Spring 2025 Professional Development Week (PDW)

C. Edward Watson, Ph.D. is Associate Vice President for Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and formerly director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Georgia. At AAC&U, he directs the Association's yearlong Institute on Open Educational Resources, and the Forum on Open Learning and ePortfolios.  He is the founding executive editor of the International Journal of ePortfolio, the executive editor of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and has published on teaching and learning in a number of journals, including Change, Educational Technology, EDUCAUSE Review, the Journal for Effective Teaching, and To Improve the Academy, among others. He is also on the board of directors for the Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidenced-based Learning. He has recently been quoted in the New York Times, Campus Technology, EdSurge, and University Business Magazine and on CNN and NPR regarding current teaching and learning issues and trends in higher education.  He is also the author of two recent books, Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes (Jossey-Bass) and Playing to Learn with Reacting to the Past - Research on High Impact, Active Learning Practices (Palgrave MacMillan).