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Emergent Technologies, Enduring Values: Reimagining Teaching for a New Era—Gladly we Teach and Learn

University Teaching and Learning Symposium

Emergent Technologies, Enduring Values: Reimagining Teaching for a New Era

Join the largest conversation about teaching and student learning on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at the Bone Student Center.

2026 University Teaching and Learning Symposium

Emergent Technologies, Enduring Values:
Reimagining Teaching for a New Era

The theme will focus on ways to navigate a rapidly evolving technology landscape. Our goal is to explore how we, as a campus community, can thoughtfully integrate emergent technologies, as aligned with the mission of the newly launched Adaptive Edge Institute, while staying grounded in our core values of inclusive, ethical, and student-centered education. Sessions will highlight innovative classroom practices and scholarly approaches to teaching and learning.

Registration

Register for this event by Friday, December 19.

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Join faculty, course instructors, staff, and graduate students from across the University in an exploration of scholarly teaching practices. The 2026 Symposium will be held at the Bone Student Center, with sessions facilitated by Illinois State faculty and staff throughout the day. A boxed lunch will be provided. The day will also include a special workshop and a keynote address. The Symposium concludes with a reception featuring drinks and hors d'oeuvres, poster presentations, and celebrating the annual Outstanding University Teaching Award and the Williams Outstanding Technology Service Award recipients.

The University Teaching and Learning Symposium is hosted by the Center for Integrated Professional Development (CIPD) and sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Alice and Fannie Fell Trust

Meet the Keynote Speaker

Photo of Laura Dumin, Ph.D.

Dr. Laura Dumin is a professor in English and Technical Writing at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) who has been a leading voice in exploring the impact of generative AI in writing classrooms. Since earning her Ph.D. in English from Oklahoma State University in 2010, Dr. Dumin combines her expertise in rhetoric, pedagogy, and technology to help educators navigate the rapidly changing landscape of digital literacy. She also has completed a number of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects to help strengthen her teaching methods.

Dr. Dumin currently serves as the director of the technical writing B.A. program, the adviser for the M.A. in composition/rhetoric at UCO and is a co-managing editor for The Journal of Transformative Learning. She also runs a Facebook learning community, Higher Ed Discussions of AI Writing & Use, where course instructors can discuss ideas around AI programs in writing courses and other higher ed spaces. You can also find resources she has curated at Laura’s Repository of Information.

Past Symposia

For more than 25 years, the Center for Integrated Professional Development and its predecessor departments have hosted the largest single-day conversation about teaching and student learning at Illinois State University. View Past Symposia