2017 Winter Teaching Symposium Scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 12

The 2017 Winter Teaching Symposium is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 12, in the Arkansas Union Ballroom. All U of A faculty are invited to attend.

Keynote speaker will be Peter Doolittle, assistant provost for teaching and learning, executive director of the Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research, and professor of educational psychology at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. He is involved with a variety of programs across campus, including Pathways for General Education, Destination Area Support and Strategic Growth Areas, Personalized Learning, Large Class Pedagogy, Early Career Teaching and Inclusive Pedagogy Certificates, and Large Class Pedagogy.

His academic background includes 25 years teaching undergraduate and graduate students in public and private universities; using traditional, blended, and online formats; across several subject areas; and, at various institutions in the U.S., Ireland, Mexico, and Malawi. At Virginia Tech, he was awarded the University Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Certificate of Teaching Excellence Award and Graduate Student Advising Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and the Outstanding Teaching Award from the School of Education. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, provided over 100 national and international keynote and invited addresses, and has been awarded in excess of $2 million in NSF and DOE grants. In 2013, he provided a TED talk at TED Global in Edinburgh, Scotland (How Working Memory Makes Sense of the World). His current research focus includes the investigation of the impact of working memory capacity on student learning in multimedia/digital learning environments.

Program

• 8:30-9 a.m. — Welcome remarks
• 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Integrating Teaching, Learning and Assessment (for free): Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech
• The morning will consist of practical, hands-on workshops demonstrating a range of strategies for building opportunities to assess student learning into courses, rather than separating assessment from teaching and learning.
• 12:30-1 p.m. — Lunch with closing

Mark your calendars now! Please RSVP by Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017! Space is limited — reserve your seat now by contacting the TFSC at 575-3222 or tfsc@uark.edu. Please let us know if you prefer a vegetarian meal or have any special dietary requests.