The 2025 University Teaching & Learning Symposium
Teaching in Turbulent Times: Creating Community with Care and Empathy
The next University Teaching and Learning Symposium is Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at the Bone Student Center.
Registration is Now Closed!
Please contact Dana Karraker, with questions. There will be onsite registration available on the day of the event.
Join faculty, course instructors, staff, and graduate students from across the University in an exploration of scholarly teaching practices. The 2025 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 morning keynote address by Dr. Michele DiPietro, Executive Director for Faculty Development at Kennesaw State University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. 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.
Participants who choose a boxed lunch can select either a turkey sandwich with sides (regular meal) or a vegan quinoa bowl with tomatoes, herbs, olives, and navy beans (for all dietary restrictions including milk, egg, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat, soy, and sesame allergies).
Meet the Keynote Speaker
Dr. DiPietro is the Executive Director for Faculty Development, Recognition, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and a Professor in the School of Data Science and Analytics at Kennesaw State University. Dr. DiPietro is a co-author of “How Learning Works: 8 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching” (revised and expanded 2nd edition). The book was listed at #3 in a “Top 10 Books on Teaching” list on the Chronicle of Higher Education. Their scholarly interests include learning sciences, diversity and inclusion, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, academic integrity, and teaching in times of tragedy. They have presented hundreds of workshops and keynotes in the US and abroad, and their scholarship has been translated into 7 languages. Dr. DiPietro is a former president of the POD Network and a recipient of the Bob Pierleoni Spirit of POD award, the highest honor bestowed in the field of educational development.
The deadline to submit proposals for the Symposium has passed. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Dana Karraker at dmkarra@ilstu.edu.
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.