Keynote Speaker - Flower Darby

 

 

 

Keynote

Wired for Connection: Promoting Student and Faculty Well-being and Success

As social beings, we have a deep and fundamental need to be part of the group. When we feel like we belong, we are willing and able to  cognitively engage, take intellectual risks, and learn more deeply and effectively. We’ll explore how promoting connections and belonging with and among our students fosters increased academic achievement, engagement, and persistence, all of which lead to better and more equitable learning outcomes in all class modalities. As we identify evidence-based practical strategies to promote student well-being and success, we’ll discover how these techniques support our own well-being and success, too.

Pre-Conference Workshop

Building Rapport and Fostering Trust to Boost Engagement and Learning

In this interactive workshop, we will consider the literature on how building rapport and fostering trust promotes equitable and inclusive learning environments and supports holistic student success. In the past two years we’ve seen, both personally and professionally, the importance of social connections to enhance academic and whole-person success. Related to the broad themes of the keynote address, this session will dive into the twin aspects of rapport- and trust-building to empower students to learn and achieve. You’ll leave with do-able tips and tricks to try next week or next semester, ideas to enliven and invigorate your class regardless of subject matter or modality. 

Flower Darby

Flower Darby celebrates and promotes effective teaching in all class formats to include, welcome, and support all students as they learn and succeed. As faculty and an instructional designer, she’s taught community college and university classes for over 24 years in a range of subjects including English,Technology, Leadership, Dance, and Pilates. A seasoned face-to-face and online educator, Darby loves to apply learning science across the disciplines,and to help others do the same.

Flower speaks, writes, presents and consults on teaching and learning theory and practice both nationally and internationally. She has helped educators all over the world become more effective in their work. She is the author, with James M. Lang, of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes, and she’s a columnist for The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Her new book on emotion science and teaching with technology is forthcoming from West Virginia University Press.

SOURCE: flowerdarby.com/media-kit