Teaching and Learning Knowledge Sharing

MSU Spring TALKS, May 7-8 2025

The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Spring Conference on teaching and learning is now MSU Spring TALKS. While the emphasis and scope of the event remains the same, this new name, which stands for Teaching And Learning Knowledge Sharing, more clearly defines the nature of the event’s focus on collaboration, conversation, and community building among MSU’s educator community.

Our 2025 conference will be held on May 7 (online via Zoom) and May 8 (in-person at the Kellogg Center). MSU Spring TALKS is organized by MSU's Center for Teaching & Learning Innovation (CTLI).

Registration

MSU Spring TALKS is open to all educators in all roles at MSU, including but not limited to faculty members, course instructors, graduate teaching assistants, administrators, researchers, advisors, graduate students, and those working in curriculum, educator development, or student success.

Presenters have already been registered. If you are not a presenter, then you will need to register to attend on May 7 and/or May 8th. 

Session Types

The MSU Spring TALKS offers a variety of session format types will be available on both the virtual day and the in-person day of the conference. The conference program will be available soon.

• Educator Talk (15 minutes): A presentation related to teaching & learning; educator talks can include sharing practices, successes, and failures educators have tried at MSU. 
• Workshop (50 minutes): Designed with active learning and attendee participation and engagement in mind, these interactive sessions focus on sharing or demonstrating theories, tools, or practices that have practical teaching and learning applications.
• Panel (50 minutes): A moderated conversation on a single topic or theme related to teaching and learning. Panels will include multiple speakers and a moderator. The moderator serves as the conversation host, facilitates speakers' responses to pre-circulated questions, and guides the subsequent question period. Proposals should include the names of recruited speakers and the moderator.
• Roundtable (50 minutes): A moderated open discussion prioritizing conversation with each other and the conference audience to discuss a topic related to teaching and learning. Roundtables will include a moderator and may include one or more recruited speakers with expertise on this topic. All session attendees are participants in the discussion. Proposals should include the names of any recruited speakers and the moderator.
• Poster: A physical or virtual poster presenting a topic, research results, or experiences related to teaching and learning. Each conference day will involve a dedicated poster session for presenters to showcase their posters.

Questions? 

If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact us at ctli.splrnconf@msu.edu