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Upcoming Events
June 2008Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2008 Greater Expectations Institute |
This 5-day intensive program titled "Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement" is designed for campus leadership teams working on ways to increase student engagement, inclusion, and high achievement. The Institute will help teams align institutional purposes, structures, and practices, as well as advance and assess the kinds of practical liberal education outcomes outlined in AAC&U's signature reports. |
June 8-11, 2008League for Innovation's Sixth Annual Learning College Summit |
The 2008 Learning College Summit will serve as a working retreat for college teams or individuals to connect with colleagues, share experiences, discuss issues, and explore strategies for overcoming obstacles and meeting challenges. This gathering of educators is designed to foster networking and collaborative opportunities, and is a vehicle to investigate ways colleges have successfully undertaken significant organizational transformation to improve student learning. The 2008 Learning College Summit will devote one-half day to each of the following focus areas: Organizational Culture Learning Environments, Learning Outcomes and Assessment, Student Engagement, and Inquiry and Accountability. The deadline for submitting proposals is February 4, 2008. Submit your proposal online. For more information about the Learning College Summit, visit www.league.org/ls2008 or contact Cynthia Wilson, (480) 705-8200, ext. 238. |
Past Events
January 15-17, 2008Annual Conference of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education |
"In Plain Sight! Making the Higher Education Story Clear" will address a greater openness and effectiveness in meeting the needs of the Millennial Generation, teaching and learning, assessment and improvement, planning and budgeting, and accountability. |
January 15-17, 2008EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008 |
This conference, "Innovative Planning for the 21st Century Academy: Creating Reality Through Technology, Collaboration, and Best Practices," will explore innovative, collaborative, and practical responses to the complex challenges of shifting student demographics and expectations, expanding teaching and learning community support needs, increasing government compliance issues, growing demands for assessment and accountability, constantly advancing technologies, continual interoperability issues, and decreasing resources. |
January 23-26, 2008Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2008 Annual Meeting |
Participants at AAC&U's annual meeting, "Intentional Learning, Unscripted Challenges: Knowledge and Imagination for an Interdependent World" will explore innovative and imaginative strategies and structures for college learning – purposeful pathways that clearly and intentionally connect wide-ranging knowledge of science, cultures, and society; high-level intellectual and practical skills; active commitment to personal and social responsibility; and demonstrated ability to apply learning to complex problems and challenges. They will also explore the role of assessment in measuring achievement of essential outcomes. |
February 9-12, 2008American Council on Education's 90th Annual Meeting |
"Taking Charge of Our Future" will address major questions such as: how will the 2008 election impact higher education, how will student financing issues affect our operations, what will calls for accountability look like, and what can we do to ensure an environment that supports student success. This annual meeting will offer many opportunities for learning as well as global networking, as there will be a number of sessions with a global focus, and many international participants are expected to attend. |
February 15-19, 200827th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience |
Sponsored by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, and the University of South Carolina, and co-hosted by San Francisco State University and San Jose State University, this annual conference is well-known as a meeting where educators come together to openly share ideas, concepts, resources, assessment tools, programmatic interventions, and research results focused on the first college year. With a rich diversity of perspectives, the conference is designed to be both personally enjoyable and professionally enriching. An intentionally open and welcoming conference culture provides opportunities for intensive learning and relaxed interactions with fellow delegates. Concurrent session, roundtable discussion, and poster session proposals are invited on topics addressing the myriad aspects of the first year of college. The deadline for submitting proposals is November 12, 2007. |
February 16-19, 2008Instructional Technology Council (ITC) |
At "e-Learning 2008" distance learning administrators and faculty, instructional designers, online media specialists, web course developers, and continuing education professionals will learn who is doing what, what technologies they are using, what works, and what doesn't. Learn about new and successful educational strategies, technologies that work, and special techniques for teaching at a distance. Share all your great strategies, technologies, and techniques by submitting a proposal to present. The deadline for proposal submission is September 28, 2007. |
February 18-20, 20082008 World Congress and International Association of Colleges Conference |
