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? Share your experiences with faculty, lecturers, academic technologists, and instructional designers at the Fall 2023 Digital Teaching Symposium, a fully-online, one-day conference, scheduled for Thursday, November 2, 2023. 

Examples of topics include:

Innovations in Teaching and Learning  
  • Low-cost (or free) apps/platforms to enhance teaching
  • New teaching tools
  • Safeguarding against plagiarism & academic misconduct
  • Simple technology for late adopters of technology in the classroom

Digital Teaching Strategies 
  • Accessibility
  • Alternative assignments and assessments  
  • Competency-based education
  • Data & analytics  
  • Discipline-specific strategies (science, math, psychology, business)  
  • Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging
  • Evaluation & feedback  
  • Faculty training & engagement
  • Hybrid/blended learning  
  • Pedagogy Online student engagement

Teaching in Ultra 
  • Assignments, alternative assessments, course design 
  • Built-in tools such as journals, quizzes, discussions, etc. 
  • How to organize information on Learn Ultra  
  • Transitioning to Learn Ultra 
  • Using templates in Learn Ultra

If you are interested in presenting a 30-minute topic in English or Spanish, please fill out the online form with Anthology/Blackboard to submit your proposal. The deadline is Monday, September 18 at 5 p.m. ET.
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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  
  • 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.
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