Call for Proposals: Blackboard's Digital Teaching Symposium

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 08:17:44 -0500
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Do you have a digital teaching best practice or experience to share with other educators? What strategies help educators excel and thrive in a shifting higher education landscape?

Blackboard/Anthology is looking for presenters to share their experiences with faculty, lecturers, academic technologists, and instructional designers at the Spring 2023 Digital Teaching Symposium, a fully-online, one-day conference. Examples of topics include:

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

AI/VR/Metaverse

Digital citizenship

Teaching tools

Practical strategies to motivate and retain online learners to increase retention and graduations rates

Low-cost (or free) apps/platforms to enhance teaching

Data & Analytics

DEI/Accessibility

Digital Teaching Strategies

Student engagement

Faculty Training

Discipline specific strategies (science, math, psychology)

Applications for student clubs and organizations

Assignments, alternative assessments, course design

Pedagogy

Evaluation & feedback

Teaching in Ultra

Transitioning to Ultra

How to organize information in Ultra

Built-in tools such as journals, quizzes, discussions, etc.

If you are interested in presenting, please fill out the online form to submit your proposal. The deadline is Tuesday, March 14 at 5 p.m. ET.