Conferences FAQ

The Lilly Conference for College and University Teaching and Learning formed over 35 years ago with the purpose of providing a platform for presentations in Scholarship in Teaching and Learning. Austin has hosted the conference for the past four years. Programs for past sessions and the agenda for the last conference can be found on the Lilly-Austin Conference website.

View the Lilly-Austin Conference overview.

Participants come from across the United States, representing nearly every discipline found in higher education, including faculty and administrators. They are at various stages of their academic careers ranging from post­ doctoral positions, adjunct faculty, new faculty, mid­-career faculty, seasoned faculty, and even emeritus faculty. The conference maintains the same overall theme: “Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning.” 2019 Tracks and sub­-themes include the following:

• Academic Success
• Student Learning
• Creating Communities of Learners
• Course/Curriculum Design/Redesign
• Engaging and Motivating Students
• Innovative Pedagogical Approaches
• Multiculturalism/Diversity/Inclusion
• Online Learning and Teaching
• Promoting Social Responsibility and Sustainability
• Service/Experiential Learning
• STEM
• Teaching Well with Classroom Technologies
• Classroom Assessment Strategies

The conference program offers a variety of sessions so you can match your learning preference to the presentations formats: 50­ minute concurrent sessions, 20 ­minute presentations, 30 ­minute round-table discussions, traditional plenary addresses, and poster presentations. Conference presentations are selected through a blind peer­ review process.

Throughout the three day conference, participants are given the opportunity to exchange ideas, build a repertoire of take­-home skills, and network with faculty colleagues.

The conference will be held in-person at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Austin.  The address is 6505 N Interstate Hwy 35, Austin, TX 78752.

You can go to as many or as few sessions as you want.

Programs for past sessions and the agenda for the last conference can be found on the Lilly Conference website.

Document the session(s) you attended. Share them with your supervisor and ask to be awarded professional development credit.