Teaching and Learning Symposium
Cultivating Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Success
March 20 and 21, 2025
The Office of Teaching and Learning and UCSB Library invite you to participate in this year’s Teaching and Learning Symposium. The 2025 Symposium will bring together UCSB community members (instructors, postdocs, staff, and students) to exchange ideas and learn from each other to advance learning, teaching, student success, and inclusion across the campus.
Deadline for Submissions is January 31, 2025
This year, we invite submissions about fostering student engagement, promoting inclusion and equity in the classroom, and facilitating professional development for instructors. Invited topics include (but are not limited to):
- Design and implementation of scaffolded assignments
- Development and implementation of Undergraduate Learning Assistant program
- Implementation of empathy-driven language in the assignments and syllabi
- Student experiences in courses at UCSB
- Curricular and structural changes to teaching and learning environments
- Sustainable models for equitable and anti-racist teaching
- Design of innovative assessment strategies
- Educational research projects or initiatives
Roundtables
60-minute focused discussions about a teaching-related topic, question, or idea with 3-6 presenters.
Lightning Talks
Brief, 5-7-minute presentations followed by an interactive Q&A session. These can be led by one person or a small group of people.
Demonstrations
5-10-minute live demonstrations of a teaching tool or technique that facilitates student learning through engagement, assessment, or other approaches.