The annual Teaching and Learning Innovation Conference will be held May 11 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Rozanski Hall. This year’s theme is collaboration in the classroom. The day starts with a keynote presentation by Lisa Lattuca, an associate professor of higher education and a senior research associate in the Centre for Study of Higher Education at Pennsylvania State University. She will discuss “Interdisciplinary Competence: A Learning Goal for Students ― and Faculty?” Lattuca will also deliver an afternoon lecture titled “Are We Educating the Engineer of the Future?”

The day also includes close to 30 sessions presented by U of G faculty, students and staff. Topics include collaborative teaching, student-to-student communication and collaboration, creating community through video, faculty learning in higher education through collaboration, and adding value to student reports using online publishing.

For more information and to register, go to tss.uoguelph.ca/tli/.