News, Research, Resources

Resource Round-up – Winter 2024 – Research, Innovation, and Scholarship

Check out the incredible resources the CDAG Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Committee gathered for you! Conferences and Requests for Proposals Advancing Learning Conference 2024 (Online and Free)Envisioning Tomorrow: Generating the Future TogetherMay 1-2, 2024, OnlineThe Advancing Learning Conference is hosted by one of CDAG’s affiliated groups, the Educational Technology Committee (ETC) with members involved in the practice and… Continue reading Resource Round-up – Winter 2024 – Research, Innovation, and Scholarship

Conference, Conference 2023, Conference 2023 Sessions

Conference Session: 6c -Teaching and Learning Activities: The Missing Piece to a Fully Aligned Cyclical Review

CDAG 2023 Virtual Conference CDAG: Refocus 6c -Teaching and Learning Activities: The Missing Piece to a Fully Aligned Cyclical Review Brian Nairn and Lindi Prendi, St. Clair College Many of us are familiar with the concepts of Constructive Alignment (Biggs, 1996) or Integrated Course Design (Fink, 2003) when it comes to designing courses – where… Continue reading Conference Session: 6c -Teaching and Learning Activities: The Missing Piece to a Fully Aligned Cyclical Review

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Conference Session: 4c – Serious Gamification for Capacity Building with Vulnerable Populations

CDAG 2023 Virtual Conference CDAG: Refocus 4c - Serious Gamification for Capacity Building with Vulnerable Populations Christine Boyko-Head, Mohawk College; David Chandross, Toronto Metropolitan University; Glenys McQueen-Fuentes, Brock University (Retired); Chris Bent, Piccles This session describes phase one of a SSHRC funded project between Mohawk College and Rabbitown Community Centre in St John's, Nfld, that… Continue reading Conference Session: 4c – Serious Gamification for Capacity Building with Vulnerable Populations

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Conference Session: 4b – Building Pedagogical Wellness into Teaching & Learning

CDAG 2023 Virtual Conference CDAG: Refocus 4b - Building Pedagogical Wellness into Teaching & Learning Catharine Ozols and Dawn Danko, Mohawk College Pedagogical wellness is described as "the art and science of integrating evidence-based wellness strategies into the teaching and learning environment to support the health and wellbeing of faculty and students (UCI Division of… Continue reading Conference Session: 4b – Building Pedagogical Wellness into Teaching & Learning

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Conference Session: 3a – Experiential Learning: When Operations Meets Pedagogy

CDAG 2023 Virtual Conference CDAG: Refocus 3a - Experiential Learning: When Operations Meets Pedagogy Brian Nairn and Lindi Prendi, St. Clair College One of the challenges of implementing experiential learning, particularly work-integrated learning or co-op placements, is finding the balance between the ideal pedagogical approach and the operational feasibility of the pedagogy. At our institution,… Continue reading Conference Session: 3a – Experiential Learning: When Operations Meets Pedagogy

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Conference Session: 2a – Feeling is Learning

CDAG 2023 Virtual Conference CDAG: Refocus 2a - Feeling is Learning Chris Hannah, Fanshawe College What are some of your most memorable learning experiences – and how did they make you feel? How we feel impacts both our capacity for learning and our retention of knowledge. Using Indigenous concepts, let’s discuss the idea of Feeling… Continue reading Conference Session: 2a – Feeling is Learning

Lunch 'n' Learn, News, PD

October 19, 2023 – CDAG PD – Assessing the ‘Reluctant’ Learner

Date: October 19, 2023Time: 1:00-2:00 pm Speaker: Mike Hill; MSVU (Mount Saint Vincent University) and UPEI (University of Prince Edward Island). He has been teaching courses related to assessment and academic integrity for 20 years, and has held leadership positions that include Director / Dean (Georgian College), Associate Vice President Academic Services (NSCC), Academic Director (St. Thomas… Continue reading October 19, 2023 – CDAG PD – Assessing the ‘Reluctant’ Learner

Conference 2022 Sessions

Conference Session: Strategies for Teaching and Assessing Essential Employability Skills

CDAG 2022 Virtual Conference CDAG: Back to the Future 2b – Strategies for Teaching and Assessing Essential Employability Skills Brian Nairn, Lindi Prendi, Thomas Forget, William Szabo, St. Clair College This one-hour interactive workshop will explore different teaching and assessment strategies for the 11 Essential Employability Skills (EES). Working in breakout rooms, participants will discuss… Continue reading Conference Session: Strategies for Teaching and Assessing Essential Employability Skills

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Conference Session: Teaching Students to Articulate Fanshawe’s Job Skills for the Future

CDAG 2022 Virtual Conference CDAG: Back to the Future 3a – Teaching Students to Articulate Fanshawe’s Job Skills for the Future Mary Harrison, Wm. Paul Meahan, Dee Morrissey, Fanshawe College In 2019, Fanshawe launched the College-wide curriculum initiative, Job Skills for the Future (JSF), with the goals of teaching students the transferable skills they need… Continue reading Conference Session: Teaching Students to Articulate Fanshawe’s Job Skills for the Future

Conference 2022 Sessions

Conference Session: Decolonizing Higher Education Pedagogy: From Theory to Practice

CDAG 2022 Virtual Conference CDAG: Back to the Future 3d – Decolonizing Higher Education Pedagogy: From Theory to Practice Sharmaine Itwaru, George Brown College While the notion of an anti-racist curriculum is not new, many higher education instructors have not made the transition from a decolonized curriculum to an equally decolonized pedagogy. From a conceptual… Continue reading Conference Session: Decolonizing Higher Education Pedagogy: From Theory to Practice