Welcome to Lilly - Traverse City
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Lilly Conference - TC
Sept. 22-25, 2011
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Lilly Conferences have provided opportunities for the presentation of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for over 30 years. Participants come from a multitude of disciplines and from throughout the US and from abroad.
The 12th Annual Lilly–Traverse City Conference, will be held September 22 –25, 2011 in beautiful downtown Traverse City, Michigan.
"Brain-Based Learning and Teaching"
This conference will introduce innovative approaches to teaching and learning, challenge previously held assumptions regarding acquisition of knowledge, and share new ways to help students learn from both their instructors and from one another. Grounded in the fields of neuroscience, cognitive psychology, physiology, pedagogy and andragogy, brain-based learning is the application of our collective and integrated knowledge about how the brain works to learn foundational concepts and to solve meaningful problems. Drawing from our combined practice and scholarship, together we can create more meaningful learning environments for our students.
In addition to the overall theme of “Brain-Based Learning and Teaching,” we include additional sub-themes that address some of the most important aspects of learning and teaching. At Lilly -T.C. we offer the following sub-themes: Engaged Learning; Promoting Social Responsibility; E-Learning; and Creating Communities of Learners, and Preparing Future Faculty.
Engaged Learning: Focusing on ways to promote learning in which students are actively involved with the course material. Examples include (but are not limited to) problem-based learning, group projects, interactive discussions, and demonstrations.
Promoting Social Responsibility: There is no longer any doubt that we live in a changing global environment, and as a result we are increasingly responsible for our impact on the environment and our interactions with others from a wide variety of cultures. This track will include (but is not limited to) the latest findings and approaches in the areas of diversity, global climate change, sustainability, service-learning, and ethics within education.
E-Learning: Identifying ways in which the integration of a wide variety of technologies promotes learning. Technologies presented will include (but are not limited to) best ways to include course management tools, student response systems, online collaboration tools, blogs, and chats.
Creating Communities of Learners: The affective domain and social support are often ignored in discussions of learning, but how students interact and support one another is an important aspect to learning. Sessions in this area will focus on learning communities, respect in the classroom, classroom civility and incivility, building support systems, and the impact of the affective domain on learning.
Preparing Future Faculty: The PFF track is designed to assist future faculty in preparing for their careers as college and university instructors. It is also designed to assist those developing PFF programs. Sessions in this area will include (but are not limited to) understanding the principles of course design, developing teaching portfolios, establishing a research agenda, work-life balance, and identifying resources needed to success as in the first teaching position.
For more information about the Lilly Conference in Traverse City, please contact:
Todd Zakrajsek
Conference Director
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