This conference is designed to provide opportunities for developing partnerships with colleagues and colleges from around the world. Hosted by Bronx Community College, "Developing Global Partnerships," is sponsored by the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics, and the International Association of Community and Further Education Colleges, and co-sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges, the League for Innovation in the Community College, and the City University of New York. The deadline for presentation proposals and other activities relevant to the three conference themes of Global Partnerships for Economic Development, Global Partnerships for Technical Training, and Global Partnerships for Student and Faculty Development, is September 30, 2007. |
February 21-23, 2008Network for Academic Renewal Conference |
"Integrative Designs for General Education and Assessment" will focus on ways that faculty, academic administrators, and student affairs educators can shape higher educations' response to calls for increased accountability while, at the same time, reinvigorating general education. Workshops at this conference will concentrate on: demonstrating the value of general education, assessing levels of student learning, supporting and rewarding the innovative work of faculty, student affairs educators, and academic professionals, creating purposeful pathways that facilitate students' progress in achieving educational goals, and integrating general education, the major, the co-curriculum, and effective educational practices to achieve essential learning outcomes. |
February 23, 2008Montgomery College Student Excellence Expo |
This spring, Montgomery College will hold its first Student Excellence Expo. This event will showcase our students in every dimension of their diversity: career and transfer programs, credit and non-credit, honors and developmental, and curricular and co-curricular. Students will present conference papers, poster sessions, performances, and exhibits based on their work at Montgomery College. Check back often: details will be posted as they become available. |
March 2-5, 2008Innovations 2008 Conference |
Hosted by Community College of Denver, the 11th annual conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College, is an opportunity for colleagues around the world to showcase their model programs, to share lessons learned, and to look to the future by experiencing a wide array of learning opportunities in leadership and organization; learning and teaching; workforce preparation and development; student services and activities; basic skills and developmental education; resource development and foundation management; research, assessment and accountability; and diversity, equity and inclusion. |
April 2008 |
A celebration of the hard work, achievement and commitment to student success of the MIHIG recipients. |
April 5-8, 200888th Annual American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Convention |
The AACC is partnering with Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society for their 2008 Convention with the theme of Make It Happen! Proposals for forums or roundtables with cutting-edge ideas to share are welcome. Additional information on the conference is in process. |
April 10-12, 2008Network for Academic Renewal Conference |
There is a general consensus that narrow learning is not enough to prepare college graduates appropriately for the increasing complexity of our diverse democracy and global society. Emerging research on student success has turned a spotlight on education practices that raise the level of persistence and achievement for today's college-going population. "Engaged learning practices" – such as learning communities, first year seminars, undergraduate research, infusing society's big questions into the curriculum, and connecting knowledge with choices and actions – have educational benefits for all students. At "Discovering, Integrating and Applying Knowledge: Effective Educational Practices for Today's Students and Tomorrow's Innovation," conference participants will explore the emerging research on practices that raise student achievement, and take a hard look at the institutional barriers that make it difficult to establish and sustain these practices. |
December 9-11, 2007Annual Conference of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education |
"In Plain Sight! Making the Higher Education Story Clear" will address a greater openness and effectiveness in meeting the needs of the Millennial Generation, teaching and learning, assessment and improvement, planning and budgeting, and accountability. |
December 3, 2007"Make It Happen" Innovation Grants, College-wide |
A Learning College event. The deadline for submission of all grant applications is Monday, December 3, 2007. Review Initiatives document before completing the Application. |
November 27, 2007iPal in Developmental Math Workshop, Rockville Campus |
A "Make It Happen!" Innovation Grant. This workshop will help instructors increase student participation and learning in their developmental math classes. Various methods that promote student involvement and foster deeper learning will be explored. Examples will be provided of their use in Prealgebra, Elementary Algebra, and Intermediate Algebra courses. Workshop participants will engage in learning activities as they investigate converting traditional lessons and worksheets into more powerful active learning experiences. Register through PDS, keyword "math". |
November 21, 2007Learning College Retreat, Rockville Campus |
An MCLearns event. This retreat is open to all MC Faculty, Staff, and Administrators. Learn from one another as we share best practices and develop new connections and ideas to continue to strengthen the culture of learning at Montgomery College. Emphases: Gen Ed Review and Creating a winning MIHIG proposal. . Register through PDS, keyword "retreat". |
November 9, 2007 |
An MCLearns event. A fun and casual opportunity for all Administrative Professionals to learn about the Learning College, its evolution, and the importance of their contribution to it. Register through PDS, keyword "cafe". |
