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9th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference

Now in its ninth year, Elon’s 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 & 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.

Conference resources

• Opening Plenary Session: “How to hit a moving target: assessing engaged learning”
  Ashley Finley, Senior Director of Assessment and Research – Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), and National Evaluator – Bringing Theory to Practice Project

Concurrent sessions presenter’s materials

• Feature article on E-Net

• Conference-related tweets (#ElonTLC)
  • @elonteaching: Great article on #ElonTLC. http://bit.ly/PrpRMh Thank you to everyone who joined us for the conference.
  • @elonteaching: Watch Ashley Finley’s plenary session “How to hit a moving target: assessing engaged learning”
    #ElonTLC
  • @EPRI: Thank you. “@sameneman: Twitter Rubric from UWisc-Stout http://ow.ly/d1nZ2#ElonTLC”
  • @innovative_tech: http://goo.gl/WBHNs – handouts from Twitter session facilitated by Paula Patch and @danreis01#ElonTLC
  • @derekbruff: @danreis01 I like taking student responses to open-ended JiTT questions and turning them into answer choices for clicker questions. #elontlc
  • @evmaiden: Good resource: 100 Ways To Use Twitter In Education, By Degree Of Difficulty http://edudemic.com/2012/04/100-ways-to-use-twitter-in-education-by-degree-of-difficulty/ via @edudemic#ElonTLC
  • @sameneman: Twitter Rubric from UWisc-Stout http://ow.ly/d1nZ2#ElonTLC
  • @evmaiden: Discussions about the value of twitter and the backchannel for large section classes #ElonTLC
  • @innovative_tech: Hootcourse – a way to restrict hashtags to a specific group of students. Will def need to investigate this more #ElonTLC
  • @sameneman: Twunkie: the Twinkie found in your computer – never knew #ElonTLC
  • ‏@evmaiden: A lot more to Google Analytics than I thought – impressive session #ElonTLC
  • @danreis01: @sameneman Google Analytics could be useful for things outside the LMS: course blogs, wikis, etc. #elontlc
  • @sameneman: Download AACU VALUE Rubrics http://ow.ly/d0PW2#elontlc
  • ‏@derekbruff: @danreis01 Nice! I haven’t heard about that project. Time to go see what Randy has been up to lately… #elontlc
  • @danreis01: Make the reflection process better. “Seeing student learning: teacher change and the role of reflection” by Carol Rodgers #elontlc
  • ‏@DrSturg: Education is more than what students know. It’s what they can then do with that knowledge. #ElonTLC
  • @danreis01: @derekbruff Thanks Derek. For us unfamiliar with thin slices, here’s a video by Randy on Educause http://www.educause.edu/eli/events/eli-annual-meeting/2011/problem-learning-postcourse-era#elontlc
  • @KyleDenlinger: Ashley Finley: assessment should show us the things that are *producing* the learning, the things that create the a-ha! moment. #ElonTLC
  • @danreis01: Learning is easier to spot after it happens. What does learning look like while it is happening? Discussion at #elontlc
  • @derekbruff: @danreis01 Randy Bass’ notion of “thin slices” of student learning is a useful one here. We can make such learning visible. #elontlc
  • @laurenpressley: Ready for a big day at #ElonTLC! Starting off with “assessing engaged learning in changing environments” with Ashley Finley.
  • @DrSturg: First up…assessing engaged learning. My question: How do you do this without quadrupling your grading load. #ElonTLC
  • @KyleDenlinger: Hey there, #ElonTLC. Happy to be here. Let’s learn about learnin’.
  • @elonteaching: Conference tweeters should use #ElonTLC. If you tweet using this hash tag, you have a chance to win a year subscription to @gosoapbox.
  • @DrSturg:  Off to #ElonTLC today. Sessions on integrating technologies in classes look quite interesting. I’ll be live tweeting some today.
  • @danreis01:  Co-presenting at #elontlc on Thursday. Here’s the opening slide – can you spot Charlie Sheen? #winninghttp://pic.twitter.com/ppSrqMXx
  • @elonteaching: Joining us for #ElonTLC tomorrow? Visit http://bit.ly/O5YyD9 for directions and parking information.
  • ‏@elonteaching:  #ElonTLC is this Thursday! Updated conference schedule: http://bit.ly/Qu6Rtc. If you registered and cannot join us: http://goo.gl/xxRFG

Save the Date

Mark your calendar for next year’s 10th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference: August 15, 2013 at Elon University

 

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