Other Teaching Related Events of Interest

JUNE 27 - The Visual Learner Challenges and Approaches in Disciplinary Approaches to Teaching, Kathy Takayama, The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University, 2:00 - 3:00 pm, Room 110, Center for Biology Education
445 Henry Mall.

In this interactive session, we will discuss how visualizations impact student learning, and how the learner interprets visualizations during knowledge acquisition. Visualizations can facilitate contextual understanding, and can play a significant role in the representation of abstract concepts. How is the impact of visual information affected by differences in learner background? What potential barriers might be revealed through the analysis of these interpretations? We will consider the roles of visual representations in the teaching and learning of specific disciplines. What challenges might you face in distilling visual representations into effective pedagogical frameworks? We will discuss possible frameworks for thinking about fostering metavisual awareness in the learner; that is, how might we develop metavisual skills in our students in the absence of experiential learning?

JULY 10-12 - International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 2008 at the Corfu Holiday Palace Hotel, Corfu, Greece . ICICTE 2008 will seek to address the many challenges and new directions presented by technological innovations in educational settings. This call is for papers for plenary sessions examining the theoretical and practical applications of technology in education at all levels in both the public and private sectors. Papers are due by February 21, 2008. More information can be found at www.icicte.org.

AUGUST 5-8 - 24th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning to be held at Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, WI. This conference is recognized as a premier international gathering of educators, researchers, designers, trainers, and administrators working in distance education. With approximately 1,000 annual participants and more than 150 events, there is much to share and learn as an expert or novice in distance education. More information can be found at www.uwex.edu/disted/conference.

AUGUST 11 - Ron Kraemer, CIO and Vice Provost for Information Technology, invites you to participate in “Strategic Planning Mondays” to help shape the first-ever UW-Madison information technology (IT) strategic plan. This IT plan will serve as the foundation for delivering on the broader goals of the master campus strategic plan. The CIO Office has set aside nearly every Monday afternoon this summer to meet with representative campus groups and interested individuals to discuss different aspects of the plan. Key areas to be covered include: Teaching and Learning; Research; Outreach and Public Service; Enterprise Administrative Applications; Core and Enabling Infrastructure; and IT Services.

All meetings are open to campus, though Ron will be inviting targeted groups to participate in particular discussion topics. Teaching Academy members are welcome to attend any of these sessions, however you are particularly encouraged to attend the August 11 session from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. where Ron will be discussing IT priorities for Teaching and Learning. Please be sure to RSVP to reserve your spot.

For a full list of events, see http://www.cio.wisc.edu/plan/schedule.aspx. Please use the adjacent link to RSVP for each event.

The IT strategic plan is projected to be completed in October. For more details about the planning process, see www.cio.wisc.edu/plan