Call for Proposals
CDAG 2023 Virtual Conference
Conference Theme: Refocus
CDAG welcomes your participation in our annual conference which will be held online November 15-17, 2023. Presenting at the CDAG Conference is an excellent opportunity to facilitate a conversation on a topic you know to be valuable to our curriculum development practices
Session Formats
Please indicate in your proposal the format best suited to your session.
Click on the chevron beside each session format to see a description.
Workshop (60 minutes)
These interactive sessions allow for plenty of audience participation! This is the ideal format for taking participants through the design and/or implementation of a new or successful strategy used in your work. Share your challenges, successes and insights and provide opportunities for the audience to consider how to apply something similar in their practice.
Panel Discussion (60 minutes)
With a panel of colleagues (multi-college representation is always popular!), address one or more topics related to the conference theme. Panelists might discuss their approaches to one or a variety of specific problems, processes, research, trends, etc., and share insights from their experiences. Plan for no more than 3-4 panelists plus a moderator who keeps speakers on track and on time to allow for a 10- or 15-minute Q&A/discussion with the audience.
Presentation (30 minutes)
Interested in sharing a new approach to your work, findings from research you conducted, or a favourite or successful methodology or practice? Then this is an ideal format! Share the details of your topic in a 20-minute talk, allowing a few minutes at the end for audience questions.
Ready to try something new? Show and Tell (under 7 minutes!)
- Giving a Good Lightning Talk (software Sustainability Institute)
- Lightning Talks and Ignite Talks: A Beginners Guide (Beautiful.ai)
Do you have a curriculum-related tip or trick that aligns to the conference theme that you can deliver at lightning speed? For something new and fun, CDAG is looking for a few volunteers to sign up for a Pecha Kucha “more show, less tell” lightning talk. The format is 20 slides that automatically advance every 20 seconds, resulting in a talk lasting exactly six minutes and forty seconds! The presentations will run consecutively, leaving time for a shared Q&A session at the end. Interested but want to learn more about the format before committing? Here are a couple of useful resources and “how-to” guides:
Conference Streams
The conference sessions will span four streams to support this year’s conference theme, Refocus.
As this conference focuses on cross-college sharing and learning related to all aspects of curriculum, a wide range of topics are well suited. Areas of interest gathered from previous conference participants and the most recent membership survey are listed below as inspiration. This list is not comprehensive, so feel free to propose topics outside of these areas as well.
Click on the chevron beside each stream to see a description.
Stream A: Curriculum Development & Renewal, Credentials, and Quality Assurance
- New program development process
- Program change/modification/renewal process
- Course development
- Learning outcomes
- Essential Employability Skills (EESs)
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) / Learner-centered design/Inclusive curriculum
- Anti-racism, decolonization, equity, diversity, & inclusion, Indigenization
- Work-integrated learning (WIL) / Experiential learning (EL)
- Backward design
- Cross-sector collaboration
- Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR)
- Three-year degree development
- Micro-credentials
- College degree streams/specializations
- Credentials targeted to international students
- Credential pathways
- Program approval processes
- Program review
- Degree application and renewals
- Curriculum mapping
- Data dashboards/data analysis
- Student voices in quality assurance
- Virtual site visits
- Program Advisory Committees
- Innovations/new initiatives
- Accreditation
Development & Renewal
Credentials
Quality Assurance
Stream B: Teaching, Learning and Assessment
- Inclusive classes
- Lesson plans
- Student engagement
- Educational technology
- Online/hybrid delivery
- Hyflex delivery
- Authentic assessment
- Online assessment
- Self- and peer assessment
- Rubrics
- Ungrading
- Academic integrity
- Course outlines
- Innovative teaching and assessment methods
- Promotion of physical and mental health
Stream C: Ministry and Government Initiatives
- Applied degree expansion
- Apprenticeship
- OCQAS/CVS Initiatives
- eCampus Ontario Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS)
- CQAAP Results Summary (Strengths and Challenges)
- Program standards development and renewal
- Micro-credentials
Stream D: Professional Currency and Growth
- Anti-racism, decolonization, equity, diversity, and inclusion, Indigenization
- Traditional Indigenous ways of knowing
- Resources for curriculum developers
- Faculty development/mentoring strategies
- Promoting and sustaining curriculum roles
- Online workshop facilitation
- Words of wisdom/Reflections from the Trenches!
- Measuring improvement
- Research/scholarly activity
- Self-care practices (mindfulness/resiliency)
- Leadership and succession planning
- Wellness in education
- Process management
- Role efficiencies
Proposal Submission
We encourage you to reflect the conference theme and/or streams in your session title and description.
You are welcome to submit proposals for more than one session. Please complete a separate proposal form for each proposed session.
Please submit proposals using the Call for Proposals form by September 15, 2023. Confirmation of accepted proposals will be provided in September 2023 via email.
Call for Proposals Submission Form
If you have any questions, please contact CDAGOntarioConference@gmail.com.