2025 Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference
Teaching for the Future: AI, Analog and Beyond
Request for Proposals, Reviewers and Session Hosts
The RFP for 2025 ITL is closed.
The Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning invites all graduate students, faculty and staff at George Mason University to submit proposals to present on their teaching and teaching-focused research at the 17th annual Innovations in Teaching and Learning (ITL) Conference. This hybrid conference will have virtual sessions on Thursday, September 25, 2025, and in-person sessions on Friday, September 26, 2025. The deadline for proposal submission is March 23, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
Conference Theme
ITL is an opportunity for the entire George Mason community to come together to exchange tips strategies, tools and resources with colleagues from across the university. This year’s theme is Teaching for the Future: AI, Analog and Beyond. The topic of Generative AI has generated scores of articles and think pieces in the collegiate teaching community in recent years. We seek proposals that share strategies on the use of AI in teaching and learning, as instructors have been encouraged to incorporate this rapidly changing tool into their current teaching practice, resulting in new directions in pedagogy. We also seek proposals that highlight existing engagement techniques, as instructors have also been encouraged to utilize methods that rely on active learning strategies in response to increased use of generative AI by students. We are also interested in proposals that explore the implications of AI in course, curriculum, program and policy development. However, we also encourage proposals on any aspect of teaching and learning.
We invite you to view the ITL-24 Annual Report to see the conference’s impact on professional development around teaching and learning.
Have questions about ITL? Visit our ITL FAQ webpages and listen to our AMA (Ask Me Anything) for important answers!
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The deadline for proposal submissions is March 23, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
We particularly seek proposals on any aspect of teaching, learning and curriculum development. We continue to accept proposals on the conference theme. If you are teaching, you have something to share with your colleagues at ITL!
Session Types include:
- Interactive Session, a 50-minute individual or group presentation (in person)
- Teaching Talk, a 10-minute lightning talk (virtual)
- On Demand, an asynchronous teaching resource (online)
Please see the Session Proposal Guide for details for each session as well as guidelines for proposal development.
REQUEST FOR REVIEWERS
Not able to submit a proposal? We are also seeking faculty and staff to review proposals and help select the best possible conference program. You can propose a session and still serve as a reviewer. Reviewers typically review 6-10 proposals, which takes about 1-2 hours to complete. You will score proposals using a rubric we’ll provide, offer comments/suggestions and make an overall recommendation. Proposal reviews will be due about two weeks after you receive them. Once proposals are submitted, we will follow up with volunteers with their proposal assignments and detailed instructions. If you have any questions, please contact the ITL Conference Director, Crystal Anderson (cander8@gmu.edu).
If you are interested, please complete the Reviewer Volunteer Form.
The deadline for the reviewer form is March 17, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
REQUEST FOR SESSION HOSTS
Want to volunteer at the ITL Conference? We are also looking for volunteers to act as session hosts for Teaching Talks (virtual sessions on Zoom on September 25) and Interactive Sessions (in-person sessions in the Johnson Center on September 26). As a facilitator for either session type, you will be responsible for introducing the session and presenter(s), keeping time, reporting session attendance, reminding attendees to complete our survey and closing out the session. Session hosts for virtual sessions will have a tech host that will handle technology issues, admit attendees and monitor the chat box. We will provide scripts as well as a training video for the session.
If you are interested, please complete the Volunteer Session Host Form.
Please visit our ITL Proposals FAQ page for answers to Frequently Asked Questions!
