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 29CFI 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