The 2nd annual Scholarly Teaching Week will be held October 5-9, 2026. This week of evidence-based teaching discussions and programming culminates in a day-long Celebration of Teaching: a mini-conference showcasing scholarly teaching by full-time IUB instructional faculty. The goals of Scholarly Teaching Week are to:
- Foster community among teaching-focused faculty members,
- Showcase evidence-based teaching on campus,
- Raise awareness of evidence-based strategies & SoTL literature,
- Inspire participants to try something new in their own courses.
Sponsor
If you are interested in co-sponsoring the Celebration of Teaching, please contact interim CITL director, Madeleine Gonin.
Schedule of Events
Monday, October 5 – Thursday, October 8, 2026 - Details to come
Celebration of Teaching: October 9, 2026
SoTL Speaker: Jessamyn Neuhaus (Syracuse University)
Session types include:
- Workshop: A 50-minute structured lesson in which you employ active learning strategies to help participants design teaching materials or activities.
- Roundtable: A 50-minute facilitated conversation on a compelling, timely question, usually beginning with a brief presentation to lay the groundwork.
- Panel presentation: Approximately 30 minutes of talks on a theme with 20 minutes for discussion. You will need to assemble a group of two to four presenters, all named in the proposal.
- Ignite talk: Mini-lecture with an emphasis on efficient, engaging public speaking (5 minutes with 20 timed slides).
- Poster: Design and print a poster and explain it to session attendees.
Call for Proposals
Full-time IUB faculty members of all ranks are invited to submit proposals to showcase their scholarly teaching and SoTL work. While we welcome staff and graduate students as participants in the conference, proposals to present are only open to full-time IUB faculty of all ranks to support their tenure and promotion.
Submit your proposal
The proposal form asks:
- Proposer name(s), job title(s), and IU email(s)
- Are you (and any co-proposers) on the faculty of Indiana University Bloomington?
- Will you be able to attend the entire conference on October 9 (approximately 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on campus)? We will prioritize presenters who will stay for the whole event.
- Session type (workshop, roundtable, panel, ignite talk, poster)
- Session title
- Please introduce your idea in no more than 250 words. This will be used as your session abstract.
- What will be the learning outcome(s) of your session? After this session, participants will be able to…
- How do you plan engage your participants during your session (e.g., structured opportunities to interact or reflect)?
- Are you willing to collaborate with another proposer on your presentation if your ideas align?
- Would you be willing to present your work in an alternative format?
- Is there anything else you’d like the proposal reviewers to know?
