Call for Proposals: Blackboard's Digital Teaching Symposium
Submissions due September 18, 2023
            Do you have a digital teaching best practice or experience to share with other educators? What strategies help educators excel and thrive in a shifting higher education landscape?
                  
        
        Blackboard/Anthology is looking for presenters to share their experiences with faculty, lecturers, academic technologists, and instructional designers at the Spring 2023 Digital Teaching Symposium, a fully-online, one-day conference. Examples of topics include:
Innovations in Teaching and Learning  
Digital Teaching Strategies
Teaching in Ultra
- AI/VR/Metaverse  
 - Digital citizenship
 - Teaching tools
 - Practical strategies to motivate and retain online learners to increase retention and graduations rates
 - Low-cost (or free) apps/platforms to enhance teaching
 - Data & Analytics
 - DEI/Accessibility
 
Digital Teaching Strategies
- Student engagement 
 - Faculty Training
 - Discipline specific strategies (science, math, psychology)
 - Applications for student clubs and organizations
 - Assignments, alternative assessments, course design
 - Pedagogy
 - Evaluation & feedback
 
Teaching in Ultra
- Transitioning to Ultra 
 - How to organize information in Ultra
 - Built-in tools such as journals, quizzes, discussions, etc.
 
If you are interested in presenting, please fill out the online form to submit your proposal. The deadline is Tuesday, March 14 at 5 p.m. ET.
                          
                    Posted: March 1, 2023, 8:17 AM