TBers, 

My posting of this in NO WAY suggests I might have money to support you in
attending.   (-; 

Jim G. 


Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
February 18-19, 2009

http://www.cider.vt.edu/conference/

Proposal Due Date
December 7, 2009 

The annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy is focused on higher
education teaching excellence and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
The conference showcases the best pedagogical practice and research in
higher education today. Sessions address disciplinary and interdisciplinary
instructional strategies, outcomes, and research. Ultimately, the conference
is an opportunity to demonstrate effective instructional practice and
disseminate the latest research aimed at improving the quality of higher
education. The program committee invites proposals for Research, Practice or
Poster sessions.

Important Dates:
   Proposals Due: December 7, 2009
   Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2009
   Registration Due: February 1, 2010
   Conference Date: February 18-19, 2010
Registration Information
There is no registration fee; however, both presenters and participants must
register.
Registration is available online at: http://www.cider.vt.edu/conference/

Session Types
Research sessions are designed to inform participants of the design,
implementation and results of empirical research focused on teaching and
learning in higher education.

Practice sessions are focused on sharing, modeling and discussing higher
education teaching and learning, while allowing for interaction among
session participants.

Poster sessions provide the contributor with the opportunity to present and
discuss scholarly research and/or practice addressing higher education
pedagogy with conference participants in an informal scholarly environment.
The full Call for Proposals is available on the organization web site:
http://www.cider.vt.edu/conference/. To submit a proposal for review, the
proposal must be submitted electronically on or before December 7, 2009.

Keynote Speakers
Lisa R. Lattuca, Senior Research Associate for the Center for the Study of
Higher Education will be the opening keynote speaker. Based on interviews
with faculty, she will provide a grounded representation of
interdisciplinarity, including the processes faculty employ in pursuing
interdisciplinarity and the interdisciplinary contexts in which faculty
work.
 
Mary Taylor Huber, Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching will be the closing keynote speaker and will focus
on the teaching commons, a conceptual space in which communities of
educators committed to inquiry and innovation come together to exchange
ideas about teaching and learning, and use them to meet the challenges of
educating students for personal, professional, and civic life.
Hotel & Transportation
The conference hotel is
    The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
    901 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24061
    540-231-8000 or 877-200-3360
    http://www.theinnatvirginiatech.com/
 
The special conference room rates are $80.00 (plus taxes) for a single and
$100.00 (plus taxes) for a double occupancy. Please reference the Conference
on Higher Education Pedagogy to receive these special rates.

Further information regarding transportation and accommodations (e.g.
directions, maps, room descriptions, ground transportation) is available on
the conference web site: http://www.cider.vt.edu/conference/.