CLT Annual Symposium 2022

Inspiration and Innovation: Today's Challenges … Tomorrow's Opportunities

The CLT's hybrid Symposium 2022 (March 7 - 9, 2022) explored how the AUC faculty and educators around the world have responded to today's challenges with innovations that create learning opportunities for the future.

MONDAY, MARCH 7

Online Keynote Session: Low-Tech, Low Stress, and High Impact Strategies for Bridging On-Campus and Online Experiences

Jenae Cohn
Director of Academic Technology at California State University, Sacramento

Online session: 6:00 - 7:15 pm
Online follow-up discussion: 7:15 - 8:00 pm

This session identified strategies to consider how we keep the best parts of teaching online even for classes with on-campus learning experiences. Ultimately, the session focused on a clear goal: to create a learning experience where all students can access engaging discussions, opportunities for critical problem-solving, and space for peer community-building wherever they are.

More about Jenae Cohn

Tuesday, March 8

Online Keynote Session: Hybrid Thinking: Creating a Future We Want

Arndt Pechstein
Chairman of Biomimicry Academy and Biomimicry Germany, Berlin

Online session: 3:15 - 4:30 pm
Online follow-up discussion: 4:30 - 5:00 pm

This session discussed what we need to empower people to actively shape the desired future are future skills. Future skills are what make us human. We are on the verge of a new humanism because everything that cannot be automated or digitized will become extremely valuable. It is skills like creativity, collaboration, courage and a healthy disregard for the impossible combined with a purpose-driven mindset that is key to shaping a desirable future and thriving as individuals.

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Wednesday, March 9

All sessions were held at Moataz Al Alfi Hall

Morning Sessions

Breakfast and Welcome: 10:00 - 10:30 am
Digital Literacies Toolkit Launch: 10:30 - 12:30 pm

In this session, attendees learned more about ways to integrate digital literacies into their teaching to develop students’ critical thinking about the digital world. Explored the digital literacies toolkit and helped make it more relevant with their contributions and suggestions, and participated in some on-the-spot CLT consultations for ideas you can use in your courses this semester!