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The Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference (FTTC) is a Midwest regional conference focused on bringing together faculty and staff involved in course and curriculum development or academic technology support. Our mission is to provide an environment to share innovative ideas, leverage technology, and learn collaboratively across disciplines and institutions. FTTC aims to take advantage of the best of an online and in-person conference and reach the ever-changing needs of a diverse audience base by alternating modalities each year. For 2024, this two-day conference housed virtual sessions on Thursday, October 3and Friday, October 4, building on the flexibility and accessibility allowed by that format. In our in-person years, we will house workshops, interactive and engaging sessions, and lots of reflective and fun opportunities including our in-person Exhibit Hall! Each format offers an amazing opportunity for higher education faculty, administrators, staff, and students. Whether the roles of attendees involve course and curriculum development or academic technology support, FTTC provides a place to share and learn collaboratively. In addition, the conference offers a dynamic keynote speaker, faculty innovation idea-sharing, technology workshops, and vendor presentations. Our program evolves each year to reflect emerging trends in technology applications in higher education and shared expertise in online teaching experiences and strategies. Won't you come join us? 

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FTTC does not specifically endorse any specific technology for adoption. We recommend talking to your campus academic technology office before implementing any tools that require students to create accounts or that you are loading student data or intellectual property into.

In response to evolving privacy considerations and developments in AI technology, FTTC 2024 will not permit the use of AI note-taking bots during sessions until this technology is better developed and reliable. However, participants can utilize other available Zoom accessibility features, and session recordings will be accessible for later reference. If you have an accessibility need that could be assisted by one of these devices, please contact fttc@umsl.edu.

The FTTC conference planning committee apologizes for inadvertently scheduling the 2024 Conference during the Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) and Navaratri (Hindu) holidays. We acknowledge this will prohibit faculty and staff who would want to be a part of our conference from fully participating. While we plan to have recordings of most sessions available for later viewing, this does not make up for this scheduling error. In the future, we pledge to be more diligent in checking against major holidays. For those wanting to learn more about these holidays, here are links to learn more about Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) and Navaratri (Hindu).


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On behalf of the FTTC planning committee, we would like to thank you for considering attending our conference. If you have any suggestions on improving the conference this year or for future years, please email us at fttc@umsl.edu