Call for Proposals: Blackboard's Digital Teaching Symposium
Submissions due September 18, 2023
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? Share your experiences with faculty, lecturers, academic technologists, and instructional designers at the Fall 2023 Digital Teaching Symposium, a fully-online, one-day conference, scheduled for Thursday, November 2, 2023.
Examples of topics include:
Innovations in Teaching and Learning
Digital Teaching Strategies
Teaching in Ultra
- Low-cost (or free) apps/platforms to enhance teaching
- New teaching tools
- Safeguarding against plagiarism & academic misconduct
- Simple technology for late adopters of technology in the classroom
Digital Teaching Strategies
- Accessibility
- Alternative assignments and assessments
- Competency-based education
- Data & analytics
- Discipline-specific strategies (science, math, psychology, business)
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging
- Evaluation & feedback
- Faculty training & engagement
- Hybrid/blended learning
- Pedagogy Online student engagement
Teaching in Ultra
- Assignments, alternative assessments, course design
- Built-in tools such as journals, quizzes, discussions, etc.
- How to organize information on Learn Ultra
- Transitioning to Learn Ultra
- Using templates in Learn Ultra
If you are interested in presenting a 30-minute topic in English or Spanish, please fill out the online form with Anthology/Blackboard to submit your proposal. The deadline is Monday, September 18 at 5 p.m. ET.
Posted: September 7, 2023, 4:02 PM
