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Virginia Tech's Integrating STEM and Non-STEM Disciplines Conference (CANCELLED)
Venue: The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2020
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements, Class, STEM Events
Cost: Free

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Description:
Virginia Tech presents the inaugural Transdisciplinary Learning - Integrating STEM and Non-STEM Disciplines Conference on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Calling all STEM Educators! The STEM Educator conference is designed to highlight work related to the 4VA initiative and will feature sessions that are focused on curriculum efforts and opportunities to bring STEM and non-STEM students together for experiences that allow for the development of complex thinking and hands-on problem solving. There will be highlights from Virginia Tech faculty who are working across disciplinary boundaries on a curriculum to advance data-driven decision making and discussions on how this effort is unique as a result of being led by the College of Liberal Art and Human Sciences.

Other sessions will focus on preparing STEM undergraduates for careers in complex decision making through a graduate certificate focused on policy and ethical implications of technical advancements. Faculty leading a K12 STEM pathway discussion across the state will discuss larger project goals and advancements made to date on this work. Additional sessions will focus on how to support faculty teaching in transdisciplinary contexts and how to facilitate university and department support for these practices. These efforts are closely aligned with the university’s Destination Area initiative and supported by 4VA.

Conference participants will have an opportunity to engage with other educators from across Virginia on strategies for implementing transdisciplinary learning, and explore partnership opportunities for collaborative teaching and/or scholarship around teaching STEM for non-STEM majors.

Registration is open and free and is available to all members of the Virginia Tech community and interested faculty and administrators from participating 4VA institutions.

To register and RSVP online, visit: https://register.cpe.vt.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=3001404&selectedProgramAreaId=24509&selectedProgramStreamId.

For more information, visit the conference website at https://www.provost.vt.edu/content/provost_vt_edu/en/destination_areas/transdisciplinary-learning-conference.html or https://vtnews.vt.edu/notices/transdisciplinary-learning-conference.html or contact Carla Bringas (carlabv@vt.edu) in the Office of Learning Systems Innovation and Effectiveness.