Selected links and resources set from Gardner’s talk:
- Brazil-Science fiction/fantasy film
- Norbert Wiener, Invention, the Care and Feeding of Ideas
- Seymour Papert, Why School Reform is Impossible
- Brain Rules
- Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome – TED Talk
- Marco Torres – Apple Distinguished Educator
- Vi Hart
- Eric Whitacre
- Symphony of Science
- Khan Academy
- IT Conversations
- Invent the Future-Virginia Tech vision for teaching and learning technologies
- Science Education Alliance-Howard Hughes Institute
Monday, September 26th
CLC Ballroom
8:00-8:45 a.m.
Registration, conversation, and welcome*
8:45 – 9:00
Words of Welcome
Dr. June Carter, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence and Professor of Spanish
Dr. Thomas Moore, Chancellor
Dr. Warren Carson, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Speaker Introduction
Cindy Jennings, Director of Learning Technologies
Keynote address: “Teaching, Learning and the Digital Imagination”
Dr. W. Gardner Campbell
W. Gardner Campbell is Director of Professional Development and Innovative Initiatives at Virginia Tech. In addition to his experience as an educator, he is a highly regarded and internationally recognized thought leader, author, and speaker on topics related to teaching and learning technologies. Campbell was described last fall in a post at the ProfHacker blog (October 21, 2010) from the Chronicle of Higher Education as “…so electrically inspiring in conversation that he should be tattooed with a warning label.”
- Learn more about Campbell from his EDUCAUSE bio here
- Read Campbell’s blog here
- Another sample: Campbell, G. (2009). A Personal Cyberinfrastructure. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 44, no. 5 (September/October 2009): 58–59
- And another: Campbell, G. (2007). My Computer Romance. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 42, no. 5 (September/October 2007): 12-27
10:30 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
- CLC Ballroom – Continue the conversation with W. Gardner Campbell
- CLC 309 – Conversation lead by Jim LaMee,
Coordinator of Library Services for Distance Learning and
USC Upstate Library Coordinator at the University Center in Greenville - CLC 317 – Conversation lead by Dr. George Williams,
Assistant Professor of English,
Department of Languages, Literature, and Composition - CLC 319 – Panel and Discussion –
Dr. Ben Myers, Assistant Professor of Speech, Department of Fine Arts and Communication Studies;
Dr. Desiree Rowe, Assistant Professor of Speech, Department of Fine Arts and Communication Studies;
Dr. Elnora Stuart (via video), Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean, George Dean Johnson Jr. College of Business and Economics;
Dr. Lori Tanner, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education, School of Education
12:00 noon
Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m.
Concluding panel
Dr. George Labanick, Professor of Biology
Upstate students: Tyler Farnsworth and Heidi Mitchell
Along with Dr. Campbell & Cindy Jennings for closing remarks
*The conference is open to faculty, staff and students. Note that registration is required, and while free, this is a ticketed event. To reserve your space and receive your ticket, please email the Center for Teaching Excellence at cte@uscupstate.edu.
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Virtual Conference Continues:
As followup to Monday conversations, visit our daily conference pages for continuing opportunities to consider implications for teaching and learning at USC Upstate.
Readings and resources are available for your review at your convenience.
Participate by contributing your thoughts as comments on each daily focus page.
A preview and context setter:
27th: 21st Century Teaching — Focus on Faculty
28th: 21st Century Learning — Focus on Students
29th: Core Skills – “What is the key to 21st century teaching and learning?“
30th: 21st Century Inquiry — Focus on Scholarship (new media, collaboration technology, scholarship of teaching)