Career & Tools
With this year’s theme of “Re-envisioning Roles,” the Engaging Teaching Symposium invites participants to submit research-based contributions as well as case-studies that make use of available evidence to discuss improved teaching, student learning and engagement, or professional development as teachers. Submit an abstract by the extended deadline, September 15.
At UCSB, instructors are rethinking their roles in exciting and productive ways. ChatGPT, increased support for undergraduate learning assistants, and student-centered practices all invite us to think far beyond "sage on a stage" models. With this year's theme of "Re-envisioning Roles," the Engaging Teaching Symposium invites participants to share how they are rethinking the roles of instructor and student, teacher and learner.
The symposium, scheduled for October 12-13, invites research-based contributions as well as case-studies that make use of available evidence to discuss improved teaching, student learning and engagement, or professional development as teachers. The goal of the symposium is for UCSB community members (instructors, graduate students, staff, and undergraduate students) to exchange ideas and learn from each other to advance learning and teaching across the campus. We especially welcome collaborative presentations featuring students and instructors (including TAs). Because re-envisioning roles is by definition a process, we encourage sharing work in progress as well as fully developed projects.
Possible topics include:
- Working with undergraduate learning assistants
- Collaborating with undergraduates on research or mentoring undergraduate researchers
- Developing effective and creative collaborations with TAs
- Taking into account the positionality of learners and teachers
- Incorporating ChatGPT into your teaching
- Experimenting with learner-centered models
To encourage participants to share, learn from, and engage with each other, all symposium presenters will be grouped into roundtables of 3 presenters by theme. Each participant will have 10 minutes to share their project, followed by 30 minutes of open conversation between the presenters and symposium attendees.
Please note that you do not need to propose a theme or a group for a roundtable; the organizers will identify common themes and group participants. If you do have a group of 3-4 people and wish to propose a roundtable, that is also an option.
The symposium will have a mix of in person and online sessions (but no hybrid sessions). The events will be divided into sessions over the course of two days. Submit an abstract no longer than 300 words by September 15 using this form. The abstract will be included in the symposium program, so we encourage writing it with the symposium audience in mind. For questions, contact Dr. Elina Salminen at salminen@ucsb.edu.