Faculty, staff, students and educational developers from Elon, Warwick, Leeds and partner universities will explore critical questions in higher education through a six-session virtual collaboration beginning in February.
Join colleagues and students from Elon University, University of Warwick, University of Leeds and partner institutions for a transatlantic collaboration exploring critical questions in higher education teaching. This series is convened by Tom Ritchie, US-UK Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor at Elon from the University of Warwick, working with Sarah Bunnell and colleagues at CATL.
This partnership brings together:
- Elon’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching & Learning (CATL)
- Warwick’s International Higher Education Academy (WIHEA) and Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL)
- Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE)
- Members of the UK SoTL alliance
- Colleagues and students from Canadian universities
Each session will feature a short presentation from one of the partner institutions, followed by facilitated small group discussions and sharing across institutions. All sessions run 11 a.m.to Noon EST via Microsoft Teams. Participants may join individual sessions or participate in the full series.
Schedule:
- Feb. 11: What makes teaching “excellent” in your context?
- March 4: How do we teach for a sustainable future – embedding sustainability across disciplines?
- March 25: Belonging and exclusion – frameworks for understanding and action
- April 15: Teaching in the age of AI – opportunities and boundaries
- May 6: How can assessment drive learning – not just measure it?
- May 20: Building transatlantic partnerships – what could we create together?
Register for sessions online.