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2023 LEC Teaching and Learning Virtual Conference 

Nova Southeastern University

Wednesday, November 1–Thursday, November 2, 2023 

Theme–Destination Excellence: A Journey to Engaged Teaching and Learning

 

Call for Proposals

Due Thursday, September 14, 2023

 

We are excited to announce our annual Learning and Educational Center (LEC) Teaching and Learning Conference scheduled Wednesday, November 1 and Thursday, November 2 (virtual via Zoom).

The theme, Destination Excellence: A Journey to Engaged Teaching and Learning, represents NSU’s collective ambition to create an educational environment that nurtures critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration. It recognizes that excellence is not a stagnant endpoint but an ongoing journey, requiring continuous improvement and adaptation.

The target audience includes all NSU faculty, staff, administrators, and students who play a role in educating our students (both through curricular and co-curricular courses).

We invite all NSU employees (faculty, administration, staff) to submit a proposal that embraces the conference theme with a particular focus in one of the following five LEC Educator Competency Framework categories and two special topic areas:

 

Competency Categories

1. Acting with Integrity: Sessions that focus on knowledge, skills, and attitudes relating to the development of honest, fair and consistent instructional practices that encourage freedom of inquiry. Examples: academic integrity and ethical conduct; designing fair assessments; developing effective policies, practices, and honor codes; supporting academic freedom and freedom of expression; promoting effective leadership strategies; ethics in teaching research.

2. Embracing Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Sessions that focus on knowledge, skills, and attitudes relating to the design and delivery of learning opportunities that acknowledge, celebrate, and engage learners. Examples: culturally

responsive pedagogy, personalized learning; active and experiential learning; Universal Design; centering equity, inclusion, and social justice; implicit bias; inclusive instructional practices; fostering a culture of belonging.

3. Creating Learner-Centered Environments: Sessions that focus on knowledge, skills, and attitudes relating to creating environments that meet learners’ needs and maximize their academic success and professional development. Examples: creating learner-centered instruction; creating authentic classroom activities; effective classroom management; creating relationship-rich education; .supporting learners through mentoring and advising; fostering career readiness.

4. Designing Effective Learning Experiences: Sessions that focus on the design of effective learning experiences that support learner success. Examples: learning outcomes and course design; active learning strategies; feedback and assessment for learning; designing for online, web-enhanced, and blended learning; experiential learning design; evidence-informed course design, quality and continuous improvement; designing quality courses.

5. Using Innovative Teaching Strategies and Technology: Sessions that focus on knowledge, skills, and attitudes relating to employing innovative teaching strategies and appropriate technology that support quality teaching and learning. Examples: effective simulation design and implementation, gamification, adaptive and personalized learning; tech tools that support the teaching and learning process; creative uses of technology to support teaching and learning; ethical issues for instructional technology use; emerging educational technologies.

 

Special Topic Areas

6. Mental Health and Wellbeing: Sessions that focus on mental health and wellbeing for our NSU community (students, faculty, staff, administration). Examples: building resilience and well-being; self-care for educators; stress management for students; mental health and well-being support services; humanization of learning and centering student care; strategies for student retention and success.

7. Artificial Intelligence: Sessions that focus on how artificial intelligence can be used for teaching and learning. Examples: application of ChatGPT and other AI generators; plagiarism detection; transcription; chatbots; adaptive learning; learning analytics; intelligent tutoring systems; intelligent content generation; automated assessment and feedback; ethical considerations in AI for education.

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Any NSU employee (faculty, administration, staff) who plays a role in educating our students. Examples include but are not limited to full-time, part-time and adjunct faculty, University School faculty, administrators and staff who teach UNIV1000: First Year Seminar courses, etc. Students who serve in educator/peer leader/tutoring roles at NSU may also submit proposals in conjunction with their faculty/instructor/teacher/mentor as co-presenters.
After reviewing the information in this Call for Proposals, you can submit your proposal by completing this form:  https://forms.office.com/r/RrYS1SXikA

Proposals will be reviewed based on the following four criteria:

 1. Clarity: Do the title and abstract clearly describe the session? Is the abstract well-written? Is it clear what the session will be like for attendees?

 2. Relevance: Is the content relevant to this year’s theme? Will this session make a positive contribution to the conference?

 3. Outcomes: Are the session outcomes clear? Is there something compelling about this topic that would attract the audience and benefit the overall conference?

