A recent discussion topic on an information literacy listserv was "the best conferences on learning and teaching" (not specific to librarianship). Even if it’s not possible to travel to these events, many of these web sites contain links to presenter PowerPoints and other online resources, including blogs and newsletters. The five conferences listed below are among the more popular ones mentioned on various educational listservs:

1. The Teaching Professor Conference
2. Lilly Conferences on College and University Teaching
3. Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning
4. AAC&U General Education, Assessment, and the Learning Students Need
5. Teaching and Learning With Technology Conference

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This week's tip comes from the "Tomorrow's Professor" blog - a collaboration between MIT and Stanford to encourage discussion about teaching and learning. You can find the blog online here.

The most recent blog post looks at "The Era of Engagement," created as new communication tools and changing university environments combine with a growing desire for more effective teaching. The authors' suggestion? Blended learning, combining the best in face-to-face engagement with thoughtful and carefully incorporated online resources and tools. Read more about their idea online at:

http://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/archives/2008/11/904_the_future.html

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This week’s tip comes from the latest issue of EDUCAUSE Review. In an interesting article titled, "Moving Teaching and Learning with Technology from Adoption to Transformation," author Joel Hartman suggests that, "Although there have been some signature successes, overall higher education has not convincingly demonstrated that technology has had a systemic, widespread, or sustained impact on the process of teaching or on student learning outcomes." He goes on to outline some of the requirements for an "institutional, or systemic approach to teaching and learning with technology," including the employment of instructional designers and the need for "institutional facilitation" of new technologies on campus.

The full text of Hartman’s article is online here:
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/MovingTeachingandLearning/47440

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