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"Beyond Chalk & Talk: Enhancing Student Learning in Higher Education"
Northeast Regional Conference on Excellence in Learning and Teaching
| Location: | New York, United States |
| Call for Papers Deadline: | 2002-01-31 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2001-12-27 |
| Announcement ID: |
129344 |
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This conference is a forum for faculty in higher education to share effective strategies to improve and assess student learning. The long-term goal of the conference is to create networks of individuals and institutions that promote ongoing collaboration to improve student learning. The proposals will be peer-reviewed and presented papers will be eligible for publication in the conference e-proceedings.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES will include paper presentations, round tables, panels and sessions on a range of topics including:
Active learning across the curriculum
Practical and innovative ways to assess student learning
Effective use of computer and distance-learning technologies to improve student learning
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Roger C. Schank
Dr. Roger Schank is widely acknowledged as an expert and dynamic speaker on artificial intelligence and learning. He is A Distinguished Career Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He was The Founder of the renowned Institute for the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University, where he is the John P. Evans Professor Emeritus in Computer Science, Education and Psychology. He was professor of computer science and psychology at Yale University and Director of the Yale Artificial Intelligence Project. He was a visiting professor at the University of Paris VII, an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Linguistics at Stanford University, and research fellow at the Institute for Semantics and Cognition in Switzerland. He is a fellow of the AAAI and was founder of the Cognitive Science Society and co-founder of the Journal of Cognitive Science. He holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Texas. Please use this URL if you would like more information about Dr. Schank:
http://www.cognitivearts.com/html/roger.htm
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