2012 Symposium on Teaching and Learning
Lehigh's 2012 Symposium on Teaching and Learning will be held on Thursday, April 5th.
The goal of the Symposium is to highlight new, interesting, and effective approaches to teaching and learning at Lehigh. We hope to disseminate good ideas, inspire others to try new approaches, and recognize the work of those who have met with success of one kind or another in their teaching.
Read on for information, and please consider submitting an idea for the "Lightning Round," a fast-paced session highlighting a lively series of short presentations.
RSVP for the Symposium (by Friday March 30th).
Submit a proposal for the Lightning Round (deadline Tuesday, March 27th)
SCHEDULE (feel free to come for one, some or all)
12:00-2:00 Welcome by Provost Pat Farrell and Lunchtime Presentations by Lehigh Lab Faculty Fellows (Linderman 200): Lehigh Lab Leaders and Faculty Fellows will present their work from Fall semester 2011, including documentary filmmaking with students, use of social media in the classroom, explorations of Second Life, integration of writing into Engineering courses, and the use of iPads in a first-year CAS college seminar. ; Presenters Michael Kramp, Jeremy Littau, Ed Gallagher, Kristen Jellison, and Greg Reihman. Lunch will be provided.
2:10 - 3:00 pm Lightning Round (Linderman 200): 8-10 presenters will very briefly (2-5 minutes) present a teaching-related success, large or small, a new approach, or a new teaching technology they would like to share with colleagues. Presenters: TBA (Submit a proposal)
3:10 - 3:50 pm Table Talk (Linderman Library's Bayer Galleria): Stroll about Bayer Galleria and chat with Faculty Fellows, Lightning Round presenters, and LTS staff about a range of innovative technologies and pedagogies being used in classes across Lehigh. Light refreshments will be provided.
4:00-5:45 Keynote Talk, "Doing Digital History: Thoughts on the Impact of Digital Technologies on Historical Research and Presentation" (STEPS 101) Stephen Brier, Professor in the Ph.D. Program in Urban Education; Founder & Coordinator, Interactive Technology and Pedagogy doctoral certificate program, CUNY Graduate Center
Keynote Description:
Professor Brier will review his career as a social historian who has helped define and expand the uses of a variety of media formats and non-traditional research and presentational methods in history, touching on a number of multimedia and digital projects that he has helped conceive and develop over the past three decades, including the American Social History Project the Who Built America? multimedia U.S. history curriculum (http://ashp.cuny.edu/who-america), the History Matters and September 11 Digital Archive websites (http://historymatters.gmu.edu and http://911digitalarchive.org), and, most recently, the fully online Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (http://cuny.is/jitp )
Questions or comments? Contact Symposium organizer Greg Reihman at grr3@lehigh.edu or 610-758-6840.
RSVP for the Symposium (by Friday March 30th).
Submit a proposal for the Lightning Round (deadline Tuesday, March 27th)
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