The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is celebrating its 45th anniversary by hosting a three-day colloquium from Oct. 22-24, 2024. Featured sessions will highlight the past, present, and future of CTY, as well as our recent research on advanced learners. Please join this virtual colloquium to learn more about CTY and the field of gifted education and connect with others.
All events are free and open to the public.
You must register for each event you plan to attend.
45 Years at CTY:
Celebration and Reflection
Learn about CTY’s origins and history, the center’s work with advanced learners and evolution over 45 years, and CTY’s ongoing contributions to the field of gifted education from CTY executive director Amy Lynne Shelton, PhD. In this morning session.
CTY’s History in the Field of Advanced Learning
10:30-11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)
CTY executive director Amy Lynne Shelton, PhD, and CTY director of research Kathryn Thompson, PhD, will discuss the history of testing with a focus on advanced-learner identification methods.
The Evolution of Testing: Ensuring Validity and Equity when Identifying Advanced Learners
12:30-2 p.m. (Eastern Time)
This evening session is an opportunity to hear CTY alumni reflect on their experiences at CTY and discuss how they envision its future. Join us for an enjoyable evening of stories, connections, and reflections with our CTY alumni. The panel will include CTY alumni from the earliest days of the program up to 2021.
CTY Alumni Reflections and Future Visions
7-8 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Day 1: CTY’s Past |October 22, 2024
Day 3: The Future of CTY | October 24, 2024
In this interactive roundtable session, we consider how past and present research may impact the future of gifted education. Participants will discuss hot research topics in the field of gifted education, including online learning, peer community, and AI. These small-group discussions will reflect on the past and present while looking to the future for educating advanced learners for the 21st century at CTY.
10:30-11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)
Research on Advanced Learners: Where Do We Go from Here?
Day 3: The Future of CTY |
October 24, 2024
CTY staff will share details about CTY’s new strategic roadmap by highlighting key aspects of the CTY experience and our vision for educating advanced learners in the 21st century.
CTY’s Vision for Educating Advanced Learners in the 21st Century
10:30-11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)
12:30-2 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Cognitive Skills: A Potential Key to Understanding Success in the Online Classroom
CTY Research will present the results of a three-year study that explored whether cognitive skills could help predict course selection and successful learning in CTY’s online classrooms. They will discuss implications for the future of CTY’s virtual offerings and applications in advanced learning education.
Amid growing concerns about AI in education, CTY is researching how this tool may be used to educate advanced learners. In this session, CTY staff and collaborators will highlight and demonstrate CTY’s application of AI as a potential learning tool in the classroom.
Artificial Intelligence in Action: A Demonstration of CTY’s Educational Innovation
8-9 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Day 2: CTY’s Present | October 23, 2024
Day 1: CTY’s Past |
October 22, 2024