Teaching and Technology Summit 2026
Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20, 2026
8:30 a.m. - Noon (Eastern), both days
Virtual via Zoom
Register Now
Hosted by the Division of Online and Strategic Learning and University Libraries.
The Teaching and Technology Summit showcases innovative work in teaching and its intersections with technology. Connect with colleagues and share creative ways to use technology to enhance teaching and learning.
The engaging and informal sessions at the Summit range from quick hits (5 minutes) to deeper dives (20 minutes), meaning you can fit them into your schedule.
All sessions will be recorded and made available for 90 days following the Summit. Chat and Q&A will not be recorded.
Submit a Proposal
We are now accepting proposals for presentations. Deadline: Friday, January 30, 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Presentations at the Summit are generally brief and informal. You may submit a proposal for a session of 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes.
All sessions are presented in a “mock live” fashion, wherein the presenter pre-records a presentation that is played at a set time during the Summit.
The Summit Planning Committee is also available for ideating presentation topics, reviewing presentation content, and recording finalized presentations on campus with a professional background.
Questions? Email strategiclrn@bsu.edu.
About the Summit
Here’s what previous attendees loved about the Teaching and Technology Summit
“This was a great experience. I have so many ideas to work on over the summer as I improve my courses for the fall.”
“There's a lot of other faculty doing cool things and working hard to create meaningful experiences for our students. I made a bunch of notes on stuff to try or learn more about.”
“I thought it was extremely well organized and I loved how engaging the presenters were. They all did an amazing job with this offering!”
“I liked how short the presentations were and that you could pop in and out. I loved having the resources available for later.”
“The entire event was incredibly well managed, promoted, and executed […] a perfect example of experience design in practice.”
Keynote Speakers
Flower Darby celebrates and promotes effective teaching in all modalities to advance learning outcomes for all students. She’s an Associate Director of the Teaching for Learning Center at the University of Missouri. Prior to that, she held roles such as Assistant Dean of Online and Innovative Pedagogies and Director of Teaching for Student Success. These roles have allowed her to build on her experience teaching in person and online for 30 years in a range of subjects including Psychology, English, technology, education, leadership, dance, and Pilates. In her current work and publications, Darby empowers faculty to teach engaging classes in all modalities so that all students can learn. She is the lead author (with James M. Lang) of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes. Her new book, The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Online Classes, comes out Spring 2026.
Dr. Kwang-Ho Lee is a Professor of Hospitality Innovation and Leadership and the winner of the 2025 Rawlings Distance Education Teaching Award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of online teaching. Dr. Lee's research focuses on marketing and consumer behaviors in the realms of hospitality and tourism, as well as applications of psychological measurement techniques in business areas. This has included work analyzing tourist attitudes toward technology employed in the hospitality industry and the expression of psychological motivations to travel through social media. Dr. Lee will be presenting a closing keynote titled: "Student-Driven Learning: Designing LMS Content That Truly Supports Their Success."
This event is coordinated by the Division of Online and Strategic Learning with University Libraries. Our mission is to serve Ball State students, faculty and staff by pursuing, developing, and implementing best practices in teaching, learning, and student support services. We do this through an adaptive culture of rigorous assessment and evaluation of techniques and approaches that benefit Ball State students both near and far.