In order to further accommodate faculty at UMW who are working on grading final exams and submitting final marks, we have decided to extend the deadline for Faculty Academy proposals and registrations.

New Call for Proposals Deadline: May 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM

New Registration Deadline: May 8, 2009 at 5:00 PM

In addition, you may sign up for one of the interactive workshops through May 12: http://facultyacademy.org/blog09/workshop-registration

We’re pleased to announce titles and times for the plenary presentations and workshops by guest presenters Laura Blankenship and Cole Camplese:

Wednesday, May 13, 2:00-3:15
Engaging the New Classroom Conversation (Plenary Presentation)
Cole Camplese

Wednesday, May 13, 3:30-4:45
Creating a Personal Learning Network for Yourself and for Your Students (Interactive Workshop)
Laura Blankenship
Register Online

Thursday, May 14, 9:00-10:15
If Any Moron Can Write a Blog, Then All Blogs are Written by Morons, Right? (Plenary Presentation)
Laura Blankenship

Thursday, May 14, 2:00-3:15
Course Redesign, Redesigned (Interactive Workshop)
Cole Camplese
Register Online

You can see more developing program details by visiting our the online program at the conference Web site.

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve extended the registration and proposal deadlines for Faculty Academy. Registrations will now be accepted through May 8th. You may submit proposals through May 4th.

We had hoped to move these deadlines up a bit this year so that we could provide the conference program earlier than ususal. However, in the end, we wanted to be sure to accommodate UMW faculty who won’t be completing exams until May 1st.

Don’t forget to register and submit a proposal!

We’re pleased to announce that the title and abstract for Dr. Boye’s keynote address are now available.

The address, Cultural Agoraphobia: What Universities Need to Know About Our Bias Against Openness, will be held at 11:00 am on May 13th at UMW’s College of Graduate and Professional Studies. You can find out more about Dr. Boyle and the keynote at www.facultyacademy.org/blog09/2009/03/james-boyle/.

In addition, we invite anyone who is interested to participate in an informal reading group of Dr. Boyle’s latest book, “The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind.” If you are interested in participating, please sign up at www.facultyacademy.org/blog09/2009/03/get-ahead/.

We’re pleased to announce that the online registration and call for proposal forms for Faculty Academy 2009 are now open!

Registration

We hope you’ll join us at Faculty Academy and register today! The conference is a wonderful opportunity to hear more about what colleagues at UMW are doing with teaching and technology, listen to a stellar line-up of guest speakers, and connect with teachers and technologists from UMW and beyond. If you’re a colleague at another institution, please join us! You can read more about what Faculty Academy is all about on our Attending & Registering page.

The conference is free but registration is required if you plan on joining us for lunch on either day. When you register, you will have an opportunity to share which days you plan to attend so that we can get an acurate headcount for meals.

In addition, this year on the registration form we are asking for volunteers to convene sessions. We hope you’ll consider participating in Faculty Academy by volunteering. Session conveners will be responsible for introducting presenters, keeping track of presentation times, and facilitating Q&A.

We’re also planning on making a dynamic registrant list available on this site in the next few days. Don’t worry; if you prefer not to share your registration information, you can opt out on the form.

Call for Proposals

Proposal submission has opened up earlier than ever this year! Beat the end-of-semester rush, and submit your proposal now. If you have any questions about formats or available technology, be sure to check out our Presenting page.

If you have any questions about either registration or presenting, please contact us!

Join us at Faculty Academy for a mock debate between DTLT’s Jim Groom and Director of Distance and Blended Learning, John St. Clair. Jim and John will discuss the future of the course management system on college campuses.

Is the CMS dead? Have we graduated to a new kind of understanding and integration of technology into teaching and learning?

Or is it still a vital part of the technology landscape of our institutions? Do faculty still need the foundational support of the CMS to scaffold their use of technology?

Care to weigh in on the topic before the conference? We’d love to hear your point of view in the comments below: