Final program now on website

There are 120 sessions with 213 names on the program from 9 countries.
There will be many opportunities to think about good teaching and how to enhance the student’s good learning. With discussions, panels, demonstrations, experiential activities, movies and video, and much more, you will find OBTC 2009 to be a dynamic and renewing experience. Look at the program on obtc.org and register if you haven’t done so. OBTC is an informal and collegial experience with lots of opportunities to talk and share our collective passion for teaching. Join us.
Joe Seltzer
Program Coordinator

We are getting ready for OBTC 2009. Register at obtc.org

Proposals submitted, program finished, the t-shirts ordered – its only a month to OBTC 2009.  Join us at the College of Charleston June 10-13 for an exciting program. Plenary Speakers include Jim Clawson, Andre Delbecq and Manuel Escudero of the U.N. Global Compact. Lots of experiential sessions, interactive session, sessions to make you think; with the theme “From Good Teaching to Good Learning”

Some example sessions at OBTC 2009

Please register for OBTC at obtc.org. There will be 120 terrific sessions, including the following titles:
“Moving the drudgery of grading to transformative learning using rubrics”; “Icebreaking or time-wasting? The effective use of icebreakers in class”; “The behavioral matrix: An exercise for anyone, anyplace, anywhere”; “Understanding generational differences in the workplace: Implications for educating millennials”; “A metaphor is worth a thousand words”; “Making ethics education relevant for working managers”; “Time and decision-making: an experiential exercise”; “AQ/PQ: What does it mean?” And all this is only on Thursday. Think about coming to OBTC 2009.

Program now on the website

The program is now on the website at obtc.org I think it will be an excellent program. If you haven’t registered yet, please do so on the website.

A few highlights:
Opening Session by Jim Clawson
Legacy Session: “Climbing a ladder is harder than flowing with opportunities: An autobiographical reflection and dialog” by Andre Delbec
“Experiencing NINE MORE experiential exercises in ONE action-packed hour” Rae Andre, Amy Kenworthy, Roger Putzel, Michael Shaner
“A metaphor is worth a thousand words” by Magid Mazen and Suzanne de Janasz
“What I learned from the entertainment industry” by Dorothy Marcic
“Lessons from Parris Island and the U.S. Marine Corps by Anna and Christopher Kayes and Andrew Solgere
“Using the mood meter to reflect, connect and teach” by Mike Morris
“35 years of teaching negotiations: insights, lessons, implications by Roy Lewicki

And 114 more sessions. Check my blogs on obtc.org for more exmples over the next couple of months.
Joe Seltzer
Program Coordinator

OBTC 2009 Program is set

There will be many very interesting and informative sessions at OBTC. Register at obtc.org. The schedule should be available at the website in a day or two. I’ll talk about some of the sessions on future blogs, so watch for them. Joe Seltzer

Thank you for 150+ submissions to OBTC

I also appreciate the 169 people who volunteered to review. Each person got 2 or 3 proposals to review. Please try to get them back on time. I hope to begin to make final decisions soon. I expect to initially either 1) Accept, 2) Reject, or 3) Defer the decision. I’m likely to send out many of the deferals for an additional review so some of you may get a third paper later. I previously asked if people would review more than 3 proposals and very much appreciate the 21 people who offered to do more than three (and may still take you up on this).

I think we should have a very good program. I’ll be telling you more about it in a few weeks.

Joe Seltzer
Program Coordinator

OBTC Proposals accepted until Jan 12

We are still looking for quality proposals for OBTC. Please think about what you can do that is creative and/or related to the idea of “from good teaching to good learning” I also want to thank people who recently volunteered to review or do more reviews. I can still probably use more. Please register at obtc.org or write Joe Seltzer at seltzer@lasalle.edu. Thanks

We need more reviewers

Over 100 proposals have been made to OBTC and the final due date is January 12.  We did have some technical problems and most of the proposals only went to reviewers today.  We are expecting another influx of proposals and need additional reviewers.  If you haven’t signed up, please do so at obtc.org   After January 12, we will send 3 short proposals for review with a two week due date.  If you are already a reviewer and would do a few more please send a note to support@obtc.org  Thanks.  Joe Seltzer, Program Coordinator, seltzer@lasalle.edu

Now 86 proposals for OBTC 2009, now rolling reviews

Thanks to those of you who used the early review date. Proposals will go out for review. There is still plenty of time to submit. We will do rolling reviews as papers are submitted until the final date of January 12.

Early submission date is Dec 8

Submitting a proposal by Dec 8 has several advantages.  I anticipate a higher acceptance rate among the first group than will be possible for the Jan 12 submission date.  I’ll explain in the next paragraph.  Also you will likely get your review back soon and know how to make your travel plans.  You will also help us spread the reviewing process over a longer period of time and thus put less pressure on reviewers.  So think about submitting soon.

Why do I think there will be a higher acceptance rate for early submissions?  I’ll get blind review (usually 3) and look at the proposals myself.  Those that are clear acceptances will be accepted.  Those that are clear rejections will be rejected (and thus may give you time to propose something else or more complete for the Jan 12 final submission date).  Some proposals in-between will be held and considered again in the final pool (possibly including additional reviews).  I only have a limited number of slots in the program and following the procedures started last year will begin building the program from accepted proposals.  As I get to the end of the review process in January, I anticipate that I’ll accept additional high quality proposals, but that some mid-range proposals will have to be rejected, possibly including some that might have been accepted if in the original December pool.  So submit early.

Also if we get lots more high quality papers than I can accept, I may go back to some people with 2 or more acceptances and ask them to choose which proposal to present.

Just wanted this process to be more transparent.

Joe

Joe Seltzer, program coordinator