November 4-6, 200714th National Conference on Students in Transition Cincinnati, OH |
At this annual conference, sponsored by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, conference participants will share the latest concepts, ideas, research results, assessment strategies, and institutional initiatives – all with a focus on student success and learning. |
November 1-3, 2007Network for Academic Renewal Conference |
"Sharing Responsibility for Essential Learning Outcomes; New Partnerships across Departments, Academic Affairs, and Student Affairs" will bring together faculty, student affairs educators, academic advisors, librarians, staff, and administrators to examine new and emerging frameworks that clarify essential learning outcomes; highlight collaborative educational practices between academic and student affairs; explore the usefulness of these practices in diverse institutional contexts; discuss existing and needed basic and applied research on achievement of key learning outcomes; consider effective assessment methods for identifying and improving collaborative educational practices; and illustrate new and emerging institutional strategies for supporting, rewarding, and sustaining collaborations that advance educational excellence. |
October 30, 2007Maryland Distance Learning Association (MDLA) |
Robert Cole and Sheila Locastro from the Maryland Department of Education will be the keynote speakers for MDLA's Fall Event. Their presentation will focus on the Maryland Virtual Learning Opportunities program and K-12 initiatives. Participants will have an opportunity to attend presentations on various e-learning topics following the keynote presentation. The event is free to MDLA members but pre-registration is required. |
October 23-26, 2007 EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference |
"Information Futures: Aligning Our Missions" offers a variety of ways to gather information, meet with peers in the higher education IT community, and hear from leading figures in the field, including Charlene R. Nunley, President Emerita of Montgomery College. |
October 18, 2007Learning College Primer, Germantown Campus |
An MCLearns event. Open to all MC Faculty, Staff, and Administrators. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Learning College at Montgomery College: who, what, where, and why. Facilitated by Dr. John Coliton, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Register through PDS, keyword "primer". |
October 18-20 , 2007Network for Academic Renewal Conference |
"Civic Learning at the Intersections: U.S. Diversity, Global Education, and Democracy's Unfinished Work" will highlight current research and promising practices pertaining to the creative integration of civic, diversity, and global work on campus, and how this integration can strengthen student learning and help create new and sustaining institutional structures. The conference will include a particular focus on articulating the aims and learning outcomes of civic engagement programs. |
October 16, 2007Learning College Primer, Rockville Campus |
An MCLearns event. Open to all MC Faculty, Staff, and Administrators. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Learning College at Montgomery College: who, what, where, and why. Facilitated by Dr. John Coliton, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Register through PDS, keyword "primer". |
October 5, 2007Learning College Student Leadership Summit, Germantown Campus |
An MCLearns event. A special opportunity for selected student leaders from all three campuses and Workforce Development & Continuing Education (WD&CE) to build their teamwork skills. This session will provide them with a chance to better understand the Learning College initiatives and to interface with senior administrators at MC. Students will be able to share their concerns and issues with one another and faculty and staff at the institution. |
October 1, 2007"Make It Happen" Innovation Grants, Collegewide |
A Learning College event. The process for submitting MIHIG applications for spring 2008 will be activated on Monday, October 1, 2007. The deadline for submission of all grant applications is Monday, December 3, 2007. Review Initiatives document before completing the Application. |
September 29, 2007Maryland Consortium for Adjunct Faculty Professional Development (MCAPD) |
"Increasing Student Learning: Innovative Practices in College Teaching and Learning". Open to credit and non-credit adjunct faculty, full-time faculty, faculty development administrators, and college administrators. The focus will be on sharing and experiencing the best practices in teaching to enhance classroom success. Participants will network with colleagues from other Maryland institutions to learn and discuss creative teaching techniques and methodologies – either in traditional, blended, online, or accelerated formats. |
July 5-7 , 2007
International Conference on Service-Learning in Teacher Education |
The First International Conference on Service-Learning in Teacher Education will bring together teacher educators from around the world to clarify service-learning language, share professional work, and explore possibilities for future collaboration on issues of research, policy, and practice. We encourage K-12 teachers (kindergarten through second level of secondary schooling) and student teachers experienced in service-learning to participate. |
June 20-24, 2007 2007 Greater Expectations Institute: Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement |
