1st SU EducatIon Conference

This internal Teaching & Learning Conference will be a place for all educators, researchers and graduate teaching assistants to share models of innovative teaching and learning practices taking place at Sabancı University (SU). This will also serve as a place for us all to brainstorm our needs in keeping high standards in our education and creating more professional development opportunities, and to initiate a long-lasting educational support community at SU.

We invite all educators, researchers and graduate teaching assistants to the conference.

The conference is organized around four major themes:

1. Course design & practices : Innovative approaches
2. Technology in education
3. Teaching / learning support on campus
4. SU Education Community

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Keynote Talk (Day 1)

Title: "Does teaching ability in higher education come as a revelation?"

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Kürşat Çağıltay, Director of Instructional Technology Support Office, Middle East Technical University

Invited Talk (Day 2)

Title: "Learning and Teaching Experiences at Koç University"

Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Murat Sözer, Director of Koç Office of Learning and Teaching (KOLT), Koç University &

Associate Professor, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Koç University