Faculty Conference on Teaching Excellence at Temple University

23rd Annual Faculty Conference on Teaching Excellence, Temple University, January 8-9, 2025

This regional conference on issues pertaining to learning-centered teaching in higher education provides a great forum to enrich your teaching practices and exchange ideas with colleagues; the event has been well received by Villanova faculty who attended in the past. The sessions are practice-based, research-supported and provide first-rate ideas for enriching the teaching and learning process.

The in-person conference will explore new and tried-and-true approaches to sustaining student engagement in today’s evolving educational landscape. Focus areas: (1) Application of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and integrative course design with Dr. Thomas Tobin; and (2) Effective use of A.I. tools in teaching with Dr. José Antonio Bowen.

Link to conference site
Link to conference program
Link to sponsored Villanova faculty

Opportunity: VITAL will support up to eight faculty colleagues across disciplines to attend the conference. Sponsored faculty are asked to (1) join a VITAL virtual post-conference discussion; and (2) share with Villanova teaching community a conference take-away, i.e., a teaching practice that supports student learning; this may occur as part of a VITAL and/or department program during spring 2025. Please note. Sponsorship applies to both days. Faculty who were sponsored in the past two years are not eligible to apply.  

If you are interested in attending this conference, please complete the online interest form by Thu., 11/21.