Annual Hume Tutoring Symposium

Our Second Annual Hume Tutor Symposium is here!

Tutoring Soundscapes: Dialogues and Metalogues of Our Practice. What are the sounds–the talk, dialogue, and reflections–and even the ambient noise in our tutoring spaces that make up our practice? What can these sounds tell us about the nature of our work? What remains the same and what may be changing as communication technologies, modalities, sites, and cultures evolve? Join us for an interdisciplinary exploration of sounds constellating tutoring practices at Stanford. We invite your participation as an attendee and/or as a co-presenter. Please use the form below to indicate your interest. There are many ways participate! You are welcome to attend part of the symposium or to enjoy the entire experience. If you have any questions, please contact Hume Center Director, Zandra L. Jordan (zljordan@stanford.edu).

Register for the tutoring symposium here!

Schedule Overview

Continental Breakfast (9am - 9:30am)

Opening Plenary (9:30 am - 10am)

Concurrent Sessions A (10am - 10:50am)

Concurrent Sessions B (11am - 11:50am)

Closing Lunch Plenary (Noon - 1pm)

50-minute Concurrent Session Formats

• Prepared talk with 1 or 2 other tutors: a presentation on a topic of your choice (see the suggested topics below).
• Panel discussion with 2-3 other tutors: a structured group conversation about a tutoring topic
• Poster presentation (individual or co-authored):  a printed poster showcasing your inquiry into or exploration of a tutoring topic

Other Presentation Formats

• Video short (individual or co-authored): a 1-3 min. video clip about your tutoring practice or experiences
• Sound narrative/podcast (individual or co-authored): a 1-3 min. audio recording about your tutoring practice or experiences
• Storyboard or collage: a set of curated images reflecting tutoring practices, perspectives/theories, places, etc.

Suggested Topics and Guiding Questions

Designing Tutoring Soundscapes

• How does/do your tutoring space(s) shape the kinds of conversations that you have with tutees? What are the sounds (external or ambient; internal/mental dialogue) that pervade or invade the space? How would you redesign the space if given the means to do so?
• What tutoring strategies promote appreciation for a variety of languages, rhetorical traditions, learning styles, physical or neurological abilities, or intersecting identities? How can we cultivate greater awareness of the ideologies informing our tutoring practices and the effects of our choices? 

Multimodal Sound Waves in Tutoring

• What are your favorite strategies for working with multimodal texts (i.e. combining words, images, sounds, etc.)? What kinds of questions can help tutees in their decision-making? What criteria do you use when providing feedback?
• If you created a soundtrack, storyboard, collage, or mini-podcast of your tutoring life, what songs, images, or narratives would you include and why? What does your soundtrack, storyboard, collage or mini-podcast reveal about the complexities of tutoring in your field, in the university, in this political climate, etc.? 

Sonic Echoes: Reflections on Practice and Self-care

• What are your most memorable tutoring experiences, and what did you learn from them? How is tutoring shaping your own experiences as a student, teacher, lifelong learner, or human being?
• How do you navigate your own wellness and self-care as a tutor? What kind of support do you need and/or give other tutors? How do you balance the tutoring mission with boundary setting?

Tectonic Shifts and Tutoring Technologies

• How do you talk about and/or engage with Generative AI in tutoring? What tutoring strategies or practices can help tutees make informed and ethical choices?
• How is the shifting political climate impacting your thoughts about tutoring and one-to-one learning? What questions, concerns, strategies, and/or resources would you like to share?
• What tools and/or resources (i.e. material, digital, human, etc.) do you find helpful to your tutoring practice and why? How have these tools changed over time or remained the same? What tutoring tools and/or resources would you like to learn more about and why?