Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Annual Spring Conference
Event Title: Excellence in Teaching and Learning - Annual Spring Conference
Event Date: Friday, March 13th, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Event Location: UBC
Event Format: Conference
Event Topic: Teaching and Learning
Conference Schedule: Spring Conference Schedule (PDF)
Description: 2009 Regional Conference on Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Presenters: L.Dee Fink, University of Oklahoma - President POD; Various Faculty, California State University, Fresno
Presentation by Dee Fink
Keynote Title: “The Joy and Responsibility of Teaching Well”
When we teach, our actions as teachers have the potential not only to fulfill our responsibility to students and society but also to give us the deep joy that comes when we do something important, well.
There is growing evidence that although college-level teaching is extremely important in today’s world, we are not doing a very good job of educating our students. In this presentation I examine our traditional responses – and suggest alternative responses - to four central issues of teaching: WHAT we teach, HOW we teach, how we GEAR UP as teachers, and WHO we are as educators.
If we can re-think and revise our responses to these four issues in ways that improve student learning, we can experience the deep Joy that comes with doing something very important – WELL!
Short Bio of Dr. Fink:
Currently works as a national and international consultant in higher education. He leads 30 to 40 workshops each year nationally and internationally for faculty and administrators about what can be done to promote better teaching and learning. He is frequently invited to be a conference speaker on the subject of “Creating Significant Learning Experiences.”
In 2004-2005 he was president of the POD [Professional & Organizational Development] Network in Higher Education, the largest faculty development organization in the world. In 2003 he published a book on “Creating Significant Learning Experiences” (Jossey-Bass). From 1979 to 2005 he served as the founding director of the instructional Development Program at the University of Oklahoma. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1976.