A two-hour interactive online learning opportunity for faculty focused on decolonizing and Indigenizing pedagogy. This session provides faculty with essential tools and strategies to reshape their teaching practices through an Indigenous lens. Participants will explore the historical and contemporary context of colonization in education, learn about Indigenous ways of knowing and learning, and develop practical methods to integrate these perspectives […]

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Toss the Textbook – An Introduction to Open Educational Resources: Open educational resources are innovative not just because they are free, but because of how teachers adopt and creatively adapt them bringing them to life in the classroom or to reach every student. This session introduces Open Educational Resources and Practices, how to spot an open resource and where to […]

In this session we will discuss how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) promotes inclusive practices to reduce barriers to learning. We will also explore how multiple means of representation, expression and engagement can help to meet the needs of diverse learners.

This session will highlight strategies for active learning that will help foster a learner-centered environment. We will explore the use of learning technologies and non-tech ways to encourage student engagement. In the last part of the evening, faculty will select a component of a current course, and will work to modify it using one or more of the active learning […]

What does facilitating my classroom and how I teach have to do with each other? This session will explore how we humanize learning through our teaching style. We will examine the impact of the student profile, how we teach, how we learn and how we collaborate with our learners within our classroom.