8:41 a.m., Nov. 18, 2008----The University of Delaware's 2009 Winter Faculty Institute--“The Ecosystem of Learning at the University of Delaware”--will be held Tuesday, Jan. 6, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center.

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New this year, an interactive poster session that showcases the diversity of teaching and learning practices at UD has been added to this popular event.

Morning program

The morning program's opening session will be held from 9-10:45 a.m., and will feature a keynote address by Gardner Campbell, director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University. He will speak on the topic “Insight, Symbiosis-Seeking, Intimacy: Awakening the Digital Imagination.”

Creative thinkers--over decades of thought and writing--have envisioned what others could not about the potential of new technologies including our networked, high-speed computerized world. How did they arrive at their insights? What can we learn about the imaginative leaps required of those of us in higher education, and how can we awaken and strengthen our own digital imaginations?

Campbell's presentation will consider these questions inductively, by scanning the horizon of Web 2.0 and beyond to infer the imaginative leaps that have brought us to this moment, and deductively by looking at the life of J. C. R. Licklider, the father of the Internet.

Campbell serves as an associate professor of literature and media in the Honors College at Baylor and is on the advisory board of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative and the Information Fluency Advisory Board of the University of Central Florida. In addition, he is a very prolific and influential blogger. To learn more about Campbell, visit [http://www.gardnercampbell.net/].

The morning session will continue with a UD Faculty Showcase from 11-11:45 a.m. Lunch will begin at 11:45 a.m.

Afternoon program

The afternoon program will include an interactive poster session from 12:45-2:30 p.m. and breakout sessions from 2:30-3:15 p.m., followed by a panel discussion and closing remarks from 3:15-4 p.m.

Registration

Registration is required for either the entire day or for the afternoon. To register for the whole day go to [www.present.udel.edu/calendar/detail.php?classid=1580].

To register for the afternoon events only, go to [www.present.udel.edu/calendar/detail.php?classid=1581].

For more information about this year's institute, visit [http://www.udel.edu/present/winter/].

The Winter Faculty Institute is a month-long series of events designed to enhance teaching and learning using technology. The institute is co-sponsored by the University of Delaware Library, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, Office of Educational Assessment, UD Online, Office of Service Learning, Office of Educational Technology, Undergraduate Research Program, Student Multimedia Design Center, University Media Services, and IT-User Services.