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The Center for Transformative Teaching has been hosting its Teaching and Learning Symposia since 2017. We archive the last four symposia on this page. If you would like information about a prior symposium, please contact us.
Fall 2026 Teaching & Learning Symposium
The Center for Transformative Teaching (CTT) invites all instructors, including faculty, staff, post-docs, and graduate students, to submit proposals for the 2026 CTT Symposium on November 6. This will be a hybrid event, so participants will be attending both in person and virtually. The CTT is seeking proposals for 40-minute concurrent sessions as well as 5-minute speed sessions. Concurrent session presentations should include a title, 1-3 learning objectives, and a plan on how you will actively engage the audience beyond a Q and A session. Speed session presentations last a maximum of five minutes, so proposals need only a title.
Symposium 2025 Spring
30 Years of FIRST
Join founders and current leaders as well as current administrators and participants to learn how FIRST can make a real impact on student success. The symposium is designed both as a celebration of FIRST and an opportunity to learn the practical benefits of the program for potential participants.
Symposium 2022 Fall
Experiential Learning
Research indicates that experiential learning has the potential to facilitate transformative teaching and learning in higher education. How do high-impact learning experiences, including undergraduate research, community-based learning, educational internships, and global immersion experiences, lead to transformative teaching and learning?
Symposium 2024 Fall
Is My Teaching Working? Reflecting on Evidence from the UNL Course Demographics Suite
The University of Nebraska's strategic plan includes a strategy to "equip and incentivize instructors to instill in their pedagogy that every person, every interaction, and a diversity of ideas and perspectives matters." This symposium will help you analyze and enhance your teaching strategies using the UNL Course Demographics Suite.
Symposium 2021 Fall
Co-Creation and Student Success
The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Center for Transformative Teaching are pleased to sponsor the fall 2021 Teaching and Learning Symposium on Friday, November 5 hosted in-person and via Zoom. The symposium provides an opportunity to engage in conversations about teaching and learning and to hear from experts on emerging issues in improving student outcomes to improve teaching at Nebraska.
2024 UNL Playposium
Using Gamification and Play in Higher Education
Higher education is rapidly evolving, and the incorporation of gamification and play in the college classroom has emerged as an exciting and effective approach to enhance student engagement, motivation, and learning outcomes. This symposium aims to bring together experts, educators, and researchers to share insights and best practices related to gamification, game-based learning, and the integration of play in higher education.
Symposium 2023 Fall
Emerging Pedagogies
Recent developments in technology and in society more broadly have created new patterns of behavior and attitudes in both students and instructors. Phenomena such as Artificial Intelligence and the upsurge in the flow of available data require that we re-consider many of our teaching and learning strategies and methods. Simultaneously, we all face challenges to mental health and well-being that require us to teach and learn in different ways.