NERDS Conference
The NERDS Conference will return in Spring Semester 2027!
Join your colleagues online at the 3rd Annual Neoteric Educational Research and Development Symposium – NERDS!
A symposium by and for EFSC faculty, featuring online poster sessions and discussions via Canvas.
Monday, March 1 – Sunday, March 14, 2027
This year’s theme is The Neoteric Think Tank: Fueling Future Education.
Facilitators will create a 5-10-minute video and host a discussion board. Share your ideas and expertise:
- What topic are you passionate about in your field or discipline?
- Have you recently published or presented elsewhere?
- What are your favorite instructional tools? What do you find most helpful with classroom management, instruction, interaction, or assessment?
- How do you engage students online and meet RSI requirements?
- How have you adjusted your teaching to respond to AI?
How to Submit Your Facilitator Abstract
Abstracts are to be submitted in a WORD document via email to nerds@easternflorida.edu by Friday, January 29, 2027. Applicants will receive suggested revisions and feedback following their submission.
All abstract submissions must include the following in your Word document:
- Your name
- Discipline in which you teach
- Title of the video presentation
- A presentation abstract, no more than 150 words in length
- Takeaways viewers of the presentation should expect
Event registration for participants - coming soon.
For questions, contact Susan Styron, PDC Chair at styrons@easternflorida.edu.
The reviews are in: NERDS is a hit with college faculty.
Last year’s inaugural event was a one-week online poster conference with eight sessions and 15 participants across several disciplines. Here are just some of the comments:
"I thought all the facilitators did just a GREAT JOB with their videos and their varying subject-areas. I loved the back-and-forth of the discussion boards, and I loved the energy of hearing faculty say 'I didn't know about that' — so cool!"
"I surprisingly enjoyed the experience more than anticipated. It was very informative. More importantly, the information is useful and I'm able to enhance my classroom strategies!"
"I really enjoyed learning how our high-flying educators (in house) demonstrate stellar and dynamic ideas in the classroom."