Scholarly Teaching Conferences
VITAL supports 91探花faculty to deliver presentations or actively participate in conferences on teaching and learning.
Temple University's Annual Faculty Conference on Teaching Excellence: This regional conference on issues pertaining to learning-centered teaching in higher education provides a great forum to enrich your teaching practices and exchange ideas with colleagues.
Opportunity: VITAL is pleased to support up to eight faculty colleagues across disciplines to attend the conference. The , January 7-8, will highlight practical ideas for designing learning experiences that leverage student assets, enhance accessibility, and are grounded in research-based learning principles. The plenary speakers, Dr. Joshua Eyler and Dr. Tia McNair will share actionable learning approaches strategies and discuss how institutions can promote student success and achievement.
Caveat: Sponsored faculty are asked (1) to join a virtual post-conference discussion; and (2) share with 91探花teaching community a conference take-away, i.e., a teaching practice that supports student learning. This sharing may occur as part of a VITAL and/or department program during spring 2026.
Sponsored Faculty: Divine Aboagye, Communication; Hibba Abugideri, History; Ryan Almeida, Geography & the Environment; Brandon Ambrosino, Theology & Religious Studies; Janet Guedon, Biology; Gwendolyn Hamid, Amy McKeever, Wendi Smith, Christina Whitehouse, Nursing; Francois Massonnat, French & Francophone Studies Program; Leena Shevade, Sustainable Engineering Program; James Waters, Ethics Program.
Please note. Sponsorship applies to both days. Faculty who were sponsored in the past two years are not eligible to apply.
List of past sponsored faculty. (PDF)
The program explores how to integrate PBL into your classroom by working with expert practitioners across disciplines.聽 Specifically, the facilitators will walk you through the steps to develop engaging problems for your discipline. You will experience various kinds of approaches to PBL and learn how to set up your classes to successfully integrate this type of experiential, collaborative learning.聽 The program is designed primarily for new and current practitioners of PBL, focused on university level education, in all disciplines.
颁濒颈肠办听here聽for Past VITAL-Sponsored PBL Workshop Participants (PDF).
Lilly Conference Travel Fellowship is no longer being offered as the regional Lilly conference has been incorporated into national online conference.聽
颁濒颈肠办听here聽for Past Lilly Teaching Conference Travel Fellows聽(PDF).