For teachers of psychology at two- and four-year colleges, universities, and high schools, who wish to explore new ideas that will enhance and broaden their teaching skills.
33rd Annual NITOP Comments from Past NITOP Participants "Too many benefits to list – from specific classroom teaching strategies, new research to incorporate into course content, to a much needed spark of inspiration!" "Wealth of ideas, information, research that will help in my teaching." "A booster shot – energized by the conference and time with like-minded colleagues." "Good combination of theory and practice." "Overall, this is the finest and most well-organized conference I have ever attended! It makes me excited to teach in the spring!" "It is a fun conference well-focused on teaching, which makes it more useful." "Wonderful smorgasbord of new information in diverse areas of psychology – great comraderie – just keep doing what you’re doing – it works!" "Plenty of new ideas, so wonderful to be with colleagues who love teaching." "I really enjoy the mix of practical applications, research, didactic lectures, discussions, etc. General sessions and other content talks really complement the teaching-focused, hands-on sessions. This is the most useful and stimulating conference I attend." "Where to begin! It always impacts what I do in the classroom, but I also wore my research hat and was stimulated to think about using some techniques in research. Having time to get to know others is great!" "Great evaluation ideas – great holiday vacation – good stuff to pass on to my (younger) colleagues – very, very good set of major speakers – well done, folks!" "What a gold mine NITOP is! I’ll be back for more!" "Excellent quality – top notch conference!" "Best conference I have ever attended!" "Excellent conference in every respect!" "This is my favorite conference!" "More collegial than any conference I’ve been to in my 20 years of going to conferences!" "I feel like I learned a great deal and will definitely recommend this conference to other colleagues!" "So inspiring! Energy, new ideas about how to get through to students, recent research, meeting people doing exciting work. So many interesting topics, it was hard to choose which ones to attend" "Best Conference Design!! Loved the networking opportunities. Everything ran on time, great food, nice hotel!" "I loved how supportive and passionate everyone is. I got so many excellent ideas for ways to improve my teaching and the whole department’s program." "I feel enthused and even more energized about my work. I enjoyed connecting with so many like-minded, caring educators." "Great encounters with nice people who are really involved in teaching and open-minded to new ideas." "Brain Candy! – engagement with some stimulating and provocative ideas that my teaching brethren are passionate about. Intellectual Larceny! – unabashed theft of classroom ideas I might never have thought of. This is an extremely well-managed and organized conference. My spouse, who has attended many, many such meetings, thought it was exceptional!" "The opportunity to share ideas and scholarship with other faculty who value and strive to improve their teaching! It actually re-invigorated my own perspective and orientation to my work. Keep up the great work, NITOP! Can’t wait to come back!" "The conference had the beautiful combination of being well organized, attended by friendly individuals, and having high-quality presentations."
Comments from Past NITOP Participants
"Too many benefits to list – from specific classroom teaching strategies, new research to incorporate into course content, to a much needed spark of inspiration!"
"Wealth of ideas, information, research that will help in my teaching."
"A booster shot – energized by the conference and time with like-minded colleagues."
"Good combination of theory and practice."
"Overall, this is the finest and most well-organized conference I have ever attended! It makes me excited to teach in the spring!"
"It is a fun conference well-focused on teaching, which makes it more useful."
"Wonderful smorgasbord of new information in diverse areas of psychology – great comraderie – just keep doing what you’re doing – it works!"
"Plenty of new ideas, so wonderful to be with colleagues who love teaching."
"I really enjoy the mix of practical applications, research, didactic lectures, discussions, etc. General sessions and other content talks really complement the teaching-focused, hands-on sessions. This is the most useful and stimulating conference I attend."
"Where to begin! It always impacts what I do in the classroom, but I also wore my research hat and was stimulated to think about using some techniques in research. Having time to get to know others is great!"
"Great evaluation ideas – great holiday vacation – good stuff to pass on to my (younger) colleagues – very, very good set of major speakers – well done, folks!"
"What a gold mine NITOP is! I’ll be back for more!"
"Excellent quality – top notch conference!"
"Best conference I have ever attended!"
"Excellent conference in every respect!"
"This is my favorite conference!"
"More collegial than any conference I’ve been to in my 20 years of going to conferences!"
"I feel like I learned a great deal and will definitely recommend this conference to other colleagues!"
"So inspiring! Energy, new ideas about how to get through to students, recent research, meeting people doing exciting work. So many interesting topics, it was hard to choose which ones to attend"
"Best Conference Design!! Loved the networking opportunities. Everything ran on time, great food, nice hotel!"
"I loved how supportive and passionate everyone is. I got so many excellent ideas for ways to improve my teaching and the whole department’s program."
"I feel enthused and even more energized about my work. I enjoyed connecting with so many like-minded, caring educators."
"Great encounters with nice people who are really involved in teaching and open-minded to new ideas."
"Brain Candy! – engagement with some stimulating and provocative ideas that my teaching brethren are passionate about. Intellectual Larceny! – unabashed theft of classroom ideas I might never have thought of. This is an extremely well-managed and organized conference. My spouse, who has attended many, many such meetings, thought it was exceptional!"
"The opportunity to share ideas and scholarship with other faculty who value and strive to improve their teaching! It actually re-invigorated my own perspective and orientation to my work. Keep up the great work, NITOP! Can’t wait to come back!"
"The conference had the beautiful combination of being well organized, attended by friendly individuals, and having high-quality presentations."
January 3-6 (Monday through Thursday), 2011 The TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel St. Pete Beach, Florida
Cosponsored by: The University of South Florida The Association for Psychological Science
Mark your calendar! Register early!
Learn innovative teaching techniques and course updates from 27 distinguished speakers.
Explore computer software and other new instructional resources.
Enhance your effectiveness and broaden your skills by participating in specialized workshops.
Share ideas with colleagues at:
And much more.
For more information about NITOP 2011, click here for the website or click here for the brochure. To register online for the 2011 conference, click here, and to make reservations for a room at the TradeWinds, click here.