Development Opportunities

Lilly West 2012 Conference

Sponsored by: International Alliance of Teacher Scholars (IATS)
Date: Friday, March 16, 2012 - 9:00am - Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 5:30pm
Registration Deadline: March 1, 2012
Location: Kellogg West Ranch, California Polytechnic State University, Pomona

The 2012 Lilly Conference on College & University - West theme builds on 24 years of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Almost daily neuroscience, biology and cognitive science researchers reveal new insights about how the human brain works and learns. Many of these new findings strongly suggest that current models of instruction used in higher education need to be modified and in some cases, radically changed if they are to operate in harmony with how the brain learns.This presentation will discuss many of these new research findings and suggest ways to apply them in a higher education setting. Topics will include findings on movement and exercise, stress, sleep and naps, memory enhancers, attention enhancers, use of distributed practice, importance of patterns in learning and the role of neurogenisis, neuroplasticity and genes in enhancing learning.

About the Lilly Conference:

Lilly Conferences are retreats that combine workshops, discussion sessions, and major addresses, with opportunities for informal discussion about excellence in college and university teaching and learning. Internationally-known scholars join new and experienced faculty members and administrators from all over the world to discuss topics such as gender differences in learning, incorporating technology into teaching, encouraging critical thinking, using teaching and student portfolios, implementing group learning, and evaluating teaching.

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Call for Proposals

1. How are presentations selected?
2. What makes a proposal that reviewers recommend?
3. How do you choose a title and write an abstract that will attract
   participants to your session?

The Call for Proposals goes out by email to over 22,000 faculty and administrators who have indicated an interest in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Lilly West proposals are sent to the International Alliance of Teacher Scholars (IATS), where they are entered into the main database and are then forwarded for review to members of the Peer Review Committee. The reviews are sent back to the IATS office for notification of the presenters and construction of the program.

Proposals are evaluated as Excellent, Acceptable, or Unsatisfactory in the categories:

• Importance of the Topic
• Excellence of Scholarly Process
• Clarity and Appropriateness of Objectives
• Clarity and Appropriateness of Activities
• Clarity and Appropriateness of Description

Reviewers can recommend accepting the proposal, request changes, or reject the proposal. They also provide advice for presenters on how to improve the presentations or give their reasons for recommending the proposal not be accepted. Proposals may be on any topic related to college & university teaching and student learning. Proposals may be interdisciplinary or specific to one or a group of disciplines, but must demonstrate excellence as Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

The Proposal Submission Form asks for presentation objectives and activities and a 75-word Session Description to be printed in the program schedule. Reviewers pay particular attention to the coherence of title, objectives, activities and description. For instance, does a proposed session on active learning include active participation? [Don't laugh: we've heard lots of lectures on the values of active learning!] Does the abstract tell what will be going on in the session?

Too many titles are overly specific ["What Happened in this Exact Course in this Exact College"] rather than written to interest the greatest number of participants ["Using This Technique: An Example from This Course"]. IATS staff are available to help with proposal development throughout the year.

Submission Deadline Thursday, September 15, 2011

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