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Universal Threads: Common Components of All Effective Teaching Strategies. Keynote address at the 2019 Annual Conference of The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences. Baltimore, MD.

February 23, 2019 

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Teaching for Learning: Concepts and Strategies that can be used in Any Class. Keynote address at the 2018 Annual Conference of Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges. Tampa, FL.

May 18, 2018 

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Face-2-Face, Online, Technology Enhanced, Flipped, Lecture, and Everything Else: Foundational Principles Necessary for All Learning. Keynote address at the 3T: Teaching, Techniques and Technology Conference.  Clermont, OH.

March 3, 2017

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Foundations of Learning: Similarities between Successful Flipped Classrooms, Lectures, Service-Learning, and other Pedagogical Strategies. Keynote address at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy. Blacksburg, VA

February 14, 2018

Teaching for Brain-Based Learning: Evidence-based Strategies for Today’s Students,.  Keynote presentation at the 17th Annual CCTL Conference on Teaching and Learning. Niagara, NY 

(January 9, 2018)

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Pathways to Excellence: A Reflection on How Connections Enrich Learning.  Keynote Presentation at the QM Connect Annual Conference. Fort Worth, TX. 

(September 25, 2017) 

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Motivating Students: Strategies for Teaching from the Psychology of Learning. Plenary Presentation at the The International Conference on Student-Centered Learning,

Portorož, Slovenia

(May 16, 2017)

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The Magic of Learning.....Revealed.  Session Invited by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the ASU Global Silicon Valley Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah.

(May 8, 2017) 

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Building Capacity: Finding Time to Create Work-Life Harmony.  Preconference workshop at the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.

(May 5, 2017) 

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Teaching Students How to Learn.  Keynote Speaker for the Central Region NC Association for Developmental Education Conference. Raleigh, NC.

(March 31, 2017) 

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Teaching for Learning: Concepts, Strategies, and Tips for Motivating and Engaging Students in the Classroom.  Keynote speaker for the Great Lakes Student Success Conference. Detroit, MI.

(February 16, 2017)

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Teaching for Learning: Applying Current Research to Improve Learning for Your Students. Opening Plenary Presentation for the Health Professions Educational Research Symposium. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

(January 21, 2017)

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The Flipped Classroom and Student Learning: Evidence, Myths, and Suggestions. Plenary Presentation for Original Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning. Oxford, OH

(November 18, 2016)

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Effective Teaching and Student Learning: A Few Things we Know for Sure and a Few Things We are Still Sorting Out. Opening Keynote for International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Kennesaw, GA

(October 14, 2016)

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Teaching for Learning: Strategies to Motivate and Engage Students. Opening Keynote for International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Salt Lake City, UT

(October 13, 2016)

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Relying on Assessment to Chip Away at Academic Injustices in the Classroom. Opening Keynote for Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning Assessment. Philadelphia, PA

(September 7, 2016)

Significant Findings in Teaching and Learning: Separating Research from Myths (with Janina Tosic, Niederrhein University of Applied Scienced, Germany). Workshop at Improving University Teaching Conference, Durham, UK

(July 15, 2016)

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Teaching for Learning: What we Know....and Don't Know...About How Students Learn.

Invited workshops at the Completion by Design Conference. Raleigh, NC.

(June 28, 2016)

Assessing for Learing and Increase Your Scholarly Activity.

Invited workshops at STFM Medical Student Educators Development Workshop. Minneapolis, MN

(April 30, 2016)

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The Future of Teaching and Learning: There are Bright Spots

Keynote address for the All Tech Users Conference.  Atlanta, GA. (April 2, 2016)

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A Look at How Teaching is Changing …and Where We Are (or may be) Headed

Closing plenary address for the Society for College and Univerity Planning - Mid Atlantic.  Newark, DE. 

(April 1, 2016)

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Teaching for Learning: Easy to use Methods to Engage Students. Plenary address at the Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning. Atlanta, GA. (February 20, 2016)

Curriculum Design and Educational Technology. Invited workshop for the Medical Student Educators Development Institute. Phoenix, AZ. (January 27, 2016)

Tips and Techniques to Motivate and Engage Your Students. Keynote speaker for VA Community College System New Faculty Seminar. Richmond, VA. (October 29, 2015)

Curriculum Design and Educational Technology. Invited workshop for the AAMC - Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar. Atlanta, GA. (September 20, 2015)

The New Science of Learning: How Research is Revolutionizing the Way we Teach. Keynote address for 20th Annual DePaul Teaching and Learning Conference. Chicago, IL. (May 1, 2015)

Taking the plunge into On-Line Education. Closing workshop at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Newport Beach, CA. Collegeville, MN. (April 18, 2015)

Overcoming Apathy: Increasing Motivation in the Classroom. Keynote address for the 2015 Midwest Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference. South Bend, IN. (April 10, 2015)

Engaging Students in the Classroom: Strategies for Teaching from the Psychology of Learning.  Opening keynote address at the Spring Faculty Conference - Inspiring Active Learning.  St. Paul, MN. (March 28, 2015)

The New Science of Learning: How Research is Revolutionizing the Way we Teach. Keynote address for 6th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference. Dalton, GA. (March 20, 2015). 

How Teaching is Changing and Where We Are (Or May Be) Headed.  Opening keynote address for the 2015 FantasTech Virtual Conference. Online. (February 6, 2015). 

Creating Excitement in the Classroom: Strategies for Teaching from the Psychology of Learning.  Keynote address for the 2015 Educators Connect Conference.  Hattiesburg, MS. (February 17, 2015). 

Teaching: Joys and Challenges of the Greatest Profession. Closing plenary at the Annual Conference on Teaching & Learning Assessment. Philadelphia, PA. (September 12, 2014)

Drawing from Multiple Disciplines: Strategies and Suggestions for Teaching from an Informed Perspective. Plenary address at the 20th Biennial International Conference on Teaching Philophy. (July 30, 2014)

Teaching: Joys and Challenges of the Greatest Professon. Keynote address for the 11th Annual Dean's Academic Lunch.  West Point, NY. May 12, 2014). 

Looking at the Next 25 Years: What Needs to Change (and What Better Not)? Closing plenary address at the 25th Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching. Pomona, CA. (March, 2013)

Critical Challenges in Teaching and Learning: Why Teaching Students How to Learn is Essential.  Keynote address for the Health Professions Educational Research Symposium. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  (January 26, 2013) 

What Research Tells Us About How People Learn. Co-Plenary address at the 32nd Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH. (November 16, 2012)

Teaching for learning: An evidence-based examination of key pedagogical concepts.  Opening plenary address at the 4th Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy.  Blacksburg, VA. (February 8, 2012)