Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning
When: Wednesday - Thursday, May 30-31, 2012Location: RIT Inn and Conference Center
RIT's annual teaching and learning conference featuring tremendous keynote speakers, workshops, and much more! It provides a day and a half of opportunities to learn, exchange ideas, and experience the latest in high impact teaching and academic technologies, as well as network with other colleagues.
We are again inviting RIT faculty and staff, as well as faculty and staff from other Western New York colleges and universities to both present and attend.
This year's theme is Innovative Course Design. Like this conference, course (re)design provides us with a rare opportunity to reflect upon and rethink our teaching strategies and, at the same time, explore new and innovative teaching strategies.
We are pleased to present our speakers:
Keynote, Howard Rheingold, is a noted author and pioneering thinker on the future of technology and society. His latest research and just-released book focuses on 21st century literacies and how individuals and organizations learn to use digital media effectively and credibly. Rheingold has a proven record of accurate technology and social forecasting, over two decades of syndicated columns, best-selling books, and pioneering online enterprises. Howard teaches at both Stanford University and UC Berkeley's School of Information.
Howard Reingold's visit is co-sponsored by Nazareth College.
Dr. Robbie K. Melton is the Associate Vice Chancellor for eLearning and Educational Technology & Innovations for the Tennessee Board of Regents' Office of Academic Affairs. Dr. Melton coordinates TBR's eLearning strategic planning, quality assurance, and research. She also oversees technology innovations for online and on-ground teaching and learning and initiatives for improving recruiting, retention and graduation. She is a full tenured professor at Tennessee State University.
Dr. Wendy C. Newstetter is the Director of Learning Sciences Research for the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Newstetter's research focuses on understanding learning in interdisciplines with an eye towards designing educational environments that support the development of integrative problem solving.
Dr. Mya Poe is assistant professor of English at Penn State University. Her research focuses on writing in the disciplines, writing assessment, and racial identity. Prior to coming to Penn State, she was Director of Technical Communication at MIT, where for 10 years she worked with faculty across the curriculum to integrate writing and speaking in science and engineering courses.
Questions? Please contact Susan DeWoody, Program Coordinator, skdetc@rit.edu, 585.475.6024 or Sarah Cass, Instructional Design Consultant, sarah.cass@rit.edu, 585.475.6326.
