Texas Tech University

19th Annual ATLC - Conference Schedule

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Friday, February 24, 2023
Virtual Conference via Zoom

Morning Session: Teaching Distracted Minds: Old Challenges, New Contexts (10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)

Faculty concerns about distracted and disengaged students have intensified in the wake of the pandemic, but our real focus should be on how we help students achieve attention. This keynote draws upon scholarship from history, neuroscience, and education in order to argue that distractions are endemic to the human condition, and can't be walled out of the physical classroom or online course. Instead, we should focus on creating educational experiences that cultivate and sustain attention. Participants will learn about a variety of potential pathways to developing such experiences for their students

Afternoon Session: Teaching Distracted Minds: Attention to Community (1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.)

Attention is a gift that we can give to our students, and that students can give back to us, their classmates, and to the course material. When faculty pay closer attention to the needs of individual students, we're more likely to find that attention returned to us. The lens of attention research thus can help us think more clearly about how we cultivate community and belonging in higher education. This interactive session will explore some of the ideas presented in the keynote in greater detail, and orient them more directly toward the creation of learning communities in our courses.

Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development Center

  • Address

    University Library Building, Room 136, Mail Stop 2044, Lubbock, TX 79409-2004
  • Phone

    806.742.0133
  • Email

    tlpdc@ttu.edu