3T: Teaching, Techniques and Technology Conference Hosted by UC Clermont College

Registration is now open for the 3T Teaching, Techniques and Technology Conference – offering educators the opportunity to share a broad range of innovative teaching practices and practical applications of technology in the classroom. The conference will be held at UC Clermont College on Saturday, March 8.
 
The conference features:

•  Keynote speakers – Ken Bain and Linda Nilson (bios below).
•  More than 40 concurrent faculty presentations
•  Complimentary breakfast and lunch
•  Educational technology sponsor demonstrations
 
By pre-registering for the meeting, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of four Microsoft Surface tablets (you must be present at conference to win). Register now for the conference via the website at http://www.uc.edu/cetl/3T.html  Registration is FREE for UC faculty, staff and students; and $75 for non-UC attendees.
 
For more information, contact Patty Goedl at Patricia.Goedl@uc.edu or 513-558-1545.
 
Conference keynote speakers:

Dr. Ken Bain, president, Best Teachers Institute, spent much of his academic career at Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and New York University, before becoming provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, and professor of history and urban education (National Center for Urban Education), University of the District of Columbia, a post he left in July 2013.

He was the founding director of four major teaching and learning centers: the Center for Teaching Excellence at New York University, the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University, the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University, and the Research Academy for University Learning at Montclair University. In the 1970s and early '80s he was professor of history at the University of Texas-Pan American, where he also served as director of that school's University Honors Program and as founding director of the History Teaching Center.

His now classic book "What the Best College Teachers Do" (Harvard University Press, 2004) won the 2004 Virginia and Warren Stone Prize for an outstanding book on education and society, and has been one of the top selling books on higher education. It has been translated into 12 languages and was the subject of an award-winning television documentary series in 2007. The sequel, "What the Best College Students Do," also from Harvard University Press, won the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize in 2012, and has become an international best-seller. So far, it has been translated into two languages besides English (Korean and Spanish), other editions are forthcoming.

Linda B. Nilson

is founding director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation (OTEI) at Clemson University and author of "Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors," now in its third edition (Jossey-Bass, 2010), and "The Graphic Syllabus and the Outcomes Map: Communicating Your Course" (Jossey-Bass, 2007).  Her last book, "Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students’ Self-Awareness and Learning Skills" (Stylus, 2013), was released in 2013.  She also co-edited "Enhancing Learning with Laptops in the Classroom" (Jossey-Bass, 2005) and four volumes of "To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development" (Anker, 2007, 2008; Jossey-Bass, 2009, 2010), the major publication of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education.

In addition, Nilson has published many articles and book chapters and has presented conference sessions and faculty workshops at colleges and universities both nationally and internationally on dozens of topics related to course design, teaching effectiveness, assessment, scholarly productivity, and academic career matters.  Her most recent articles document the serious validity problems with student ratings and propose ways to measure learning in courses. Before coming to Clemson University, Nilson directed teaching centers at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, Riverside. She has also taught graduate seminars on college teaching. She entered the area of educational development while she was on the sociology faculty at UCLA. Nilson has held leadership positions in the POD Network, Toastmasters International, Mensa, and the Southern Regional Faculty and Instructional Development Consortium. She was a National Science Foundation Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she received her PhD and master’s degree in sociology.