Symposium on Teaching and Learning:
Embracing Change @ SFU
Symposium Encore Series | September to November 2013 | Burnaby campus
The Symposium Encore Series is a repeat offering of selected sessions from the 2013 Symposium on Teaching and Learning, which addressed the theme of Embracing Change.
If you were unable to attend the Symposium, or if you missed a session that you wanted to attend, this is your opportunity to catch up. Hear about the approaches your colleagues have been trying in the classroom and pick up new tools and ideas for your own teaching practice.
AUDIENCE: Faculty members, instructors, TAs/TMs, graduate students, staff in instructional roles
Call for Proposals
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Friday, March 15, 2013
Description
Join other SFU educators as we explore some key teaching and learning initiatives, share recent work, and discuss how our collective efforts can transform the student experience. This year’s Symposium focuses on how faculty members and instructors are enhancing their students’ learning experiences through innovation and inquiry. You will discover strategies, tools, examples, and critical perspectives for embracing change and transformation at SFU.
We invite interactive and collegial proposals from SFU faculty, instructors, teaching assistants, tutor-markers, graduate and undergraduate students, instructional staff, and administrators that demonstrate how your teaching practice, research, and pursuit of scholarship in teaching and learning have benefited your students’ learning. Session topics may include:
- Curriculum, program, and course re/design, renewal, and assessment
- Learning technologies such as Canvas (SFU's new learning management system)
- Integrating research and experiential learning
- Supporting students with English as an additional language
- Learning environments and student well-being
Submission of proposals
| Apply here to lead a session at the Symposium. All proposals are due by Friday, March 15, 2013 (extended deadline). |
Application closed for this year.
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You may submit proposals that reference or speak to the “Embracing Change @ SFU” theme for consideration by the program committee for one or more of the following types of sessions: workshop, dialogue/roundtable, panel discussion, World Cafe, or poster.
- Workshops (60 or 75 minutes) should be action-oriented and of interest and relevance to a wide audience. They should include a short presentation of research findings, illustration of theories and practices in teaching, or show-and-tell of tools and practices, and include activities for attendees to participate in.
- Dialogue/roundtable sessions (60 or 75 minutes) should, once the facilitator introduces the issues and lays out expectations, see participants grouped at roundtables to discuss and provide practical strategies to deal with these issues.
- Panel discussions (60 or 75 minutes) are facilitated by teams of three or four faculty, staff, students, or administrators, each with a unique perspective on a particular challenge or opportunity in teaching and learning. Panelists and attendees are encouraged to explore and share possible solutions/outcomes.
- World Cafe theme sessions (90 minutes) are guided by strong facilitators who, through several conversational rounds, capture and build upon diverse individual points of view to eventually integrate and share a new collective perspective with the large group. Working with a graphic recorder is recommended, but not required.
- Posters should present summary information about your work in a visual or text format in a way that is of interest to Symposium participants. You will be asked to talk about your poster during a late-day reception/networking session.
Submission review and selection
Submissions will be reviewed by the Symposium program committee. Criteria by which submissions will be assessed are available below to guide the development of your proposal. The Symposium organizers may approach applicants to request changes to their proposals to better fit Symposium needs.
Criteria for submission review and selection
- Clarity and coherence of submission
- Relevance to the Symposium theme
- Relevance and usefulness to the intended audience
- Presentation approach and level of participant engagement in the session
- Contribution to scholarship and/or new or innovative practice(s) in higher education
Application deadline
All session proposals must be submitted by Friday, March 15, 2013 (extended deadline). Please follow the submission guidelines as outlined in the application form. Submissions that do not meet these requirements will not be considered for presentation.
Proposals may be submitted to the Teaching and Learning Centre by:
- E-mail to tlcevent@sfu.ca with "Symposium proposal" in the subject line
- Mail or fax to:
Proposal – Symposium on Teaching and Learning 2013
c/o Kathy Borneman, Program Assistant, Teaching and Learning Centre
Education Building 7560, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Tel: 778-782-6696
Fax: 778-782-4900
For more information, please visit us at www.sfu.ca/tlcentre
