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Motivation and Engagement in Teaching and Learning: We're All in This Together

Thank you to all who were able to join us for this year’s conference! Your participation made the two days dynamic. By your engagement, you help build and sustain the energy and motivation for all of us to continuously improve teaching at Tufts.

Day 1: May 22, 2018

Technology and Teaching

Draft of Day 1 Schedule 

Keynote Speaker: David Dockterman

David Dockerman

David Dockterman, Ed.D., operates at the intersection of research and practice. Over the last 30 plus years, he has worked to balance lives in the academic and publishing worlds, serving now as Chief Architect, Learning Sciences for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. To read more, click here.

To view David's Keynote materials, click here.

To view David's Workshop materials, click here.

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Day 2: May 23, 2018

Teaching and Learning

Draft of Day 2 Schedule

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan Robison

Photo of Susan Robison

Susan Robison, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, and faculty development professional. Susan’s Professor Destressor workshops and coaching help faculty improve their time and stress management, leadership, work-life balance, productivity and communication skills. To read more, click here.

To view Susan's Keynote materials, click here.

To view Susan's Workshop materials, click here.

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Some of our presenters were happy to allow us to share their resources and materials. You can view and download them below.

  • Karen Kosinski used materials from the University of Michigan and discussed how to enact these strategies in classes at Tufts. Click here to view the U. Mich. material.
  • Jonathan Garlick, Ellen Patterson, and Inger Bergom's presentation can be viewed by clicking here.
  • Tuft Technology Services presented the following powerpoint: click here. They also used the below handouts for an activity during their workshop:

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