February 4-5, 2010 at the Portland Airport Sheraton Hotel
"Understanding Our New and Diverse Students-Not Just More of the Same!"
Last year, 275 Oregon university and community college educators from both public and private institutions participated in this annual 1 ½ day conference. This year's version, ending at noon on Friday, February 5, is scheduled to draw more faculty and, at last year's prices, is being designed to be the best professional development bargain of the year!
The keynote is being firmed up at this time, and the program strands for roughly 30 presentations will be:
· Student Engagement: how to keep them coming to class, completing work, etc.
· Serving Unique Populations (and More of Them!): veterans, diverse cultural backgrounds, the newly unemployed, etc.
· College to Careers: advising, career centers, Certificate of Career Readiness (CRC), Pathways, etc.
· Assessment on Many Levels: student and classroom assessment, program assessment, etc.
· Effective Practices in Financially Troubled Times: textbook cost-reducing strategies, institutional efficiencies, etc.
· Social Networking + New Technology in College: teaching in 2nd Life, twitter, clickers in classrooms, etc.
Request for Proposals will be coming out soon, due November 30
Registration and payment processes will be streamlined this year, and a conference website will be up soon. Stay tuned for more details!
