Career & Tools
With this year’s theme of “Experimental Teaching,” 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, August 31.
The past two years have required many instructors to experiment with new ideas, approaches, and tools. With this year's theme of "Experimental Teaching," the Engaging Teaching Symposium invites participants to join in a sandbox of ideas and to build a community of experimenters. How might we maintain an open mind as we transition to new spaces (physically and socially) of teaching and learning? How can we encourage taking chances, combining new methods with old ones, and cultivating joy in creating new pedagogies?
The application deadline for participants has been extended to August 31!
The symposium 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. In keeping with the symposium theme, the organizers encourage sharing work in progress as well as fully developed projects.
Possible topics include reflections on and hopes for what teaching will look like in the coming years, for example:
- Implementing sustainable models for equitable and anti-racist teaching
- Incorporating hybrid teaching after return to campus
- Developing new assessment strategies
- Documenting effectiveness of different modalities for merit review and other purposes
- Using technology in the classroom
- Making the most of flipped classroom 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 be in person. The events will be divided into sessions over the course of two days. Submit an abstract no longer than 300 words by August 31 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.