SAVE THE DATE September 28, 2019 University of Tennessee Libraries
Schedule of the day:
8:00-8:15 am Coffee & Registration 8:15-8:30 am Welcome & Conference Overview 8:30-8:45 am Break 8:45-9:45 am Workshop I 9:45-10:00 am Break 10:00-11:00 am Workshop II 11:00 am -12:00 pm Exhibition 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch & Keynote Activity
For more information about 2019 Sessions and Presenters, please see HERE.
Deadline for registration is Saturday, September, 14 2019.
Keynote speaker: Ryan Windeknecht is a Senior Lecturer of Philosophy, an Office of Information Technology Faculty Fellow, and a founding member of the Simulations + Gaming + Role-Playing Community of Scholars at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Using game-based learning, Ryan designs tabletop role-playing games to help teach undergraduate philosophy. His current project, World of Philosophers, was created for his Professional Responsibility course and is a hack of the award-winning tabletop role-playing game, Dungeon World, by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys playing Dungeons & Dragons, watching Cartoon Network, and oscillating between hope and despair over American politics.
For a sneak peek into this year’s Keynote Activity, see HERE.
BIG Orange STEM Saturday for Educators (EduBOSS) is a free professional development opportunity for education professionals in East Tennessee.
It will take place on Saturday, September 28th 2019 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Registration will be forthcoming.
EduBOSS will include:
a free lunch for those who register
bags with informational materials
prizes and more!
Presented by:
*Partially funded by the UTK Office of Research and Engagement
Please contact Thura Mack at tmack@nullutk.edu if you have any questions.
Graduate Commons Officially Open
The long-awaited space just for graduate students in Hodges Library is now officially open to all graduate students.
