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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin;VALUE=DATE:20190724
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URL:https://www.dghd.de/events/cfp-44th-international-conference-on-improv
ing-university-teaching-closing-the-gaps-students-and-faculty-in-transitio
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SUMMARY:CfP - 44th International Conference on Improving University Teachin
g - “Closing the Gaps: Students and Faculty in Transition”
DESCRIPTION:Changing students\, an evolving workplace\, and evidence-based
pedagogical innovation are not new to the university. What is new\, howeve
r\, are the pace of change and the gaps that have therefore opened between
student expectations on the one hand and the realities of university inst
ruction and the workplace on the other. Increasingly students arrive unpre
pared for what they find on entering the university\; nor are faculty alwa
ys prepared for what the students bring with them in terms of either expec
tations and knowledge.\nWhy is this so? Students who have been raised in a
digitized world may question the purposes of a more traditional higher ed
ucation curriculum\, feel uncertain about the academic standards to which
they will be held\, and thus fail to adjust to the academic culture they f
ind. Faculty\, too\, may experience a gap between what they expect from st
udent performance and what students are actually able to deliver\, especia
lly in the first year. Academic staff often remain uncertain about how to
deal with the preparedness gap. If they offer additional academic support
to their students\, they risk their growing accustomed to such help\, maki
ng it difficult to withdraw it during succeeding years. Yet such academic
“scaffolding” can be at best temporary\, especially if we wish their u
niversity studies to prepare students for the often unforgiving world of w
ork that awaits them after graduation.\nHow can we best ease students’ t
ransition into the world of the university and help them navigate the chal
lenges they encounter? How can we help faculty to strike a better balance
between academic support and maintaining academic standards? How can we fo
ster a sense of common enterprise that narrows the gap between promise and
performance on both sides? Over three days in Mülheim we will address th
ese and related questions. Our host will be the University of Applied Scie
nces Ruhr West (HRW) — a university dedicated to science and technology
that will soon celebrate its tenth anniversary. Such a young institution\,
born in our new millennium (like some of our incoming students)\, seems a
n appropriate setting for exploring this year’s conference theme. We hop
e you will join us there.\nSeven sub-themes underlie the overall conferenc
e topic:\n• Research on the changing student population\n• Improving s
tudent preparedness\n• Engaging first-year students\n• Implementing in
stitutional change\n• The promise of participation and student-faculty c
ollaboration\n• Closing the gaps in course design\n• Related innovatio
ns in teaching and learning\nThe submission deadline is February 8th\, 201
9\; presenters will be notified of the decision by March 8th. (All papers
to be presented at the Conference will be included in the Conference proce
edings.)\nFor further information\, including the submission format for th
e proposals\, please visit the IUT website\, www.iutconference.com\, where
you will also find the link for proposal submissions.
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