Peer-to-Peer Faculty Learning

Theme

The 2019 TechLearn Faculty Conference theme was Connecting the Dots: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity.

Location and Date

The event was held on the Malibu Drescher Graduate Campus on October 16, 2019.

Keynote Speakers

Opening Keynote

We were pleased to have Michael Cohen, the Tech Rabbi, headline our 2019 conference. Michael's mission is to help educators around the world reveal their creative abilities to empower students to solve interesting problems and become positive contributors to our global society.  He is the author of the book Educated By Design, which outlines his principles for revealing and nurturing our innate creative courage and capacity.  He is a national keynote speaker, advisor, and trainer.  When he isn't traveling the world sharing his message, he serves as the director of innovation for Yeshiva University of Los Angeles Boys School (YULA). He is the founder of the Schlesinger STEAM and Entrepreneurship Center.

Closing Keynote

Adriana Sanford closed out our conference. Dr. Sanford is an award-winning Chilean American global privacy law and cyber law expert, educator, keynote, and international television commentator, who appears regularly as a CNN Español analyst to 49 million households in the United States and Latin America. She has taught over 7,300 students in the United States and abroad, including business ethics and law at Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount. She taught 1,500 to 1,800 students annually at Arizona State University; she was at the forefront when some of the classes she taught developed into online and hybrid versions. Dr. Sanford developed new ways to incorporate technology (e.g., interactive online review sessions that were also recorded) to increase access for her students. She received the "2019 Cybersecurity Woman Law & Privacy Professional of the Year Award" which celebrates female cybersecurity leaders changing the world. 

Learn More

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Theme

The 2017 TechLearn Faculty Conference theme was Innovate, Collaborate, Educate.

Location and Date

The event was held at the West Los Angeles Graduate Campus on October 19, 2017.

Keynote Speakers

Opening Keynote

We were pleased to have welcomed the distinguished opening keynote speaker -- Kyle Bowen, Director of Education Technology Services at Penn State University. In his role, Kyle leads university efforts for effective uses of technology for teaching and learning. He oversees a portfolio of services including instructional design, faculty research support, learning spaces, digital media development, and the exploration of emerging technologies. Formerly the Director of Informatics at Purdue University, he shaped and led the university's strategy to advance student success through new and innovative technologies.

Closing Keynote

Our closing keynote speaker was Dr. Christopher Heard, Associate Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Seaver College. Chris Heard joined the Seaver College Religion Division faculty in 2003 and was named Director of Seaver's Center for Teaching Excellence in 2017. As a biblical scholar, Chris focuses on the use, influence, and impact of the Bible (especially the book of Genesis) in Western culture, especially pop culture. When he delivered his closing talk, he had recently published a chapter on the Bible in animated films, and had a chapter on divine and human creativity in sci-fi films and a study of Bible-themed board games in press. As a budding scholar of teaching and learning, Chris focuses on gameful learning and was soon to publish a chapter on teaching religion with technology that describes a largely unsuccessful experiment with interactive fiction.

Learn More

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Theme

The theme of the 2014 TechLearn Faculty conference was Taking the Next Step.

Location and Date

The event was held on the Malibu Drescher Graduate Campus on October 15, 2014.

Keynote Speakers

Opening Keynote

Provost Rick Marrs kicked off the 2014 TechLearn Faculty Conference.

Closing Keynote

Dean Helen E. Williams of the Graduate School of Education and Psychology closed our conference.

Presenters

• Jamie Beth Colvin, Pepperdine Libraries
• Jim DiLellio, Graziaio Business School (Decision Sciences)
• Reyna Garcia-Ramos, Graduate School of Education and Psychology (Education)
• Kevin Miller, Pepperdine Libraries
• Linda Polin, Graduate School of Education and Psychology (Education)
• Linda Purrington, Graduate School of Education and Psychology (Education)
• Jeff Schieberl, Graziaio Business School (Business Law)
• Jennifer Smith, Seaver College (Humanities)
• Paul Sparks, Graduate School of Education and Psychology (Education)
• Victoria Stay, Graduate School of Education and Psychology (Education)
• Paul Stenis, Pepperdine Libraries
• Marc Vinyard, Pepperdine Libraries
• Stan Warford, Seaver College (Computer Science)

Theme

The 2013 TechLearn Faculty Conference theme was Transforming the Way We Teach.

Location and Date

The event was held at the West Los Angeles Graduate Campus on February 13, 2013.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. MIchelle D. Miller from Northern Arizona University shared her insights on the psychology of learning and how it relates to technology usage in the classroom.

 

Theme

The inaugural Technology & Learning Faculty Conference.

Location and Date

The event was held at the Malibu Drescher Graduate Campus on September 14, 2011.

Presenters

• Spring Cooke, Graduate School of Education and Psychology (Education)
• Sharyl Corrado, Seaver College (Humanities)
• Brian Fisher, Seaver College (Mathematics)
• Susan Helm, Seaver College (Nutritional Science)
• Tim Lucas, Seaver College (Mathematics)
• Gregory McNeal, Law School
• Bob McQuaid, Graziadio School of Business (Information Systems)