This five-day, intensive program is designed for leadership teams representing institutions working on ways to increase student engagement, inclusion, and high achievement. The Institute will help teams align institutional purposes, structures, and practices as well as advance and assess the kinds of practical liberal education outcomes outlined in AAC&U’s signature report, Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College, such as critical inquiry, intercultural competence, and integrative learning. |
June 8, 2007 Promoting Student Success:
CCSSE, Best Practices & Engaging Ideas |
To be held at the Universities at Shady Grove. |
April 19-21, 2007 |
"General Education and Assessment" will address issues central to creating and assessing a coherent general education curriculum that fosters increasingly sophisticated learning outcomes and integrates learning across the disciplines and majors. It will provide participants with recent research on student learning outcomes and their value in opening doors beyond college. It will also explore the most promising practices in general education, including those related to the educational change process, pedagogy, curriculum design, assessment, and transfer and articulation. |
March 6-7, 2007
Maryland Distance Learning Association (MDLA) |
"Learning Without Limit" will include sessions in Distance Learning and Hybrid tools, techniques and pedagogy. There are 4 proposed tracks: Experienced in distance learning ideas, K-12 educators, Instructional Designers, and those new to the field of distance education. This year's conference will include special meeting times for peer round-table discussions. Please submit a proposal to present through our Website. Proposals will be accepted until February 1. We encourage 45 minute presentations. We are hopeful that many of you will seriously consider organizing panel presentations in the 45 minute slot that will allow for audience interaction with the experts. Not only have we found that these types of sessions are most popular with the audience but also require less formal work in presentation as well as a greater degree of participation. Click here to submit a conference proposal. |
March 4-7, 2007
League for Innovations Conference 2007 |
"Innovations 2007" promises to be just as exciting and boldly inventive as ever. So be sure to celebrate 10 years of innovation with us in New Orleans. Join the most innovative community college professionals as they come together to improve student and organizational learning through innovation, experimentation, and institutional transformation. |
March 2-3, 2007
On Course National Conference |
Exchange and celebrate best practices in student success...from immediately usable instructional and counseling strategies to campus-wide programs that increase retention and student academic success. Learn great new strategies from educators who are changing the lives of their students and transforming their colleges into learner-centered institutions. New this year...a full-day pre-conference workshop on March 1. |
March 1-3, 2007
Network for Academic Renewal Conference |
"General Education and Assessment: Engaging Critical Questions, Fostering Critical Learning" will address issues central to creating and assessing a coherent general education curriculum that fosters increasingly sophisticated learning outcomes and integrates learning across the disciplines and majors. It will provide participants with recent research on student learning outcomes and their value in opening doors beyond college. It will also explore the most promising practices in general education, including those related to the educational change process, pedagogy, curriculum design, assessment, and transfer and articulation. |
February 16-20, 2007
26th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience |
The Annual Conference on "The First-Year Experience" provides a forum where faculty, academic administrators, student affairs professionals, academic support specialists, counselors, students, and staff from professional organizations, accrediting agencies, and state governing boards can share experiences, concerns, and accomplishments regarding the first-year experience. |
January 17-20, 2007 |
"THE REAL TEST: Liberal Education and Democracy’s Big Questions". Held in conjunction with the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans Pre-Meeting Symposium: The Politics of Accountability: A Real Test for Higher Education. |
January 17-19, 2007
Educause 2007 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference |
"Unifying the Digital Campus: Integrated Technologies Supporting Practical Solutions". Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending. r from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services. Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges. Learn about what's going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area. |
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December 6-8, 2006 |
As colleges and universities navigate the "winds of change" in higher education, they must plan for success, ensure the public trust, respond to external demands, and provide evidence through assessment of educational and institutional accountability and success. They also must be responsive to emerging technologies, operate in the most efficient manner, meet their own objectives for diversity in the context of what society expects, and respond with creative budgets to changes in financial resources. This conference will provide administrators, faculty, and staff with valuable best practices and insights to consider as they determine how best to respond most effectively to many of these internal and external challenges. |
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November 9-11, 2006 |
The emergence of a New Academy – characterized in part by engagement with society’s complex issues in a changing environment – raises new questions about faculty roles, responsibilities, and rewards. This working conference will explore these issues and provide answers and resources to guide productive reforms. “Faculty Work in the New Academy” will also focus on the alignment of faculty priorities and fundamental institutional purposes. |
