UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is offering 250 grants to cover registration costs for the 2022 ITLC Lilly Online Conference in April 2022. Faculty members of any rank or title, graduate assistants, teaching assistants, postdocs, or members of the learning design community are welcome to attend.
Attendees can register for the Lilly Conference through Penn State using this Qualtrics form. The deadline to apply is March 15. Prior to the conference, attendees will receive an email directly from Lilly with login information.
The ITLC (International Teaching Learning Cooperative Network) Lilly Online Conference is tailored specifically to educators and offers four days of virtual programming across the four Wednesdays in April. There will be a variety of 20- and 40-minute asynchronous sessions, traditional plenary addresses, synchronous facilitated discussions, and poster presentations that will address contemporary issues and offer innovative pedagogies. Topics include evidence-based teaching, learning and assessment, and inclusive and equitable teaching.
More than a dozen Penn State faculty will present at this year’s online conference. Find a list of presenters at itlclillyonline.com.
Jeffrey Stone, assistant professor of information sciences and technology at Penn State Lehigh Valley, presented at prior Lilly Conferences. At the 2019 conference in Bethesda, Maryland, Stone’s poster “Using Reflective Writing to Assess Integrative Learning in Programming Courses” described his work with embedding sustainability education into courses.
“The Lilly Conference has provided me with an outlet by which I can share my pedagogical methods, techniques and experiments with other interested faculty from across the world,” Stone said. “These conferences have also allowed me to learn more about the techniques used by others to promote student engagement and learning, many of which I have been able to incorporate (at some level) into my Penn State courses. The opportunity to dialogue with diverse faculty and learn about solutions to common pedagogical dilemmas can be incredibly helpful for Penn State faculty, regardless of rank or discipline.”
Angela Linse, associate dean and director of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, said that as the pandemic continues to limit in-person conferences, it was important to provide opportunities to build virtual communities.
“The Lilly Conferences have always offered wonderful opportunities for our faculty to create community around teaching and learning,” Linse said. “We are pleased to be able to offer this opportunity to everyone who teaches Penn State students.”
Additional questions about the grants can be directed to site@psu.edu.
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is part of Penn State Undergraduate Education.