SUNY Stony Brook will be holding a colloquium on Innovations in Education. Their Call for Paper is as follows, as taken from https://tlt.stonybrook.edu/FacultyServices/FacDev/Workshops/Pages/InnovationsinEducation.aspx:

This event is for anyone who teaches at a University (faculty, lecturers, adjuncts and Graduate TA’s) who would like to share their experiences with colleagues.

We would like to thank Dr. Larry Ragan from the World Campus at Penn State for agreeing to be our Key Note Speaker.

The Call for presenters is in progress, we are seeking faculty who have experience in the following areas:

* Research - Library resources, Grants to support teaching initiatives, Copyright
* Pedagogy - large lectures, assessment, group work, teaching skills
* Technology - Instructional Technology, Academic Administration Tools (Lotus Notes, SOLAR), Academic uses of software, Web 2.0 technologies - blogs, Second Life, wikis, etc.
* Professional Development - Presentation skills, Teaching Portfolio's
* Tenure & Promotion at Stony Brook - Policies, procedures, tips, peer review process

Birds of Feather Roundtables will be available for groups to discuss topics of mutual interest.

Do you have a positive experience that you would like to share? Are you interested in submitting a proposal?

Call for Proposals deadline is: Monday, April 27th, 2009

Details & event schedule will be posted by Monday, May 4th, if you are interested in attending this event, please e-mail tlt@stonybrook.edu to be added to our mailing list.

Macaulay Honors College, the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute
at Baruch College, and the New York City College of Technology are
pleased to host CUNY WordCampEd, a one day meeting to discuss the uses
of WordPress and WordPress MultiUser in higher education.

Friday, May 22, 2009, 10 AM - 3 PM, at Macaulay Honors College, 35 West
67 Street (between Columbus and Central Park West).

Due to space limitations, we have to limit registration to those with a
CUNY affiliation, but we welcome anyone with an interest in how these
open source tools (and their associated plugins and related software)
can be used to enhance teaching and learning. This free one-day
mini-conference (lunch
included) will provide keynotes and discussions, as well as hands-on
mini-workshops and roundtables.

For a full preliminary schedule, and to register, please visit
http://macaulay.cuny.edu/cunywordcamped.

(Questions? Email cunywordcamped@gmail.com or Joe Ugoretz joseph.ugoretz@mhc.cuny.edu )

THE MAY 14TH WORKSHOP IS BEING RESCHEDULED FOR THE FALL. DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED.

This is the second of a two-part series on teaching and learning using library resources, in collaboration with Michael Miller of the Rosenthal Library.

If you are interested in learning about how the issues of copyright and plagiarism are handled in the Queens College academic community and in participating in a provocative and progressive discussion about what plagiarism is (and isn't), please register online here.

Lunch will be served!

We will try to give priority to participants from the first workshop in the series (November 21, 2008), but seating is limited, so please register as soon as possible confirming your availability by clicking here.

Location: Razran 318
Time: 12-4 pm

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting.

Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm
Location: Razran 318

Gen Ed: Teaching Millenial Learners
All faculty are invited to attend this year's CUNY Conference on General Education. This year's conference is hosted by Lehman College in the Bronx.

Please consider attending and encourage your colleagues to register and participate. There will be presentations by Queens College faculty and a team from the Academic Advising Center.

Program:
Registration and breakfast at 8:30am
Plenary session (see keynote speaker below)
Morning and afternoon programs
Reception

This year's keynote speaker is Marc Prensky, an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and designer in the critical areas of education and learning. He is the author of Digital Game-Based Learning (McGraw-Hill, 2001),and Don't Bother Me Mom -- I'm Learning (Paragon House 2005)
“Educating Today's 'Digital Native' Learners"

For more details about the conference and program, to register, and directions to Lehman College, please go to Lehman's Conference webpage: http://www.lehman.edu/lehman/gen-ed-conference/index.html

General Education Advisory Committee meeting.

Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm
Location: Razran 318

Minutes to the meeting can be found at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/gened/geac/06May09/