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October 22-25 , 2006 |
The League for Innovation's annual Conference on Information Technology (CIT) offers a diverse program and cutting-edge exposition exploring the intelligent application of information technology in community and technical colleges. |
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October 19-21, 2006 |
AAC&U’s sixth biennial Diversity and Learning conference will examine:
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October 13-16, 2006 |
The 6th International Service-Learning Research Conference will be hosted by Portland State University in Portland, OR. The Conference, hosted each year by a different university, presents the most recent breakthroughs in service-learning research at all educational levels (K-12 education, teacher education, and higher education). New research, methodological and theoretical advances, and agendas for studying various aspects of service-learning are presented. The conference provides opportunities to explore a variety of perspectives, including service-learning research from various countries around the world. |
August 29 - 31, 2006 Engaging Science Students Through Inquiry-Based Learning: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, MD |
A FREE workshop for Science Faculty. A 3-day Inquiry-Based Learning workshop will be held at the Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus for science faculty and area educators. The workshop will be hands-on and participants will work collaboratively to develop inquiry-based laboratory activities that can be used in their specific classroom environments. |
July 24-28 , 2006 |
Designed specifically for professionals in their first five years in the field, this retreat offers four and a half days of must-have knowledge, from some of the most respected practitioners in the field. This unique gathering will offer participants the chance to learn and understand key information and principles in service, service-learning, and higher education; and will allow them to discuss with experienced practitioners the critical questions and skills you need to be successful. |
July 28 , 2006 |
Purpose of the Retreat: To learn from one another as we share best practices and develop new connections and ideas to continue to strengthen the culture of learning at Montgomery College. Take the opportunity to develop and increase communication across disciplines, roles, and campuses. We know you have great ideas! |
June 16-19, 2006 International Assessment & Retention Conference: Phoenix, Arizona |
This International Assessment and Retention Conference, in the sprit of past AAHE conferences, organizes conversations, approaches, and practices across vertical silos to include the broad communities of practitioners involved with improving student learning and institutional effectiveness. The program promises to be a wide-ranging, rich experience for faculty, student affairs professionals, administrators, testing officers, educational researchers, and institutional researchers from institutions at all levels of higher education, public and private, from associate to graduate degree institutions. |
June 11-14, 2006 |
The Learning College Summit will devote a half-day each to the following five focus areas: Accreditation, Accountability, Learning Outcomes, Assessment, and Professional Development. Keynote Speaker: Mary Spilde, President, Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon. |
June 2, 2006 Service-Learning in Maryland's Community College Annual Statewide Training, Silver Spring, Maryland |
Service-Learning in Maryland's Community Colleges Consortium offers several service-learning trainings each year. These trainings are open statewide to interested faculty and students. They will be hosting the 3rd Annual Statewide Service-Learning Workshop for faculty and staff at Montgomery College, Takoma Park/Silver Spring on Friday, June 2, 2006 from 9:30 am-3:00 pm. The keynote speaker will be John Tagg, Associate Professor of English and co-author, with Robert Barr, of "From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Higher Education." |
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March 31 - April 4, 2006 |
This is an extensive program on a broad variety of higher education issues. Excellent opportunity to establish networks. Approximately 300 faculty members and administrators attend this annual meeting. |
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March 19-22, 2006 |
Innovations 2006 is an opportunity for colleagues around the world to showcase their model programs, to share lessons learned, and to look to the future by experiencing a wide array of learning opportunities. |
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February 26-28, 2006 25th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience: Atlanta, Georgia |
For all higher educators who work with and care about first-year students—faculty; academic administrators; student affairs professionals; academic support specialists; counselors; and staff from professional associations, accrediting agencies, and state governing and coordinating bodies. |
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January 25-28, 2006 |
Theme: "Liberal Education in a Era of Global Competition, Anti-Intellectualism and Disinvestment" |
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January 10-12, 2006 Educause 2006 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference: Baltimore, MD |
Theme: "Staying Agile, Maintain Balance: Solutions from a Sea of Technology" |
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