CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 11th Annual UMW Faculty Academy on Instructional Technology

SHARE your experiences with teaching and learning technologies.

DISCUSS what worked and what didn’t, and get helpful insights from other participants.

LEARN how to blog—and why. Learn what a screencast is, and how it could transform your pedagogy. Learn how to enable students to customize—and improve—their learning.Learn about how emerging technologies are transforming teaching and learning around the world—and right here at UMW.

EXPERIENCE the benefits of wireless technology in a learning environment. Bring your laptop!

COME BE A PART of the 11th annual Faculty Academy on Instructional Technology, to be held May 16-17 in Combs Hall on the Fredericksburg campus of the University of Mary Washington.

Come as a presenter! We invite you to submit proposals for presentations or poster sessions. The deadline for proposals is May 10.

Come as a participant! If you are looking for ways to make knowledge come alive, to engage students as active, lifelong learners, and to communicate your own experience as a teacher and learner, sign up to attend.

More information, as well as online forms for submitting proposals and registering for the Academy, may be found at the 2006 Faculty Academy website: http://www.umw.edu/facultyacademy/default.php.

This year’s keynote speaker is Jon Udell, an internationally-known writer, editor, analyst, and Web 2.0 developer. He will be joined by two special guests: Rachel Smith, Director of Special Projects and Publications for the New Media Consortium, and Cyprien Lomas, Scholar in Residence for the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. All three of these guests will provide us with many rewarding opportunities during the Academy for professional and pedagogical development.