About the Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposia
The Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) at the University of Southern Indiana is proud to sponsor this annual symposium for the community. The goal of the Symposia is to provide participants with opportunities to share their teaching efforts to support student learning, engage in conversations to enhance one's teaching practice, and build community. The Symposium is an example of CETL’s focus on Making Teaching and Learning Visible.
Abstract Collection
Accepted presentation abstracts from the Symposium series are available publicly through USI's Scholarly Open Access Repository (SOAR).
2023 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium
February 16, 2023, University of Southern Indiana
Approximately 70 individuals attended the seventh annual Symposium, with participants from 6 institutions in the region. The program included 17 regular, lightning, and poster presentations, and a keynote interactive session "Lessons from the Student Experience Project: Low lift strategies to increase student engagement, improve educational outcomes and reduce equity gaps" presented by Dr. Sushilla Knottenbelt (University of New Mexico).
2022 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium
February 25, 2022, University of Southern Indiana
Over 90 individuals attended the sixth annual Symposium, with participants from more than 12 institutions in the region. The program included 10 SoTL and lightning presentations, a student panel, and a keynote interactive session "Responding to Exhaustion: A Mental Bandwidth Approach to Increasing Learning and Success" presented by Dr. Tina Bhargava (Kent State University).
2021 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium
February 25, 2021, University of Southern Indiana
Over 130 individuals attended the fifth annual Symposium, with participants from more than ten institutions in the region. The program included 18 oral and poster presentations, a student panel, and a keynote interactive session "Balancing Flexibility and Rigor to Support Student Success" presented by Drs. Carie Cardamone and Heather Dwyer (Tufts University).
2020 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium
February 5, 2020, University of Southern Indiana
Approximately 90 individuals attended the fourth annual Symposium, with participants from five institutions in the region. The program included 23 oral and poster presentations, a plenary luncheon presentation "In the Company of Others: Learning Analytics and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" by Dr. Jennifer Meta Robinson (Indiana University Bloomington).
2019 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium
February 6, 2019, University of Southern Indiana
More than 100 individuals attended the third Symposium, with participants from nine institutions in the region. The program included 30 oral and poster presentations, a plenary luncheon presentation "Good Teachers, Scholarly Teachers, and Scholars of Teaching and Learning" by Dr. Jennifer Friberg (Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Illinois State University).
2018 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium
January 25, 2018, University of Southern Indiana
More than 90 individuals attended the second Symposium, with participants from five institutions in the region. The program included 26 oral and poster presentations, a plenary luncheon presentation "Active Learning in the 21st Century" by Dr. J. Ana Donaldson, and a reception.
2017 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Symposium
January 26, 2017, University of Southern Indiana
The program included 35 oral and poster presentations, an invited panel of teaching award recipients, and a reception. We were thrilled that over 110 participants attended this inaugural event.