16th Annual Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference
Strategic Teaching
Request for Proposals and Reviewers
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Stearns Center invites George Mason University faculty of all ranks and types, staff, administrators, graduate and postdoctoral students to submit proposals to present on their teaching and teaching-focused research at the 16th annual Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference. This year’s conference is hybrid. The virtual sessions (Teaching Talks) will take place on September 19, 2024. The in-person sessions (Interactive Sessions) will take place on September 20, 2024. In addition, access to the On Demand resources will begin in the weeks leading up to the in-person sessions.
The Extended Deadline for Proposals was Friday, March 15, 2024
SESSION TYPES
Please see the ITL 24 Session Proposal Guide for details on session types to help you create your proposal.
Interactive Sessions
50-minute panel presentations (in-person)
Interactive Sessions allow presenters to actively engage participants as they share a teaching strategy, innovation, curricular initiative, technique or tool. Facilitated by 1-3 presenters, these sessions feature interaction with attendees and provide takeaways that participants can use in their own teaching practice or curricular development.
Teaching Talks Sessions
10-minute individual presentation (via Zoom)
Teaching Talks Sessions allow individuals to share an aspect of their own teaching practice in a more concise format. In 10 minutes or less, participants present a teaching strategy, innovation, technique or tool used in your course or SoTL research based on a course. Three individual, 10-minute Teaching Talks will be grouped together in a 50-minute Teaching Talks Session around a common theme. Stearns Center staff will facilitate engagement and manage the Q&A session.
On-Demand Resources
Asynchronous teaching resources (online repository)
On Demand Resources allow individuals to share teaching artifacts from their courses. These teaching artifacts include assignments, in-class activities, lecture notes/slide decks, syllabi or other supplementary teaching materials plus a statement that provides context on their use, including how it is aligned with the course’s student learning outcomes and how it relates to the student’s life beyond the course. On Demand Resources will be showcased on the Stearns Center’s website in the weeks prior to the conference and can be accessed by attendees after the conference through Open Science Framework (OSF). Once uploaded, participants will be able to track engagement with their materials through download counts.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Looking for advice on your proposal idea?
Contact the 2024 ITL Conference Director, Crystal Anderson (cander8@gmu.edu).
Questions about submitting your proposal?
Visit our FAQ page or contact us at stearns@gmu.edu with “2024 ITL” in the subject line.
Questions about the conference?
If you have general questions about the conference, please email us at stearns@gmu.edu with the subject line “2024 ITL.”