“In the great majority, the intellect is a clumsy, gloomy, creaking machine that is difficult to start. They call it \u201ctaking the matter seriously\u201d when they want to work with this machine and think well. How burdensome they must find good thinking!”
\n–Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science<\/i>, Book IV, 327<\/p>\n
The shifts in higher education over the last few years have been substantial and swift. COVID\u2019s long hangover, budget cuts, and mind-blowing, nonstop advancements in technology like AI have left us hopeful but exhausted. Certainly, we have a new appreciation for the quote, \u201cMay you live in interesting times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although it\u2019s tempting to batten down the hatches and stick with our own tried and true assignments, delivery methods, and content, \u201cinteresting times\u201d such as these can provide opportunities (voluntarily or not) to consider pedagogical ideas other than what we\u2019ve always done. These new pedagogical ideas don\u2019t have to come from a book or consultant or the latest education fad; the best, most captivating ideas often come from those working on the front lines: our pedagogical peers. What hacks and unorthodox methods have you been experimenting with recently? What procedural or textual risks have you taken pedagogically? What types of pedagogical subterfuge and playful approaches have worked to \u201ctrick\u201d students into actually learning, even though they\u2019re sometimes as exhausted as we can be?<\/p>\n
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 (asynchronous, virtual, traditional classroom, etc.).<\/p>\n
Spring 2025 iPED Quick Guide & Schedule*<\/a><\/p>\n Spring 2025 iPED Session Details, Abstracts, and Links*<\/a>(updated May 13, 2025)<\/p>\n