Who: Faculty, staff and students
What: COLTT Conference 2017
奥丑别苍:听Wednesday, Aug.听9, and Thursday, Aug. 10鈥�
Where: Wolf Law Building
Tickets:
The conference is听experiencing higher registration rates than usual and is well on the way to reaching capacity.听Early-bird rates close听Monday, July 24, so purchase tickets听soon.
The conference
Are you interested in听learning about the latest and greatest teaching practices and technologies,听challenging the way you think about both? Join the annual 听conference, where you can network and gather effective practices that change the way you teach and learn in classrooms, online and in virtual environments.
Attend presentations and hands-on workshops; try out new session formats, such as Web Slingers;听peruse the OER (Open Educational Resources) Bazaar, for novices and experts alike; and meet session leaders traveling from Peru, Japan听and the Netherlands.
You can find more about conference听sessions and a tentative schedule at the . Questions can be submitted via email to coltt@cu.edu.
The keynote speaker
Maria Andersen, PhD,听will discuss听designing better digital learning experiences in the 2017 COLTT Conference keynote address听鈥淟earning at Scale: Using Research to Improve Learning Practices and Technology for Teaching.鈥�
Andersen听is a Salt Lake City-based consultant who has spent 14 years teaching at the college level, 16 years writing curriculum and six years developing digital products for learning. She built iPad games to teach algebra, launched the Canvas Network听MOOC听platform, built adaptive learning platforms used by McGraw-Hill and worked as director of learning design for听WGU, a fully online听CBE听(competency-based education) institution.
While a professor at Muskegon Community College in Michigan, she directed the weeklong MCC Math and Technology workshop for five years, helping faculty to prepare to teach online or improve their skills. Andersen is a software developer and CEO of a startup, author, speaker and a learning futurist. She holds degrees in math, chemistry, biology, business administration and higher education leadership.
to learn more about her background and approach to听designing better technology for learning.
