The spring Teaching and Learning Symposium will take place on March 18 and 19 with a theme that focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusivity in the classroom. This will be the second symposium held online via Zoom and, for the first time, will span two days.
Opening the symposium and conducting several workshops will be Bryan Dewsbury, associate professor of biology from the University of Rhode Island and principal investigator of the Science Education and Society research program, where participants blend research on the social context of teaching and learning, faculty development of inclusive practices, and programming in the cultivation of equity in education. Dewsbury is also a fellow with the John N. Gardner Institute where he assists institutions of higher education to cultivate best practices in inclusive education.
The keynote will be open to all higher-education teaching professionals including faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska-Kearney, University of Nebraska-Omaha, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The spring symposium will feature online poster sessions, like the highly-rated sessions in fall, with teaching techniques submitted by faculty and students. Posters will focus on the theme of diversity, equity, and inclusion along with other topics.
The Teaching and Learning Symposium is a professional development opportunity sponsored by the Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office and the Center for Transformative Teaching in the fall and spring. Additional details and registration information for spring are available online: https://teaching.unl.edu/teaching-learning-symposium/