D. Lynn Sorenson

• Lynn has worked in faculty/instructional development for over 20 years.
• She began her career in this field (1988 to 1992) by working with Dee Fink in the Instructional Development Program at the University of Oklahoma.
• In 1992 she moved to Brigham Young University where she helped establish the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Faculty Center, serving as a teaching-and-learning consultant and as assistant director.

Workshop Experience

• Lynn has been leading workshops for college faculty for many years on a wide variety of topics, including the following:
  • Designing Courses for Significant Learning
  • ”Hit the Ground Running” (teaching-and-learning strategies for new college teachers and TAs)
  • Engaging Students through Active-Learning Strategies/Assignments
  • Teaching-and-Learning Metaphors
  • Using Formative Feedback to Enhance Teaching-and-Learning
  • Evaluating Teaching
  • Involving Students in Faculty/Instructional Development
  • Using Student Evaluations to Enhance Teaching and Learning
• She has made conference presentations and led workshops in 20 states and several countries:
  • Tel Aviv University (Israel)
  • University of Western Australia
  • University of Tartu (Estonia)
  • Sheffield-Hallam University (UK)
  • University of Ontario (CAN)
  • Napier University (Scotland)
  • Ocean University of China
  • Northeast Normal University (China)
  • Bejing Institute of Technology (China)
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain)
    
  • Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador)
  • Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Peru)
  • Universidad El Bosque (Columbia)
    

  Note: Lynn led 2-day workshops in Spanish at the latter two universities.

Other General Information

Lynn has been quite active in faculty/instructional-development organizations in the US and internationally.

POD Network: Has served on its board of directors (the “Core” Committee) for two separate terms and as a program chair and overall conference chair for the annual conference.

ICED [International Consortium for Educational Development]: Served as the overall conference chair for its bi-annual conference in 2008, and as a delegate to the ICED Council 3 times.

She has degrees in English, Secondary Education, and Human Relations from (respectively) San Francisco State University, University of California-Berkeley, and University of Oklahoma.

She has published numerous articles and book chapters, and has served on the editorial board for 5 different journals.

Her most recent publication is “Learning-Centered Course Design,” in Handbook of Management Learning, Education, and Development, edited by Steve Armstrong and Cynthia Fukami (Sage Publications, 2008).