2024 Innovations in Pedagogy Summit

When you think of yourself teaching, what images and residues of feelings appear in your mind’s eye? It’s probably not a bulleted list of assigned texts or syllabus policies. Maybe you smell your coffee quickly cooling on the podium, feel the knot in your stomach as you turn to 300 expectant faces in an auditorium. Or imagine the relief of seeing “Completed” in the gradebook, and the tingly warmth from reading a well-crafted sentence nestled in the Canvas discussion board. Maybe it’s the energy rising from a room full of curiosity. Or a thud of silence when a student’s question forces you to reconsider your lesson for the day, and everyone (especially you) knows it. Teaching and learning at UVA is an embodied human experience.

This year’s Innovations in Pedagogy Summit invites you to notice, support, and celebrate the uniquely human sides of your teaching and students’ learning through our theme of Human Learners, Human Teachers. Keynote speaker Dr. Cate Denial will help us consider the centrality of compassion and kindness in our instructor roles, and how we can use communities of care to contribute to students’ learning and thriving.

The day will kick off with Dr. Denial's keynote, followed by two sets of concurrent sessions with lunch in between. The day will end with a student panel around community-engaged learning. Full schedule is now available!