St. John’s University
June 13, 2019
Deadline for Proposal Submission: May 1, 2019


About the Symposium
Sponsored by the Office of Online Learning and Services, the Center for Teaching and Learning and the University Libraries at St. John’s University, the symposium is a full-day event for faculty to share their stories that highlight teaching practices which promote ways to successfully engage digital learners. For the purposes of this symposium, digital learners are those students that we teach in a technology mediated environment. Not sure if this means you? Some great idea starters and definitions can be found at the Hybrid Pedagogy Journal (http://hybridpedagogy.org/digitalpedagogy/).

The Teaching Narratives Symposium Planning Committee is seeking proposals for each of the following concurrent session types. Concurrent break-out sessions will provide participants the opportunity to explore some of the inventive pedagogical work being done by their St. John’s colleagues. Sessions will be 60 minutes in length which includes 10 -15 minutes for Q&A.

Interactive Sessions: Interactive sessions are workshops that focus on sharing, modeling and discussing innovative practices in teaching and learning, while allowing for interaction with and among session participants. These sessions should include both the “how to” and the “why it works” in either the online or the face-to-face classroom.
 
Information Sessions: Information sessions are designed to inform participants of innovative design, implementation and results of practical experiential research focused on teaching and learning at St. John’s University.
 
Panel Sessions: Panel sessions involve 2-4 faculty members who offer their approach to the same topic, issue, challenge or solution, but from different perspectives and/or disciplines. With one presenter as moderator, panel sessions should allow for discussion among each other as well as facilitate open dialogue with attendees. The moderator should have a clear set of predetermined questions, which should be included in the proposal submission.

All proposal submissions must include a clear plan for engaging the symposium audience as well as specified goals and objectives for the session.
 
Co-authored submissions as well as proposals that include students as co-presenters are welcome.

Submission Process
Individuals interested in submitting a session proposal will be required to provide participants' contact information, a session title, a brief abstract (200 words or less), plan for engagement, and objectives for the session. Proposals must be submitted by May 1, 2019.
 
Proposals will be blind peer reviewed by members of the Teaching Narratives Symposium Planning Committee: Vibhuti Arya, Elizabeth Ciabocchi, Tess Dussling, Caroline Fuchs, Aleksandr Gevorkyan, Tara King, Raeann Kyriakou, Belenna Lauto, Cynthia Phillips, Michael Rizzo, and Sharon See.

Applicants with accepted proposals will be notified by May 15, 2019.
 
Questions about the submission process should be directed to Laura Andrews by email at andrewsl@stjohns.edu or phone (718) 990 – 3926.