37th University-Wide Teaching Conference

From Challenge to Opportunity: Adapting Teaching for Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s World

The science of learning sheds light on the potential of today’s learner and provides powerful tools for educators to unlock that potential. Insights from the science of learning are increasingly critical as faculty face a growing array of challenges, including shifting student needs, motivations, and behaviors, as well as the pressures of political, economic, and technological transformations on the whole University and our work as educators. This year’s 37th Annual University Wide Teaching Conference, From Challenge to Opportunity, will focus on how to adapt our teaching for today’s students and the rapidly approaching world of tomorrow.

We will explore these themes with a keynote by Dr. Pooja K. Agarwal, cognitive scientist, educator, and author of the book Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. Dr. Agarwal will help us explore how decades of research have uncovered powerful, intuitive, and easily-implemented strategies that dramatically raise student achievement, particularly in our current complex landscape. Then throughout the day, discover ways your colleagues at Tufts are adapting their teaching to meet these demands, share your own innovative approaches, and engage in a collaborative exchange of ideas to enhance learning and teaching in today’s dynamic world.