48th Annual POD Conference Pittsburgh

A POD NETWORK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION

Wednesday afternoon 1:00–4:30 pm (part one)
Thursday morning 8:30 am–12:00 pm (part two)

This interactive workshop orients new educational developers to the field. Participants will consider educational development research, foundational frameworks, and will identify priorities for their contexts.

Includes Thursday morning breakfast and a published book

Wednesday afternoon 1:00–4:30 pm (part one)
Thursday morning 8:30 am–12:00 pm (part two)

This interactive workshop synthesizes 60+ years of research on learning from the cognitive, motivational, developmental, and DEI perspectives into eight integrated principles.

Wednesday afternoon 1:00–4:30 pm (part one)
Thursday morning 8:30 am–12:00 pm (part two)

In this workshop, participants will:

1. Review 5–10 teaching effectiveness frameworks;
2. Consider which aspects might be most relevant for their own institutional context, drafting the framework categories best for their institution; and
3. Identify strategies for next steps for implementing their own institutional framework.

Thursday morning 8:30 am–12:00 pm

In this session, we will invite participants to engage in envisioning models that center humanity in our educational development curriculum, facilitate faculty in developing their own models of thriving, and cultivate personal mechanisms for self thriving necessary for effective educational development.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

In this workshop, you will play the game, learn how to run it at your campus, and demonstrate how will introduce your new faculty to important campus personnel, teach them basic procedures of faculty governance, and show them how to see the university from a perspective outside their own.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

For leaders seeking to enhance your Center for Teaching and Learning's (CTL's) resilience and agility, this half-day workshop empowers you with theory-based strategies to advance priorities, support staff's wellbeing, and prepare for further higher education changes.

A POD NETWORK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

This session offers colleagues in their early years as educational developers with time and space for consultation, reflection, and relationship-building.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

This session highlights Racial Equity Advocates, that provides support for faculty to actively interrupt inequities using the Courageous Conversations about Race Protocol (Singleton, 2021), role play, and mindful inquiry to address a problem of practice within their own context.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

Participants will be guided to use this time individually and in community to explore strategies for defining faculty learning outcomes and matched assessments, aligning faculty learning with institutional initiatives and structures, and adapting programming to local environments.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

In this pre-conference workshop we will actively engage participants in a “Solutions Clinic” so educational developers can experience a useful model for problem-solving.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

In this workshop, we explore a powerful model (Symposium) for engaging all stakeholders in campus initiatives and supporting them in taking a more active role during times of change.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

This interactive pre-conference workshop will discuss the root causes of the instructional challenges faced by Generation Z learners as well as provide a space for generating solutions.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

In this interactive pre-conference workshop, the presenters—two white cisgender female educational developers—will share an emergent framework to help you discover how JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity) can be woven into the fabric of your center’s offerings.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

In this interactive workshop, participants will

1. learn and practice a number of effective dialogue strategies;
2. briefly examine the rights/responsibilities of academic freedom;
3. discuss how engaging difficult dialogues differs in an online context;
4. consider how to apply strategies in their own learning environments;
5. be introduced to a wide range of additional resources to continue the work.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

In this workshop, participants will explore the values they bring to educational development work and practice strategies for aligning values and practices to achieve their goals in sustainable, people-centered ways.

Thursday morning 9:00 am–12:00 pm

In this workshop, we share how to help faculty develop strategies for prioritizing and building momentum for their research and writing on the day-to-day level while maintaining work-life balance along the way.

Monday, November 13, 12–2 PM EST

In this interactive workshop, participants will engage in reflective exercises, group discussions, and tasks to understand and challenge persisting colonial power structures that manifest in higher education curricula and pedagogies.

POD NETWORK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION

Monday, November 13, 12–2 PM EST

Are you looking for advice from a cohort of like-minded professionals? This session offers colleagues in their early years as educational developers with time and space for consultation, reflection, and relationship-building.

POD NETWORK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION

Monday, November 13, 2–5 PM EST

This interactive workshop orients new educational developers to the field. Participants will consider educational development research, foundational frameworks, and will identify priorities for their contexts.

NOTE: This session is not tailored for experienced developers nor those seeking strategies to found a center.

Open Lab at the University of Pittsburgh is an innovative makerspace for faculty, students, and staff. With technology and expertise in 3D scanning and printing, extended reality headsets, laser cutting and engraving, and other experiential learning tools, Open Lab helps to fuel teaching and learning at Pitt. Come take a 90-minute tour of the space and meet the team as you learn about the practical applications of a makerspace for enhancing pedagogy and about developing a makerspace on your campus.

Transportation is included for the approximate 25-minute trip each way.

• Date: Thursday November 16
• Time: 12:30–3:00 pm
• Cost: $25 per person
• Maximum/minimum registration: 30/0

The History Center, Pittsburgh's "people museum," has six floors of interactive displays that include well known antiques such as the Mister Rogers Neighborhood TV set and the oldest motor vehicle in the world, which tell the history of western Pennsylvania. The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum is located on the second and third floors of the History Center.

The Heinz History Center is approximately a 6-minute walk from the Westin Hotel and the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. We will assist with accessibility accommodations as requested.

• Date: Friday November 17
• Time: 10:00 am–12:00 pm
• Cost: $18 per person
• Maximum/minimum registration: None

Temporarily out of stock as of September 26, 2023. Send email to [email protected] to be placed on a waiting list.

The Writer's Landscape is the first-ever exhibition devoted to the life and works of Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright August Wilson. It is located at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, one of the biggest cultural institutions in the nation that focuses solely on the African American experience and the arts of the African diaspora.

There is no cost for this excursion. However, we encourage participants to consider making a personal donation to the Cultural Center.

The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is less than a 5-minute walk. We will assist with accessibility accommodations as requested.

• Date: Friday November 17
• Time: 3:00–5:00 pm
• Cost: Free, donations to the Center encouraged and appreciated
• Maximum/minimum registration: 25/0

Join your colleagues in a 60-90 minute tour of the Nationality & Heritage Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh for a unique educational experience.  Nearly a century ago, the Nationality & Heritage Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Program created the rooms to celebrate and showcase the cultures of the many ethnic communities that immigrated to Allegheny County. On the first and third floors of the Cathedral of Learning, there are 31 Nationality Rooms where you can enjoy the rich heritage of the communities that inspired and supported their creation.

The Nationality Rooms are actual classrooms that offer students (and visitors) the opportunity to explore the historical diversity of the region as depicted via the gifts received from the ethnic groups of Pittsburgh. An added bonus for POD’s tour will be the enjoyment of end-of-year celebrations with traditional takes on well-known holidays.

Transportation is included for the approximate 25-minute trip each way.

• Date: Saturday November 18
• Time: 9:45 am–12:15 pm
• Cost: $35/person
• Maximum/minimum registration: 40/10

In this special LIMITED ENGAGEMENT event, Lee Terbosic, an internationally touring magician, comedian, actor, daredevil and entertainer from Pittsburgh, PA, will lead audiences through an exploration of some of Houdini's most magical moments. The 75-minute performance, part lecture, part Q&A, part demo, and all magic—will leave you wondering if there was something more sinister afoot when a 52-year-old Houdini died on that Halloween night in 1926.

Liberty Magic is about a 4-minute walk. We will assist with accessibility accommodations as requested.

• Date: Saturday November 18
• Time: 7:30–9:45 pm
• Cost: $45/person
• Maximum/minimum registration: None/None