2025 New Approaches to Teaching and Learning Conference

Beyond the Classroom – Engaging Students, Building Community

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Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Register to Attend

The Office of Faculty Development, CITS Instructional Development, and Online and Continuing Education have partnered with colleagues across campus to host a full-day, on-campus conference. Join us to…

  • discover new assessment and engagement methods.
  • network with your peers from across campus.
  • showcase innovative teaching and learning practices taking place at UMass Dartmouth.

A light breakfast and lunch are included with registration.


Conference Agenda:

8:00 am – Check-in & Complimentary Breakfast
Charlton College of Business Lobby

8:45 am – Welcome Remarks
CCB 149
Keri Green, Director of Instructional Technology
Michael Sheriff, Interim Director of the Office of Faculty Development

9:00 am – Concurrent Sessions
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CCB 149
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CCB 240
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CCB 247
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CCB 248
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CCB 340
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10:00 am – Concurrent Sessions
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CCB 149
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CCB 240
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CCB 247
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CCB 248
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CCB 340
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11:00 am – Concurrent Sessions
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CCB 149
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Title
CCB 240
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CCB 247
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CCB 248
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CCB 340
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12:00 pm – Complimentary Lunch & Chancellor Remarks
Mark Fuller, Chancellor
Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room

12:30 pm – Keynote
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James M. Lang, Ph.D.
Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room

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James M. Lang, Ph.D.

Speaker Biography:

James M. Lang, Ph.D. is a Professor of Practice at the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Notre Dame. He has authored six books, the most recent of which are Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It (Basic Books, 2020), Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2016) and Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty (Harvard University Press, 2013), and On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching (Harvard UP, 2008). He also holds the title of Emeritus Professor of English at Assumption University, where he founded and directed the university’s teaching center.

A dynamic and highly sought-after public speaker, he has delivered conference keynotes or conducted teaching workshops for faculty at more than three hundred colleges or universities in the United States and abroad. He has also consulted with the United Nations on a multi-year project to develop teaching materials on ethics and integrity for high school and college faculty.

More About James


2:00 pm – Provost’s Closing Remarks
Ramprasad Balasubramanian, Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room

Conference Sponsors

Please email us at tlconference@umassd.edu with any conference-related questions.