD9\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2Tz40ekr\" >http:\/\/bit.ly\/O5YyD9<\/a> for directions and parking information.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonteaching\"><strong> <\/strong>\u200f@<strong>elonteaching<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 <a title=\"#ElonTLC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/?src=hash&amp;q=%23ElonTLC\">#<strong><strong>ElonTLC<\/strong><\/strong><\/a> is this Thursday! Updated conference schedule: <a title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Qu6Rtc\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/QF2q8Mtn\" >http:\/\/bit.ly\/Qu6Rtc<\/a>. If you registered and cannot join us: <a title=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xxRFG\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/My5TAdUA\" >http:\/\/goo.gl\/xxRFG<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Save the Date<\/h2>\n<p>Mark your calendar for next year&#8217;s 10th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference: August 15, 2013 at Elon University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now in its ninth year, Elon\u2019s annual Teaching and Learning Conference drew over 300 faculty, program directors, and administrators from 40 area colleges and universities on August 17, 2012. With the theme of Teaching, Learning, and Assessing in Traditional &#038; &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/technology\/teaching-and-learning\/9th-annual-teaching-and-learning-conference-2\/\">More <span>&#8594;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/2012\/08\/20\/9th-annual-teaching-and-learning-conference\/\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19538,795],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conference","category-teaching-and-learning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/459"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}