August 18, 2009

8:30 AM – 1:00 PM

To register, contact the Center for Teaching Excellence at 785.864.4199 or cte@ku.edu. For a copy of the program, check here (PDF).

Kick off the academic year with the annual all-university conference for KU faculty and instructional staff. The keynote will be presented by Dr. Jillian Kinzie, associate director of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Dr. Kinzie will discuss engaging practices in undergraduate education and highlight the recent NSSE report suggesting that institutions can "look within" their own students for variation in engagement, rather than simply comparing averages across universities. She will also present a breakout session on tools departments can use to recognize and improve engagement in undergraduate teaching and learning, and a session on ways departments can use student engagement data.

Incoming Chancellor Gray-Little will also address Summit participants in a welcome to the conference.

Other highlights:

• Mini-workshops on undergraduate research and teaching the next generation;
•  "Teaching Basics" sessions on developing poise and confidence in the classroom, instilling ethical conduct in students, and what the best college teachers do;
•  Breakout sessions on teaching innovations, such as digital storytelling, using tablets for a paperless curriculum, and student engagement in video conference courses.

Additional breakouts include:

• Reframing graduate exams
• Global learning
• Teaching in an e-learning age
• Authentic assessment
• Fomenting revolution
• Engaging learners to deal effectively with controversy

If you can’t attend the whole conference, come and go as you need. Just let us know if you’ll join us for lunch. You can pick up your registration materials inside the northwest entrance to Budig Hall at 8 a.m. We’ll serve a continental breakfast in CTE until 8:20. The first session will be held in 130 Budig at 8:30 a.m. Your lunch will be provided if you register by August 10.

Presented by the Center for Teaching Excellence, Provost's Office and KU Medical Center