12:57 p.m., March 16, 2009----The University of Delaware will host the Lilly-East Conference for faculty across East Coast institutions in support of excellence in learning and teaching Thursday and Friday, April 16-17, in Clayton Hall.

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The conference, titled “Millennial Learning: Teaching in the 21st Century,” will highlight how to design, facilitate, and assess learning environments that support student learning in this century.

Keynote speakers are Lawrence Ragan, director of faculty development for Penn State's World Campus, and James Zull, professor of biology, biochemistry and cognitive science at Case Western Reserve University and author of the book The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning. They will provide a scholarly framework for teaching millennial students.

“Learner-centered teaching” will be the focus of the pre-conference session facilitated by pedagogy expert Phyllis Blumberg of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia on Wednesday, April 15, from 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Teacher-scholars from 48 institutions will share their scholarly teaching as the conference features 58 concurrent sessions, 15 roundtable discussions and 18 posters addressing innovative teaching and classroom research.

Twenty-four members of the UD teaching community will contribute to the conference.

The event also provides a collegial forum for networking and exchange of instructional practice across disciplines and institutions. For a detailed agenda, visit this Web site.

The University of Delaware is committed to supporting faculty's scholarly teaching by supplementing the conference registration cost. The faculty member or department is responsible for a very minimal registration fee that is submitted with registration. For registration information, see this Web site.

General conference information can be found at this Web site.

For information, contact Gabriele Bauer of the Center for Teaching Effectiveness at (302) 831-2027 or send e-mail to [gabriele@udel.edu].