Welcome to the 29th Annual Lilly Conference

The International Lilly Conference on College Teaching is one of the nation’s most renowned conferences presenting the scholarship of teaching and learning. For 29 years teacher-scholars from across the U.S. and internationally have gathered annually the weekend before Thanksgiving to share innovative pedagogies and discuss questions, challenges, and insights about teaching and learning.

The Conference has become a teaching retreat as well as a conference. Deans and chief academic officers often support the attendance of faculty teams at Lilly as recognition for outstanding faculty and for faculty development, and institutions planning Teaching and Learning Centers have found the Conference an effective way to meet and "scout" exceptional teacher-scholars. Miami University, with its timeless Georgian architecture and beautiful wooded areas, makes an attractive location for learning.

Keynote speaker: Michael Wesch

Photo of Michael Wesch We are proud to announce that the keynote speaker will be Michael Wesch, Anthropology, Kansas State University, 2008 CASE Professor of the Year, and author of A Vision of Students Today which can be seen courtesy of YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

What are educators saying?

“Lilly remains the best bargain out there.” -Darby Lewes, Lycoming College

“Lilly has always been the premier teaching conference out of all the ones I’ve attended.” -Ron Berk, Johns Hopkins University

“Lilly has been one of the greatest success stories in higher education.” -Ed Nuhfer, California State University

“A lot of in-person conference attendances this past year have dropped [yet] Some of the BEST teaching conferences are thriving. Lilly is in that category...” -Lilly participant

“I was telling a client this week that she must attend because it is the intellectual version of an annual retreat, a Club Med cruise, and Cheers. You look forward to it each year as a measure of what you have done, you learn a lot, have a lot of fun, and after two years everybody knows your name.” -Susan Robison, Professor Destressor

“Lilly really is a time and place when and where you can strike the spark or keep the spark alive, kindle or rekindle, and get or keep your 'inside me' ablaze.” -Lilly participant

“For me and many others, Lilly is a very special place. It's a place of authenticity and sincerity, of renewal and growth, of helping and being helped.” -Lilly participant

“I came here as an 'anti-clickerer,' heard a plenary on it by Derek Bruff, got a flash of an idea a day later, bounced it off over lunch just now with him, and now I'm going home to work on it with my IT people for my Spring semester classes.” -Lilly participant

“The Lilly Conference provided me with the best seminar opportunities I have ever experienced. The participants, their talks, the setting, and the organization of the Conference all contributed to my satisfying involvement.” -Elizabeth Rompf, University of Kentucky

“It's really hard for me as a sociologist to analyze the magic that people feel--year after year--at Lilly! It's something very special you have created, and this year just carried on the tradition. Thanks for another great year!” -Lilly participant

“Lilly is a bit like an educational spa: stimulating, rejuvenating, and comfortable, all at the same time.” -Miami University Middletown staff member

“I'm a bit of a Lilly newbie, but I'm very much looking forward to attending Lilly again. What a fabulous experience . . . and all right here in Miami's backyard.” -Miami University Middletown staff member

“I've just glanced over the notes I took this year at my second Lilly Conference, and again I'm amazed at the variety and relevance of just about every session I attended.” -Miami University Middletown staff member