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Group or Team Work Tools
Robin Fowler at the University of Michigan (Engineering) has been using Google docs/draw to monitor group process. The students meet remotely and their design work takes place in the doc/draw. She can…
7th annual SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah — Call for Papers
The submission period for the 7th annual SoTL Commons Conference is open till December 1, 2013. Information on submitting proposals and registration is available at All proposals will go through…
Scholarly Open-Access Publishing and the Peril of Predatory Publishers
The University System of Georgia offers a range of faculty and staff development programs. Much of this is recorded and offered via USG iTunesU. For instance, a recent faculty development session…
CURCA and CUR
UNG supports high-impact teaching practices, including broadly-defined undergraduate reesearch. For information about what's going on at UNG's Center for Undergraduate and Creative Activites, check out the CURCA site. The Center for Undergraduate…
Faculty Research Colloquium: River Research and Professional Leave
Faculty Research Colloquium: River Research and Professional Leave Two years ago, Robert Fuller began to develop a research project and grand adventure that he hoped to carry out during a…
Faculty Scholar Brown Bag Seminars 2013
Faculty Scholar Brown Bag Seminars Winners of spring 2013’s faculty scholar awards will be presenting their research at three seminars. Dr. Cosgrove will lead these sessions and offer insights into…
UNG Volunteer Fair 2013
Guest Post from Dr. George Danns, Professor of Sociology, UNG Over the past three years, the University of North Georgia has hosted Volunteer Fair 2010, Volunteer Fair 2011 and Volunteer…
Tk20 Assessment Training for Faculty
Tk20 Assessment Training for Faculty UNG will be using new academic assessment software (Tk20) which will improve access to assessment results and simplify the process of documenting continuous program improvement.…
Project Zero Perspectives: How and Where Does Learning Thrive?
Project Zero Perspectives: How and Where Does Learning Thrive? February 13-15, 2014 Memphis, TN Here's a conference in Memphis that focuses on international education. From their description: Founded in 1967…
Teaching and Learning Conferences
For a robust listing of conferences, see these compilations: Kennesaw's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning: Teaching Conferences Directory ELON's Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning: Teaching…