Please register at delange.rice.edu. Seating at the conference venue is limited, so early registration is recommended. Online registration will close at 4:00 PM, Monday, September 29, 2014. Agenda:
Monday, October 13, 2014
Rice University, Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC)
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Introduction – Susan McIntosh, Director, Scientia/De Lange Conferences
8:40 AM Welcome –
David Leebron, President, Rice University
8:50 AM Introduction of Jeff Selingo, Chronicle of Higher Education, Arizona State University
by Steve Cox, Chair, Faculty Fellows of the Center for Teaching Excellence
Perspectives on the University and its Teaching Mission (Moderator, Jeff Selingo)
9:00 AM “Technology: Its Impact on Teaching, Learning, and Governance”
Opening Address - William Bowen, President Emeritus, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and President Emeritus, Princeton University
10:00 AM Breakout Activities — Teaching Demos
“The Critique Model” — Karim Al-Zand, Associate Professor of Composition and Theory, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
“Teaching with Clickers” — Derek Bruff, Director, Center for Teaching and Senior Lecturer of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
“Teaching Quantitative Methods to Social Science Undergraduates with a Flipped Classroom"— Justin E. Esarey, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rice University
“Teaching in the Humanities: A Discipline Without Right Answers” — J. Dennis Huston, Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English, Rice University
“Implementing Constructivism in General Chemistry” — John S. Hutchinson, Dean of Undergraduates; Professor of Chemistry, Rice University
11:00 AM “Meaning Versus Utility: Balancing the Demands of an Age-Old Dilemma”
Ruth Simmons, President Emerita and Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University
12:00 PM “The Engaged University: More Connected, More Diverse, More Responsive”
Lunch Address, Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark
Afternoon Session:
New Insights in Learning and Impacts on the Teaching Process (Moderator, Jeff Selingo)
1:30 PM "Minerva: A New Kind of Higher Education”
Stephen Kosslyn, Dean, Minerva Schools of Arts and Sciences
2:30 PM "Applying Principles from Cognitive Psychology to Improve Education”
Henry L. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of
Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis
3:30 PM Breakout Activities — Teaching Workshops
“Beyond Surface Learning: Teaching with Clickers to Motivate and Engage Students”
Derek Bruff, Director, Center for Teaching; Senior Lecturer of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
“Illusions of Learning: Why Teachers and Students Often Use Ineffective Techniques”
Henry L. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis
“Successful Implementation of Project- and Problem-Based Learning Courses”
Ann Saterbak, Professor in the Practice and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs, Bioengineering, Rice University
“Leveraging Lessons from a MOOC in a Flipped Classroom”
Joe D. Warren, Professor of Computer Science, Rice University
“Transforming Students into Effective Communicators”
Tracy Volz, Professor in the Practice, Director Program in Writing and Communication and Jennifer Wilson, Director Center for Written, Oral, & Visual Communication, Rice University
4:30 PM Overview of Day 1 by Jeff Selingo
5:00 PM Reception and Posters
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Rice University, Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC)
Morning Session:
7:30 AM Breakfast/Activities
8:45 AM Introduction of Caroline Levander, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Rice University by Joshua Eyler, Director , Center for Teaching Excellence, Rice University
Impact of Technology on Teaching (Moderator, Caroline Levander)
9:00 AM “Reinventing Education”
Anant Agarwal, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT and President, edX
10:00 AM Breakout Activities —Teaching Workshops
“Teaching Naked and Flipping: How Technology is Changing the Campus Classroom”
José Antonio Bowen, President, Goucher College
“The Science of Learning and Why It Matters”
Josh Eyler, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, Rice University
“On the Clock: Small Interventions to Maximize Student Learning in the Classroom”
James M. Lang, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
Professor of English, Assumption College
“What Should We be Trying to Help Our Students Learn?”
David Pritchard, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT
Additional workshops available for repeat
11:00 AM “The Online Revolution: Education for Everyone"
Daphne Koller, Rajeev Motwani Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University and Co-Founder, Coursera
12:00 PM “The MOOC Balance of Trade: Where are the Net Importers?"
Lunch Address — Kevin Guthrie, President, Ithaka
Afternoon Session:
1:20 PM Introduction of George Rupp, President Emeritus, Rice University and Columbia University; Former President and CEO, International Rescue Committee by Kathleen Matthews, Past Chair, Chair, Faculty Fellows of the Center for Teaching Excellence
Into the Future: Impact of Technology on Teaching and Where Will We Go? (Moderator, George Rupp)
1:30 PM “From Cobblers to Cooperators: Sharing a Researched Future —Markedly Better On-campus Education Is Possible with Technology”
David Pritchard, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT
2:30 PM Breakout Activities — Pre Panel Discussions
3:30 PM Panel, Moderated by George Rupp, President Emeritus, Rice University and Columbia University; Former President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
Panel Members: Anant Agarwal (MIT, edX), José Antonio Bowen (Goucher College), Stephen Kosslyn (Minerva), James Lang (Assumption College), Caroline Levander (Rice)
4:45 PM Overview and concluding remarks — George Rupp
5:15 PM Closing— David Leebron, President, Rice University
