The spring 2021 Teaching and Learning Symposium will be conducted on March 18 and 19. This year’s theme focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusivity in the classroom with Bryan Dewsbury as the keynote speaker.
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 Dewsbury, an associate professor of biology from the University of Rhode Island. Dewsbury is also a Principal Investigator of the Science Education and Society (SEAS) 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. He 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-ed teaching professionals including faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska-Kearney, University of Nebraska-Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Like the highly rated video poster sessions at the fall symposium, the spring symposium will also be feature online poster sessions with teaching techniques submitted by faculty and students for attendees. 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 about the spring symposium are available online.