Selected Invited Recent and Upcoming Keynotes
I am often invited to speak at colleges and universities as well as provide keynote addresses at conferences that focus on teaching, learning, and higher education. Below are lists of selected addresses and workshops I have recently given. Topics have included teaching with AI, general education reform, flipping the classroom, active learning practices, assessment, myths about learning, ePortfolios, open education resources (OERs), the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and the future of higher education, among others.
Selected Upcoming Invited Keynotes and Workshops
Teaching with AI, Oxford College at Emory, Oxford, GA (March 22, 2024)
Title Forthcoming, New Horizons 2024, hosted by Virginia's Community Colleges Student Success Center, Roanoke, VA (April 12, 2024)
AI and the New Era of Learning: How Higher Education Must Respond, Edge.Con, Ewing, NJ (April 18, 2024)
AI and the New Era of Learning, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (April 19, 2024)
Title Forthcoming, Northeastern University's Annual Conference for Advancing Evidence-based Learning (CAEBL), Boston, MA (April 30, 2024)
Teaching in the Age of AI: Rethinking Pedagogy and Curriculum in Service to Student Learning, The Teaching Professors Conference, New Orleans, LA (June 9, 2024)
Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI: A New Era of Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation, 2024 Assessment Conference, Indianapolis, IN (October 29, 2024)
Selected Invited Keynotes, Workshops, and Addresses
Models and practices: The national conversation regarding general education and integrative learning. Invited campus address at Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO (October 2023)
Core Review Town Hall: The national conversation regarding general education and integrative learning. Invited campus address at Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC (October 2023)
Accelerating curricular and pedagogical innovation. Invited conference keynote at Springfield College, Springfield, MA (May 2023)
A conversation about digital equity and student success. Invited conference keynote at OLC Innovate 2023 Conference Keynote (April 2023)
Community Colleges as Centers of Innovation: Shaping the Future of HigherEd. Invited conference keynote at PowerSchool Higher Education Online Conference (September 2022)
Designing for successful integrative learning: Preparing students for the future. Invited campus address at University of North Carolina, Pembroke, Pembroke, NC (May 2022)
ePortfolios as meta-high impact practice: Leveraging reflection and reflective practice to maximizing student learning. Invited campus address at Albany State University, Albany, GA (April 2022)
ePortfolios as meta-high impact practice: Leveraging reflection and reflective practice to maximizing student learning. Invited campus address at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (March 2022)
Models and practices: The national conversation regarding general education and integrative learning. Invited campus address at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (November 2021)
Collaborative learning: A practical workshop to designing impactful instruction. Invited campus address at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (September 2021)
The future of higher education and how to prepare for it. Invited keynote address at the annual fall faculty conference at Tennessee Wesleyan University, Athens, TN (August 2021)
What do we really know about how people learn? Invited keynote address at the annual conference of Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges (May 2021)
Making the connection to the workforce: Leverage integrative learning to prepare students for the future. Invited university address at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA (July 2020)
Beyond affordability: Leveraging open educational resources for student success in the general education curriculum. Invited keynote address at OpenStax’s Creator Fest, Rice University, Houston, TX (June 2020)
What do we know about how people learn? Invited keynote address at Wiley’s West Coast Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Workplace Conference, Vancouver, BC (February 2020)
Leveraging technology to ensure high impact. Invited workshop presentation at the Tennessee Board of Regents’ Third Annual Statewide HIPS Conference, Franklin, TN (January 2020)
Developing transferrable skills for lifelong learners. Invited university address at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (September 2019)
Interdisciplinarity in teaching: The scholarship of teaching and learning. Invited university address at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY (May 2019)
Fostering integrative learning across the curriculum. Invited university address at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN (April 2019)
The importance of reflection for student learning and general education. Invited university address at the University of Michigan - Flint, Flint, MI (December 2018)
Educational development for a liberal education: Making every class a high impact practice. Invited panelist for the first annual POD Network Presidential Session at the annual meeting of the POD Network, Portland, OR (November, 2018)
Course and assignment design: A workshop. Invited workshop for the first annual LEAP Georgia Conference, Milledgeville, GA (November, 2018)
Why leadership excellence in higher education is more important now than ever. Invited keynote address at the Leadership in Higher Education Conference, Minneapolis, MN (October, 2018)
Teaching and learning: Myths, evidence, and clear paths forward. Invited keynote address for the Faculty Career Enhancement Conference of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Chicago, IL (September, 2018)
Teaching naked techniques: Core strategies for improving student learning. Invited keynote address for the Dr. Helen McElree Faculty Development Lecture Series at the University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR (March, 2018)
General education models that prepare students for success throughout life. Invited presenter and discussant for the University of North Georgia’s Core Curriculum Review Committee, Gainesville, GA (November 2017)
Interdisciplinarity in teaching: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Invited keynote address at the eWolf Intensive Spring Conference, University of Anchorage, Anchorage, AK (May 2017)
Teaching online courses successfully. Invited workshop at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (March 2017)
Navigating the learning landscape: Where we are and where we go next. Invited keynote address at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Blacksburg, VA (February 2017)
Improving student learning and graduation rates: Strategies that embrace all metrics of student success. Invited keynote address at the annual meeting of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, Houston, TX (February 2017)
Classroom 2020. Invited keynote address for LaGrange College’s Faculty Institute, LaGrange, GA (August 2016)
Flipping the classroom: Best practices for engaged learning. Invited keynote address at Herzing University, Atlanta, GA (March 2016)
What do we really know about how people learn? Invited keynote workshop at the annual teaching and learning conference of the American Political Science Association, Portland, OR (February 2016)
Achieving equity through student success and digital pedagogies. Invited plenary panelist at the annual conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC (January 2016)
What do we really know about how people learn? Invited keynote address at the Evidence-based Teaching and Learning Lilly Conference, Austin, TX (January 2016)
OER in teaching and learning: What, why, and how. Invited presentation for campus event on open education resources at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (November 2015)
Best practices in the use of technology in the classroom. Invited panelist for the 2015 Southeastern Conference Symposium, Atlanta, GA (September 2015)
Peer-facilitated formative evaluation of teaching. Invited presentation for the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK (August 2015)
Developing and evaluating authentic assessments. Invited workshop for day-long faculty development event for the University System of Kentucky, Louisville, KY (January 2015)
Using open source materials to infuse project-based learning into general education courses. Invited panelist at the inaugural Symposium on the Future of the Textbook, Athens, GA (December 2014)
Fostering meaningful faculty engagement in assessment: Crowdsourcing best practices. Invited keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Virginia Assessment Group, Norfolk, VA (November 2014)
Reducing the costs for students through open education resources. Invited presentation to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, Atlanta, GA (March 2014)
Comprehensive GTA pedagogical development. Invited speaker at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) Spring Focus Session (March 2014)
Classroom 2020. Invited keynote speaker at the annual conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning, Orlando, FL (October 2013)
What do we know about students? Technology, student culture, and multitasking. Invited keynote speaker at the annual faculty retreat for Southwestern Adventist University, Granbury, TX (August 2013)
Digital native mythologies: What should and should not guide today’s teaching practice. Invited keynote speaker at the University of Georgia’s annual Teaching Symposium, Young Harris, GA (March 2013)
Realizing the promise: ePortfolios and scholarship. Invited keynote panelist at the annual conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Atlanta, GA (January 2013)
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