{"id":8184,"date":"2025-01-28T10:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/?page_id=8184"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:57:40","slug":"2024-iped-rtc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/2024-iped-rtc","title":{"rendered":"2024 iPED Regional Teaching Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><\/header>\n<h2>Transforming Teaching and Learning through Innovation<\/h2>\n<p>Wednesday, May 1, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Conference Theme<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u201cThe real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.\u201d<br \/>\nE.O Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, September 9, 2009<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., we tend to associate \u201cinnovation\u201d with only the last part of E.O Wilson\u2019s quote.\u00a0 While universities are sometimes associated with innovation through research, their medieval roots and traditions mean that the \u201cmove fast and break things\u201d philosophy of Mark Zuckerberg doesn\u2019t always translate as quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation\u201d in teaching and learning can certainly come from incorporating \u201cgod-like technology\u201d (and medieval institutions ignore this at their peril), but it can also draw from its more medieval traditions:\u00a0 purposely moving more slowly and rigorously, pausing to ask deeper, more profound questions, carefully investigating hidden ramifications and unintended consequences.<\/p>\n<p>This conference is a professional development opportunity for faculty from Marshall University and surrounding colleges and universities. The theme invites faculty, staff, and administrators from Marshall University and all regionally accredited Colleges and Universities to think deeply about transformative pedagogical best practices within diverse teaching environments.<\/p>\n<p>We thus welcome proposals that highlight the following themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Innovative Use of Technology-Enhanced Learning (especially generative AI)<\/strong>: Exploration of the use, and possible abuse, of technologies to enhance teaching and learning, especially how tech can be used to create engaging and interactive learning experiences.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Innovative Pedagogies<\/strong>: Exploration of newer pedagogies (e.g., project-based learning, experiential learning, and blended learning) but also the reexamination and reinvigoration of more traditional pedagogical methods (e.g., lectures, in-class exams).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Innovative Assessment and Feedback<\/strong>: Exploration of methods of assessment and feedback, old and new, particularly those that demonstrate how assessment and feedback can be used to enhance student learning and engagement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Classroom practices, projects, and\/or initiatives\u00a0informed by best practices (face-to-face, virtual, online, and HyFlex)<\/li>\n<li>Transformative classroom structures, projects,\u00a0and\/or initiatives\u00a0(face-to-face, virtual, online, and HyFlex) that allow for flexibility and innovation in teaching and learning<\/li>\n<li>Ways to transform the campus community that inspire openness and feelings of belonging<\/li>\n<li>High-impact practices that support reflection, growth mindset, and\/or flexibility<\/li>\n<li>Tools, apps, or other resources that create opportunities to transform learning<\/li>\n<li>Tools, apps, or other resources that support best practices in teaching<\/li>\n<li>Approaches to identifying and mitigating non-academic barriers that inhibit growth (such as gaps in technology related to access or knowledge)<\/li>\n<li>Ways to examine and assess the opportunities to increase access through course formats (face-to-face, virtual, HyFlex, and online)<\/li>\n<li>Impact of curricular and co-curricular community engagement opportunities on openness and flexibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To view the historic 2024 iPED schedule, please request a copy by contacting <a href=\"mailto:CTL@Marshall.edu\">CTL@Marshall.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For questions, contact Jamie Warner, Ph.D. (<a href=\"mailto:warnerj@marshall.edu\">warnerj@marshall.edu<\/a>) or April Fugett, Ph.D. (<a href=\"mailto:fugett5@marshall.edu\">fugett5@marshall.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transforming Teaching and Learning through Innovation Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Conference Theme \u201cThe real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.\u201d E.O Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, September 9, 2009 In the U.S., we tend to associate \u201cinnovation\u201d with only the last part<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1064,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1064"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8184"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8923,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8184\/revisions\/8923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}