The 2026 University Teaching & Learning Symposium
University Teaching and Learning Symposium is Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at the Bone Student Center.
Emergent Technologies, Enduring Values:
Reimagining Teaching for a New Era
Join faculty, course instructors, staff, and graduate students from across the University in an exploration of scholarly teaching practices. The 2026 Symposium will be held at the Bone Student Center, with sessions facilitated by Illinois State faculty and staff throughout the day. A boxed lunch will be provided. The day will also include a special workshop and a keynote address. The Symposium concludes with a reception featuring drinks and hors d'oeuvres, poster presentations, and celebrating the annual Outstanding University Teaching Award and the Williams Outstanding Technology Service Award recipients.
The University Teaching & Learning Symposium is hosted by the Center for Integrated Professional Development (CIPD) and sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Alice and Fannie Fell Trust.
Register for Symposium by Friday, December 19
Meet the Keynote Speaker
Dr. Laura Dumin is a professor in English and Technical Writing at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) who has been a leading voice in exploring the impact of generative AI in writing classrooms. Since earning her Ph.D. in English from Oklahoma State University in 2010, Dr. Dumin combines her expertise in rhetoric, pedagogy, and technology to help educators navigate the rapidly changing landscape of digital literacy. She also has completed a number of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects to help strengthen her teaching methods.
Dr. Dumin currently serves as the director of the technical writing B.A. program, the adviser for the M.A. in composition/rhetoric at UCO and is a co-managing editor for The Journal of Transformative Learning. She also runs a Facebook learning community, Higher Ed Discussions of AI Writing & Use, where course instructors can discuss ideas around AI programs in writing courses and other higher ed spaces. You can also find resources she has curated at Laura’s Repository of Information.
For more than 25 years, the Center for Integrated Professional Development and its predecessor departments have hosted the largest single-day conversation about teaching and student learning at Illinois State University.
The annual University Teaching & Learning Symposium brings together faculty, staff, and graduatate students from across campus to engage in roboust, deep explorations of that year's theme. Browse the images below to see examples of past symposia.
Questions?
Contact Dr. Dana Karraker at dmkarra@ilstu.edu or (309) 438-5110.
View Past Symposia Themes.