Educational/Pedagogical Conferences

Participating and/or presenting in conferences and workshops focused primarily on teaching is a regular part of what I do. Here is a list of some of those in which I've participated. If I presented, there is a link to my slides.

  • ASQ Innovation Division Webinar May 2018
    Benton, M. C. & Radziwill, N. M., 2018: Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain: A Recipe for Disruptive Innovation in Quality and Supply Chains. ASQ Innovation Division Webinar, May 14.

  • Burning Man Education Symposium November 2017
    Benton, M. C. & Radziwill, N. M., 2017: The Burning Mind Project. Burning Man Education Symposium, November 7-10.

  • Presentation at HASTAC May 2016
    Benton, M. C. & Radziwill, N. M., 2016: Choose Your Own Grade: Instructional Civil Disobedience. HASTAC, Phoenix AZ, May 12.

  • Invited presentation at IAJC/ISAM 2014
    Radziwill, N., and Benton, M. 2014. The 10 Principles: A New Paradigm for Collaboration & Innovation, IAJC/ISAM Annual Meeting, 2014 Sep 26.

  • Presentation at ATMAE 2013
    Radziwill, N. M. & Benton, M. C., 2013: The Burning Mind Project - Creating a Culture of Radical Innovation in Technology Education. ATMAE Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, November 21.

  • Presentation at Burning Man August 2013
    Benton, M. C., 2013: I Will F You Up! Getting Rid of Grades. Transforming Learning Conference, Black Rock City NV, August 30.

  • Presentation with N. Radziwill at 2013 CFI May Symposium
    Benton, M. C. & Radziwill, N. M., 2013: Less Work, Better Learning, More Fun! Effective Strategies for Teaching Without Grades. JMU Center for Faculty Innovation, Harrisonburg VA, May 6.

  • Presentation with N. Radziwill at Burning Man HQ, March 2013
    Benton, M. C. & Radziwill, N. M., 2013: Bringing the 10 Principles to the Classroom. Burning Man Project Headquarters, San Francisco CA, March 6.

  • Guest Lecture on Grading given in 2012
    Benton, M. 2012. Grades Suck. A guest lecture given in multiple courses on critical thinking and sociology of education.

  • Provost's Task Force on Academic Rigor, May 2011
    I participated in a 2-day workshop in which faculty from all over JMU were brought together to discuss the question "What is academic rigor?"

  • Presentation at ISAT Mini-Symposium, May 2011
    Benton, M. 2013. Beyond Dogma: Tales of a Grading Heretic, 2011 ISAT Mini-Symposium on Innovative Teaching Methods. 2011 May 13.

Pre-Tenure

I list the following for completeness, and to show that this has been a consistent behavior of mine throughout my time at JMU.

  • Presented a paper at AMCIS 2011
    Benton, M. C., Pappas, E. & Pappas, J. (2011). WordPress+Qualtrics: A plugin supporting research and new pedagogy to develop personal sustainability via 360 degree evaluation. In Proc. 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Detroit MI, August 5.

  • Presented a paper with Nicole Radziwill at Agile 2011
    Benton, M. C. & Radziwill, N. M. (2011). A Path for exploring the Agile Organizing Framework in eechnology education. Agile 2011, Salt Lake City UT, August 9, 2011.

  • Presentation with Nicole Radziwill at ATMAE 2010
    Benton, M. C. & Radziwill, N. M. (2010). Using the Agile Organizing Framework to Create Adaptive Learning Environments for Technology Development. ATMAE, Panama City Beach FL, October 29

  • CFI 2010 Workshop: Getting to Know Your Classroom Climate
    I co-led this in the fall 2010 semester with Laura Haas, from Career and Academic Planning. This was the culmination of the CFI Madison Teaching Fellows program that I participated in with Laura, and Bob Brown of the Religion Department during the 2009-10 academic year.

  • Presented a paper at 2008 AERA Annual Meeting
    Benton, M. C., & Tremaine, M. M. (2008). QuesGen: clarifying the dimensions of multiple-choice question quality. In Proc. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York City NY, March 26.

  • Other Workshops (mostly CFI/CIT)

    • Teaching Large Classes, 11/1/2006
    • Preparing for Tenure, 2/9/2007
    • Using WebSurveyor, 3/30/2007
    • Let Go…of the Professor-Centered Classroom, 11/16/2007
    • Insert “Skill Bites” into Your Course to Enhance Discipline-Specific Development, 2/28/2008
    • How to Run a Safe and Effective Study Abroad Program (OIP) 9/19/2008
    • Motivation in the Classroom, CFI May Symposium, 2009
    • JITT (Just-in-time Teaching), CFI May Symposium, 2009
    • Using Blackboard for Peer Assessment, 9/10/2009
    • Qualtrics, 12/17/2009
    • Your Role in Shaping How Students Approach Writing Assignments, 4/15/2010
    • CFI Madison Teaching Fellow, 2009-2010 Academic Year

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