Call for Proposals

The IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning is now accepting proposals for the 2008 E. C. Moore Symposium on Teaching Excellence, which will take place on Friday, February 22, 2008.  We hope you’ll consider submitting a proposal and encourage you to share this invitation and information about the conference with your colleagues.

In keeping with the long-standing tradition of gathering around an academic issue of interest to all, the E. C. Moore Symposium will continue to offer a variety of sessions that emphasize innovation and best practices. More than ever, institutions of higher learning are called upon to prepare an increasingly diverse student body to thrive in a knowledge-based economy and to meet the challenges of global citizenship. To flourish in today’s social and economic environment, students at all levels need to cultivate mastery of competencies and skills that transcend disciplinary boundaries. IUPUI holds a unique place in the national conversation around this topic. Early to recognize both the importance of and the challenges posed to faculty to transform university teaching to support this new curricular goal, IUPUI moved to the forefront of the national conversation to foster integrative learning across the curriculum and document student learning. Simultaneously, our campus also initiated projects to create more robust methods to document student learning. In the ten years following the initial adoption of the Principles of Undergraduate Learning, numerous professional and graduate programs have embraced the concept of competency-based education.

This year, the Moore Symposium brings the IUPUI campus community together to consider the ways that principle-based and competency-based learning has shaped the practice and profession of teaching. This will be a wonderful opportunity to share these practices with colleagues.The 2008 program will include 50-minute breakout sessions (possible formats include panel and roundtable discussions, lecture-discussion, interactive workshops) and poster presentations.  We especially welcome proposals that explore these and similar questions:

• What successful strategies are we employing to encourage intellectual, cultural, and ethical competence in the classroom?
• How can we successfully integrate the Principles of Undergraduate Learning or our professional competencies in our classes to enhance student learning?
• How are we preparing students to be skilled and caring professionals in an increasingly global society?
• What approaches are we employing to link academic and civic life?What innovative uses of technology address the teaching of disciplinary competencies?
• How does a focus on principled or competency-based teaching models transform the relationship between faculty and advisors as partners in teaching? 

All proposals will be reviewed based on the following criteria:

• Topic is consistent with the 2008 symposium theme – Ways of Knowing, Ways of Doing: Encouraging Intellectual, Cultural and Ethical Competence
• New or creative approach on a topic of educational significanceThoroughness, quality, and clarityRelevant conceptual or theoretical approach
• Clearly specified learning outcomes for the session

Proposals will be accepted until Wednesday, November 28, 2007.  Applicants will be notified in early January, 2008.For more information, please contact the Center for Teaching and Learning at 274-1300.