Welcome to Pedagogy Day 2024, a new one-day conference hosted at Eastern Illinois University. The purpose of this event is to cultivate a space where faculty and instructors can explore, share, and engage with proven effective practices for teaching and learning at the university level.

Inspired by the large learning strides possible through small instructional design and teaching adjustments, the theme for Pedagogy Day 2024 is “Small Changes with Big Impacts”. This theme draws support from the book “Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning,” by Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel who argue that many common teaching and learning habits, such as massed practice, rereading or cramming, and the “fire hose” method of lecturing are counterproductive. Rather, with small changes rooted in the learning sciences applied to instructional design and teaching, content retention, retrieval, and ultimately learning outcomes can improve.

Thank you for your interest in Pedagogy Day 2024! 

To finalize your registration, please complete this form: https://www.eiu.edu/fdic/machform/view.php?id=18373

The schedule will be published in early February and emailed out upon availability.

If you have any questions ahead of the conference, please email the FDIC at fdic@eiu.edu or call 217-581-7051.

We look forward to learning along side of you.