 4. Interactivity: For workshops and concurrent sessions, is at least one-third of the session designed to engage the audience? Does the presenter note how this session will involve those who attend?

Presentations can have a focus on information related to research, scholarship, applications, and practice. All sessions will be presented via Zoom. Formats include the following:

  • Concurrent Sessions: These are 45-minute presentations (individual or panel) that run concurrently. Sessions are primarily information presentation but at least 15 minutes should be devoted to actively engaging participants (e.g., Q&A, polling, breakout rooms, etc.).
  • Lightning Rounds: These are a series of short (10-15 minute) presentations highlighting a useful tool or technique. At least 3 minutes should be devoted to Q&A.
  • Roundtables: Similar to presentations but presented twice (20 minutes) within a 45-minute time-slot. At least 6 minutes should be devoted to discussion and Q&A.
  • Shark Tank Discussion: A limited number of 45-minute Shark Tank Discussions will be considered for inclusion in the program. These sessions are designed to create a dynamic and participatory atmosphere that encourages active engagement and collective thinking among attendees. Rather than presenting on a topic, facilitators guide a Socratic discussion where participants are encouraged to share their diverse perspectives, experiences and insights related to the topic. Examples of topics include fostering engagement in online learning environments; ethical use of AI in education; enhancing faculty-student interaction; cultivating inclusive classrooms; assessing and promoting student outcomes; student-centered pedagogies, and others.
  • Pre-/Post-Conference Workshops: These 90-minute workshops focus on hands-on, sandbox, experiential application of tools and techniques. Emphasis is on active learning, application of knowledge and skills, and take-aways that can be immediately applied in the classroom. At least 30 minutes should be devoted to active learner participation. Each workshop is limited to 30 participants. Note that workshops will be held on Tuesday, October 31 and/or Friday, November 3, depending on the number of accepted workshops.
Proposals are due no later than Thursday, September 14, 2023.
Proposals will be peer-reviewed by members of the LEC Advisory Council (See below for the list of committee members.)
Applicants will be notified of the status of their proposal along with their scheduled timeslot no later than Monday, October 9, 2023.
Presenters have the option to submit an electronic copy of their presentation and handout materials and/or an extended abstract for publication on NSUWorks.
All sessions will be recorded by default and published in SharkMedia. However, you do have the option to opt-out by noting this request on the CFP form.

Once the program schedule has been finalized, changes cannot be made. While situations may arise that might cause a presenter to cancel their presentation, we encourage you to seek every possible alternative, including finding a substitute or co-presenter, prior to deciding to withdraw from the conference.

The following individuals comprise this year’s Conference Planning Committee:

  • Susan Wald Berkman, MLS, Assistant Director, Collection Development & Technical Services, Alvin Sherman Library
  • Adam Cohen, Director of Instructional Design and Media Production, Learning and Educational Center
  • Alfreda Francis, Assistant Director, Learning and Educational Center
  • Lea Kaploun, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology. Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
  • Diane Lippe, Ed.S., Executive Director, Learning and Educational Center
  • Anymir Orellana, Ed.D., Professor, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
  • Jennifer Reeves, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Dissertation Support Services, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
  • Marti Snyder, Ph.D., Director of Faculty Professional Development, Learning and Educational Center
  • Sherrica Taylor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Susan Wald Berkman, MLS, Assistant Director, Collection Development & Technical Services, Alvin Sherman Library
  • Adam Cohen, Director of Instructional Design and Media Production, Learning and Educational Center
  • Alfreda Francis, Assistant Director, Learning and Educational Center
  • Kathleen Hagen, Ed.D., Director of Faculty Development, Health Professions Division
  • Lea Kaploun, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology. Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
  • Eunice Luyegu, Ph.D., Curriculum Design Specialist/Associate Professor, Office of Professional Development and Education, Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
  • Diane Lippe, Ed.S., Executive Director, Learning and Educational Center
  • Anymir Orellana, Ed.D., Professor, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
  • C. Sam Pan, Ph.D., PMP, Course Design Facilitator, Professor, Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing
  • Jennifer Reeves, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Dissertation Support Services, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
  • Judith Slapak-Barski, Ed.D., Instructional Technology and Design Specialist, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
  • Marti Snyder, Ph.D., Director of Faculty Professional Development, Learning and Educational Center
  • Urszula Strawinska Zanko, Ph.D., Assistant Dean and Associate Professor, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
  • Sherrica Taylor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
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