Program

The Retreat will take place on Friday, March 4, 2016 at the Illini Union in Illini Rooms ABC (1st floor).

8:00 am–8:30 am	Registration and Refreshments
8:30 am–8:40 am	Overview Michel Bellini, Director of the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) and Professor in School of Molecular & Cellular Biology
8:40 am–8:50 am	Welcome Edward Feser, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Introduction of 2015-2016 Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Jennifer Amos, Bioengineering
8:50 am–9:00 am	Introduction – Changing Faces, Changing Places, Changing Learning Cheelan Bo-Linn, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning Robert Baird, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
9:00 am–9:50 am	Bringing Out the Best in Our Students – Allow Them to Become Reflective Learners *Video Vignettes* Shelly Schmidt, Food Science and Human Nutrition Jose Vazquez, Economics *Opening the Classroom Door* Jose Vazquez, Economics
9:50 am–10:00 am	Break
10:00 am–11:15 am	Bringing Out the Best in Our Students – Create New Ways for Them to Demonstrate Their Learning *Video Vignettes* Marci Uihlein, Architecture Lawrence Angrave, Computer Science *Opening the Classroom Door* Marci Uihlein, Architecture Lawrence Angrave, Computer Science
11:15 am–12:30 pm	Keynote Speaker Sheryl Burgstahler, founder and director of the DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center and affiliate professor in the College of Education at the University of Washington
12:30 pm–1:30 pm	Lunch Remarks and Networking Mats Selen, Physics – U.S. Professor of the Year, 2015 Closing Remarks – Charles Tucker, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Innovation
1:30 pm–2:30 pm	Please Join Us for Coffee, Conversation, and Exploration Coffee and Informal Chat with Keynote Speaker Sheryl Burgstahler Exploration of a Variety of Teaching Technologies – opportunity to talk to experts and try out favorites such as i>clickers, Illinois Compass, Blackboard Collaborate and new tools such as eText (for producing rich multimedia texts), Digital Inking and Illinois Media Space, as well as, low and no-tech teaching tips.

This Retreat is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning.

Special Acknowledgement to the Faculty Retreat Committee:
Michel Bellini, Cheelan Bo-Linn, Eric Snodgrass, Amy Woods, Robert Baird, Shelly Schmidt, and Joseph Minarik

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