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Ryerson University (National)


November 16, 17 and 18, 2007

 
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
 
The Ryerson University Learning and Teaching Office in Toronto, Ontario is pleased to host the
31st McGraw-Hill Ryerson National Teaching, Learning, & Technology Conference entitled:
 
Students at the Centre
Transforming Education - And Lives
 
In this exciting time of change, education is transforming. There are new tools to help us teach and creative ways to help our students learn - and they continue to change at a rapid pace. Today's students have new expectations of their learning experience and the resulting impact it will have on their careers, their future - and their lives. In order to fully realize the potential of this transformation, we must place students at the centre.  A learner-centred focus sets clear goals, identifies outcomes and accomplishments, and prepares our students for tomorrow's world - today.
 
You're invited to join us Nov 16-18, 2007 to explore this exciting concept and discover how we can work together with our students to transform education - and lives. (Registration fees and details will follow in September)
 
Presenters are encouraged to submit presentations that demonstrate how lives have been transformed through:
 
  • Unique ways of enhancing the teaching and learning experience
  • Innovative ways of evaluating student learning
  • Institutional practices that support innovative teaching and learning practices
  • Creative strategies that engage students and community partners in learning opportunities
  • Teaching practices that focus on the whole person - mind, body, and spirit
  • Inclusive teaching and learning strategies enabling all students to fully participate
  • Expanding learning spaces in creative ways
Submissions are encouraged from all participants in the higher educational process - faculty, students in partnerships with others, staff, students services, administrators, and the community.
 
Proposals are being accepted up until September, 15th, 2007.
 
 
Judy Britnell
Director, Learning and Teaching Office
Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
 
Use this document to submit your proposal:
 
 
If you are having difficulty downloading this document, please contact
 
Presenters will receive a special conference registration fee - details to follow in September
 
 
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
 
Tony Chambers
University of Toronto
 
Tony Chambers is a member of the Theory and Policy Studies in Education faculty at the University of Toronto in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Students in Postsecondary Education, and serves as Associate Vice-Provost, Students at the University of Toronto. 
 
Tony's professional interests include students learning and development, the influence of spirituality in higher education, and the social, cultural and civic role of higher education. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a fellow with the Salzburg Seminars in Austria, and was selected as a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow (Group 13).
 
He has published widely, serves on several editorial boards, including the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, and co-authored the recently released book, Higher Education for the Public Good: Emerging Voices from a National Movement (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2005).  Tony holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Illinois State University, and a Doctorate degree from the University of Florida. 
 
Title and Abstract for Tony's presentation will follow
 
Candace Thille
Director, Open Learning Initiative
Carnegie Mellon University
 
Candace Thille is the director of the Open Learning Initiative (OLI) at Carnegie Mellon University, a project funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. OLI seeks to make high-quality cognitively informed online education widely accessible and to contribute to our growing understanding of effective online-learning environments. Prior to coming to Carnegie Mellon, she spent 18 years in the private sector at a management-consulting and training firm specializing in collaborative change consulting and workplace-learning solutions.
 
Title and Abstract of Candace's presentation will follow
 
A Roundtable Discussion
Teaming up to Teach: Key Conditions for Success
 
A group of instructors at the University of Toronto share their experiences team teaching a mega-course.  There are a number of necessary conditions for creating a team taught course that is cohesive and that achieves an advantage over a course taught by a single instructor.  Teaming up to teach requires instructors to communicate and operate differently than they would in a typical course. In this session we will talk about our individual experiences and discuss the shared understanding that led to a successful team approach.  We will also draw connections between models of functioning teams and team teaching to explain how to form an effective teaching team.
 
Team Leader: Susan McCahan, University of Toronto
Accompanied by the following team members:  Phil Anderson, Bob Andrews, and Kim Woodhouse of the University of Toronto
 
Moderated by:
Gary Poole:
Dr. Gary Poole is the Director of the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth at the University of British Columbia. In addition to his work at UBC, he facilitates workshops around the world. Gary has won a 3M Teaching Fellowship, which is a Canadian national teaching award, an Excellence in Teaching award from Simon Fraser University, and a Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal for contributions to Higher Education. Currently, Dr. Poole is President of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Canada's national organization dedicated to university teaching. He is also on the council of the International Consortium for Educational Development.
 
The Alan Blizzard Award annually rewards outstanding collaborations in teaching and learning, to encourage and disseminate scholarship in teaching and learning. The award is presented at the annual STLHE conference and sponsored by McGraw-Hill Ryerson. 
 
We are pleased to present the 2007 Award Winning Team in this roundtable discussion.
 
Conference Sponsors
 
 
We thank them for their support
 
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