Sabancı University
2nd Education Conference
May 28-29, 2019
Cinema Hall
Registration deadline: May 24 (Extended!), 2019
The internal education conference is a place for all educators, researchers and graduate teaching assistants at Sabancı University (SU) to share models of innovative teaching and learning practices taking place at SU. This also serves as a place for us all to brainstorm our needs in keeping high standards in our education, creating more professional development opportunities, and maintaining the educational support community at SU.
We invite all SU educators, researchers and graduate teaching assistants to the conference.
The 2nd conference is organized around four major themes:
• Course design & practices : Innovative approaches,
• Teaching / learning support,
• Faculty Courses,
• Learning environment.
We look forward to your presence and contribution to the conference!
Prof. Dr. Oya Yerin Güneri, (bio)
Director, Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, METU
Title: "Supporting Teaching Excellence in Higher Education: The Role of Teaching and Learning Centers"
Doc. Dr. Yeşim Çapa Aydın, (bio)
Associate Director, Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, METU
Title: "Assessment OF or FOR learning: what impact a word difference makes"
Please register from the registration page by May 24, 2019.
The conference is open to all educators, researchers, and graduate teaching assistants of SU.
Registration is free but required to attend the conference.
Discussion Questions are now OPEN! Please share your response here. (Open only to SU members)
Abstract submission is closed. Thank you.
Workshop/Tour Sign-Up (Open only to SU members, first come, first served)
This year, afternoon of the 2nd day of the conference is reserved for education-related workshops, guided tour and networking socialization. We envision the workshop and the tour to be on the topics of broad interest, which could benefit the whole SU educator community.
The workshop and the guided tour are open to all SU educators but pre-sign-up will be required to attend as the space is limited. For more details, please see the abstract.
Sign up from here (Open only to SU members) (Please access the google sheet from a computer.)
No need to sign up for the networking socialization at SUClub; it is open also to the all SU educatiors, who want to continue their discussions and meet new people in an informal setting.
Please send any inquiries to teachingconf@sabanciuniv.edu.
This conference is organized by Foundations Development Directorate (Yuki Kaneko, Süphan Bakkal, Ebru Şaylan, Saime Tatlı)