{"id":898,"date":"2008-10-24T15:16:52","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T22:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=898"},"modified":"2008-10-24T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T22:16:52","slug":"issotl-thoughts-take-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/?p=898","title":{"rendered":"ISSoTL Thoughts – Take Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fifth annual International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL<\/a>) conference was held in Edmonton last week and I took some time out of my vacation and studies to attend.\u00a0 I attended partially because (as a student working full-time) I don’t expect to have another chance at attending a conference of this nature again anytime soon but also because the conference had come highly recommended by a number of individuals who’s knowledge and expertise I respect.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure what I expected.\u00a0 Once upon I time I was a frequent attendee at tech conferences – mostly of the Microsloth\/Novell variety.\u00a0 Thrown in the odd WebCT conference – which doesn’t easily fall under an educational or tech conference label – for fun and you’ve pretty much got the extent of my conference background.<\/p>\n

On the bright side I had been warned that an Ed. conference was like nothing I’d ever experienced before.\u00a0 Having survived the 4 day journey I’d have to say I agree with this assessment.<\/p>\n

For those who don’t know, the ISSoTL conference focuses on the development of scholarship in teaching and learning.\u00a0 Of course, everyone has a different definition of what that means.\u00a0 Thus the interesting<\/em> conference presentations.<\/p>\n

So what did I really learn at ISSoTL?<\/p>\n