SUNY Potsdam to Host Conference on Instruction and Technology

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SUNY Potsdam will host the 25th annual Conference on Instruction and Technology from May 31 to June 3.

POTSDAM, NY (04/19/2016)(readMedia)-- The State University of New York's annual Conference on Instruction & Technology will celebrate its 25th anniversary when it returns to the SUNY Potsdam campus for CIT 2016. SUNY Potsdam, currently celebrating its bicentennial, last hosted this prestigious event in 2003.

CIT 2016 will take place from Tuesday, May 31 to Friday, June 3 at SUNY Potsdam. This year's conference, "Students at the Center: Creating and Sharing Learning Experiences," is expected to attract approximately 500 faculty, instructional support professionals, librarians and administrators from across the 64-campus SUNY system, as well as from private colleges around the nation.

The four-day event begins on Tuesday, May 31, with afternoon pre-conference workshops. The conference officially opens that evening, with a welcome reception featuring remarks from newly appointed SUNY Potsdam Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Bette S. Bergeron.

The remaining three days offer more than 100 diverse, faculty and staff-led presentations, panels and hands-on demonstrations in the following tracks:

• Open Educational Resources: Strategies, Advantages and Savings for Students and Faculty in Practice;
• Engaging Students: Tools and Strategies;
• Inquiry: Scholarship, Discovery and Innovation;
• Student and Faculty Support: Access and Accessibility, and
• Going Mobile.

Highlights of the conference include remarks by guest speaker Dr. Alexander Cartwright, the SUNY provost and executive vice chancellor, on Wednesday, June 1, at 10:30 a.m. in the nationally-recognized SUNY Potsdam Performing Arts Center. On Thursday, June 2, CIT will welcome keynote speaker Dr. David Wiley, chief academic officer of Lumen Learning.

Friday's program offers three concurrent featured speaker sessions, led by Jason Lane, SUNY vice provost for academic planning and strategic leadership and senior associate vice chancellor; Andreina Parisi-Amon from Coursera, and with SUNY Potsdam students Mohammed Alaqil and Lamya Almomani, who will provide insights on student perceptions of technology.

The Conference on Instruction and Technology provides faculty, instructional support professionals, librarians and administrators with an opportunity to share experiences and expertise, discuss common problems, brainstorm solutions and explore ways to improve learning with technology.

CIT is sponsored by the Faculty Advisory Council on Teaching & Technology Committee, the Center for Professional Development, the Faculty Council of Community Colleges and University Faculty Senate.

For further information or to register for CIT 2016, go to www.cit.suny.edu. See what folks are saying on Twitter at #SUNYCIT.

The local SUNY Potsdam contact for the CIT conference is Romeyn Prescott, who can be reached at prescor@potsdam.edu or (315) 267-3181.

For information about visiting SUNY Potsdam, please visit www.potsdam.edu/about.

Founded in 1816, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America's first 50 colleges -- and the oldest institution within SUNY. As the College marks its bicentennial in 2016, SUNY Potsdam will celebrate a 200-year legacy of pioneering programs and educational excellence. The College currently enrolls approximately 4,200 undergraduate and graduate students. Home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam is known for its challenging liberal arts and sciences core, distinction in teacher training and leadership in the arts. Empowered by a culture of creativity, the campus community is nearing the completion of Take the Lead: The Campaign for Potsdam, which has already raised $32 million for scholarships and programs.

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