Program

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Time   Activity
8:00am Welcome and Conference Overview  
8:15am
Team Goal Setting

Facilitator: Will Ofstad, California Health Sciences University

At the heart of a quality Learning to Learn (Process Education) environment is the use of Cooperative Learning and Team-based learning supported by a mentoring process. With this in mind (in addition to the standard conference program structure), this conference provides learning experiences for teams with 6-7 participants and assigned mentors. At the beginning and end of each day, we have allocated space in the schedule for participants to share learning plans as well as discoveries related to both personal and team goals. Team discoveries and accomplishments will be reported in the concluding session of the conference.

8:45am
Symposium 1: Classroom Practices for Engaging i-Generation Students

Facilitator: Audrey Murray, Hinds Community College

The next generation of students have a set of skills, interests, and learning styles that can be either assets or liabilities in the classroom. This panel will explore new practices that enhance the teaching and learning environment for this generation of students. Each panelist will share their practices in a concept paper to be read prior to the session. Panelist innovations will be analyzed and key take-aways will be synthesized, enriched by audience interaction throughout the session.


Panelists
(click a paper name to view it)
10:15am Break
10:45am

Click any of the following workshop titles to learn more...Please note that there are three types of workshop, based on focus: research, Practitioner, and paper.

12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm
Keynote 1: Generation Z: An Inside Perspective

Speaker: Breanna Apple, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Facebook. YouTube. Twitter. Instagram, Kik, Snapchat, Vine, Tinder; the list goes on. While it might seem at times like these services popped up just yesterday, for many members of the so-called “iGeneration,” it’s difficult to remember a time without them. The world wide web existed long before the oldest members of Generation Z were born—and now these oldest members are beginning their college careers, with new technologies in hand and new ideas about the way the world works. What makes this generation different from the media darlings we know as Millennials? How does the constant presence of social media affect the way twenty-first century kids form and maintain friendships? What can modern technologies do for a classroom, other than serve as a distraction? What does the iGen value? Why do we love technology so much? And what do all of these strange new words mean? In this talk, I will attempt to answer these questions--and other questions that may arise—and to provide an overview of how Gen Z lives and learns from an insider’s perspective.

1:45pm Break
2:00pm Hall of Innovation  (Facilitator: Priscilla Burks)

The Hall of Innovation provides easy access for conference attendees to share favorite teaching/learning that promote better student and program outcomes. All you have to do is bring along some PowerPoint poster elements that can be placed on poster boards (that we supply). The purpose of the session is to invite interaction with other participants that can both disseminate and further refine these practices as well as support networking among conference-goers. The environment is thought-provoking and promotes networking around best practices in teaching as well as research. Go ahead and take the risk. Join in the fun!

3:30pm Break
4:00pm

Click any of the following workshop titles to learn more...Please note that there are three types of workshop, based on focus: research, Practitioner, and paper.

5:30pm   Team Time
6:15pm   Adjourn
6:30pm Winery Visit and Tour (click for more info)

Time   Activity
8:00am Team Time
8:30am
Symposium 2: Institutional Practices for Engaging i-Generation Students

Facilitator: Mary Moore, University of Indianapolis

Institutions have been creating new programs to attract and support the values and needs of i-Generation students. They also have been modifying existing programs to align with these values and identified needs. A panel of leaders in their institutional programs will discuss the importance of recognizing and fulfilling these needs. Panelists will identify the problem or opportunity associated with their program, primary objectives, summary of activities, selected results, and what the future holds for their programs.


Panelists
(click a paper name to view it)
10:15am Break
10:45am

Click any of the following workshop titles to learn more...Please note that there are three types of workshop, based on focus: research, Practitioner, and paper.

12:15pm Lunch
1:00pm
Keynote 2: Role of the Academy in the iGen Age

Speaker: Matthew Watts, Tidewater Community College

As President-Elect of the Academy of Process Education and one of its younger members, Matthew Watts will discuss the generational differences that affect teaching and learning in higher education. Why are current generations different than past generations? How are teaching best practices changing to meet the needs of contemporary students? How do we get younger faculty more involved in educational research and professional development? Most importantly how do I get my students to put their phones down for an hour and pay attention! Matthew will combine personal experience with process education principles to create a shared vision of student success.

1:45pm Break
2:00pm

Click any of the following workshop titles to learn more...Please note that there are three types of workshop, based on focus: research, Practitioner, and paper.

3:30pm Break
4:00pm

Click any of the following workshop titles to learn more...Please note that there are three types of workshop, based on focus: research, Practitioner, and paper.

5:30pm   Team Time
6:15pm   Adjourn
7:00pm Academy social (click for more info)

Time   Activity
7:45am Academy Business Meeting/Election of Officers
8:30am   Team Time
9:00am
Symposium 3: International Initiatives for Increasing i-Generation Student Success  

Facilitator: Wade Ellis, West Valley College (Emeritus)

This session focuses on international organizations and programs designed to attract i-generation students into college and increase their success. This panel will highlight how these ventures differ from those put in place for millennial students. This includes a facilitated discussion how these initiatives address shifting values, attitudes, believes, and skill sets of i-Generation students. Panelists will include eminent researchers, policy experts, and organizational leaders.


Panelists
(click a paper name to view it)
10:30am Break
11:00am

Click any of the following workshop titles to learn more...Please note that there are two types of workshop in this session, based on focus: community and research.

12:30pm Lunch
1:15pm
Plenary Session: Needs and Assets of This Generation of Students

Facilitator: Shawn Clerkin, Gannon University

This session will involve up to 20 students from Gannon University who work along with faculty to interactively explore the true assets that this generation brings to college. This will include identification of preferences that this generation has for learning/teaching practice and definition of learning needs that this generation sees as a priority to strengthen their ability to be collegiate learners. Students will be paired and will do a speed dating rotation among conference participant teams. As students visit each base group, the base group will use their conference experience by asking inquiry questions to advance their team goals and reflect on their own teaching practice. Each base group and student team will produce two insights that will be shared at the end of the session.

2:30pm   Team Time and Team Reports
4:00pm Awards Ceremony (facilitated by Joyce Adams )
4:15pm Conference Assessment (facilitated by Tris Utschig)
5:00pm   Adjourn
5:15pm Academy Board Meeting


Time   Activity
8:00am
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12:00pm
Academy Research Workshop

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  • Affirm the Academy's Research Mission
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  • Create List of Webinar Topics for 2018-2019