Teaching and Learning Technologies

The Elon 2010 Teaching and Learning Conference August 19th will tackle complex future-oriented and now-oriented topics that apply directly to college teaching. Janna Anderson from Elon will explore the Future of the Internet and implications for teaching. Joan Middendorf and David Pace from Indiana University will discuss how faculty teaching communities can help build a common language of teaching. See the conference program.

Janna Anderson, associate professor in the School of Communications, led a special event on issues tied to hyperconnectivity, Web 3.0, cloud computing, user-generated content, social networks, ubiquitous computing and ambient intimacy, and augmented and virtual realities at the WorldFuture 2010 conference hosted by the World Future Society in Boston July 9.

Twenty professors and staff from colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada returned to Elon University last week for the latest segment of a two-year seminar exploring the complexities of teaching “democratic thinking.”

Medical advances have allowed children infected with HIV/AIDS to live longer than ever before, and for families and doctors, that creates new challenges as teenage patients grow older. New research by associate professor Cynthia Fair outlines steps that families and medical providers should consider to ease what can be a difficult transition from pediatric to adult care.

Peter Felten, assistant provost and director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, recently presented at two international conferences.

Sport and Event Management faculty Tony Weaver, Hal Walker and Anne Marx presented research findings at the 25th Annual Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management in Tampa, Fla., held from June 1-5, 2010.

Annual Writing Residency

Friday Live! Web-cast "Immersive Learning"

Elon University professors and students recently participated in the 10th Annual Summer Institute on Reacting to the Past at Barnard College in New York City.

Chris Leupold, an associate professor of psychology and faculty fellow for leadership studies, participated in the Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology from June 18-19, in Staunton, Va.