SALTISE Webinar: Better Assessments with Backward Design – Feb. 25
Better Assessments With Backward Design: Bringing critical thinking into the questioning February 25, 2022 | 2:30 – 4:00 PM There have been several national calls in the US to increase critical thinking in college classrooms, particularly in science classrooms. Despite improving the cognitive level in instruction and classroom activities, assessments are often poorly constructed…
New Faculty Orientation – March 14th
There will be a New Faculty Orientation on March 14th from 8:30 am -12:00 pm. Dawson’s New Faculty Orientation is designed to introduce new faculty to information about college services and procedures, teaching at the college-level, and tips for engaging students. The orientation includes asynchronous and synchronous components: Welcome from the Deans and Directors of Dawson Competency based education…
Using ComPAIR for Peer Feedback – A SALTISE Webinar – Feb. 4
ComPAIR: Using Assessment to Support Learning ComPAIR: Using Assessment to Support Learning Friday, February 4th @ 2:30 – 4:00PM (14h30 – 16h) EST From Fine Arts to Physics, instructors/teachers acknowledge the challenge of promoting students’ critical thinking and reasoning skills. One effective way to scaffold the development of these high-level cognitive processes is to…
Webinar: Representation and Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the Media: Why Develop a Database?
Wednesday, February 2nd, Mouloud Boukala, Ph.D. (UQAM – The Canada Research Chair in Media, Disabilities and (Self) Representations) will explain the motivations underlying a database development of Quebec media (self) representations of disabilities*. This event is free and open to all. * The talk will be in French but simultaneous interpretation in English will be…
Entente Canada-Quebec (ECQ) Project Funding – Deadline to Apply is February 21
The Entente Canada – Québec stems from the law on official languages that promotes the two official languages, French and English. Negotiated and signed by Patrimoine canadien and Quebec’s Ministry of Education, the Entente supports minority language instruction and second language instruction. Within Quebec’s higher education sector, grants are awarded through an annual call for proposals…
Dr. Charmaine Nelson – Virtual Lecture March 10 – Ways the enslaved navigated systemic oppression and cultural deprivation to retain and practice their cultures
2022 Annual Vickers-Verduyn Lecture in Canadian Studies March 10, 2022 at 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Location: via ZOOM Cost: Free The School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies invites you to attend the 2022 Annual Vickers-Verduyn Lecture in Canadian Studies featuring Professor Charmaine Nelson When: Thursday March 10, 2022 @ 3 p.m. (EST) via ZOOM…
Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) – Winter 2022 Events
The Dawson Active Learning Community will be hosting several workshops this semester. All faculty members are invited to attend! Workshops topics will include Perusall, Active Learning Foundations, and the flipped classroom approach, among others. Consult the DALC website for dates, times and venue (some workshops will be virtual, others will be in person)….
Participate in a Concordia Pilot Project – Integrating Antiracist Pedagogical Practices
The Antiracist Pedagogy Project (ARPP), has teamed up with Concordia’s Centre for Teaching and Learning for the pilot study: Implementing Antiracist Pedagogy into Your Classroom. Are you a university or CEGEP educator interested in engaging with antiracist education in your classroom yet searching for new approaches, have not had the time or know where…
SALTISE – Call for Conference Proposals
The SALTISE conference will be held on June 2 and 3, 2022. Submission deadline for proposals – Monday, February 21st, 2022, 6:00 PM (18h00) EST Conference theme – Collaborative Dialogues: The Role of Active Learning in Today’s Educational Realities For the full description of the Conference theme, click here. Typically we accept proposals on the following topics: Active Learning Practices…
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