About 325 teachers, professionals and managers attended the first-ever online Ped Days event last week. Usha James of The Critical Thinking Consortium returned to Ped Days for the opening keynote Oct. 13 and Michelle Miller, author of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology gave the closing keynote address Oct. 16. Many firsts at this year’s Ped…
Calls for Proposal - Communities of Practice
Several communities of practice will hold info-sessions next week in preparation for the upcoming calls for proposal deadlines. Visit the Faculty Hub for the info-session schedule!
Ped Days!
Registration is open for PED DAYS 2020
CRISPESH Free Webinar
Pour un Québec inclusif : L'évolution de l'inclusion au cours des dernièrs années
October 7, 2020 12:00pm
Register by sending an email to: crispesh@cvm.qc.ca
MS Teams Community
Join the Dawson Teams Community to exchange tips, techniques and practices for creating engaging learning environments for our students using MS Teams. Administrators of this team are: Claudio Calligaris (Photography),
Kurt Holfeld (Interior Design), Vincent Maggiore (Administration), Anne-Laure Teichet (French) and Einat Idan (OAD).
Highlighted Resources
Are you a transparent teacher? Cinderella Deadlines: Reconsidering Timelines for Student Work
Using the Moodle Gradebook - Check out this video produced by Rafael Scapin (IST)
Faculty members and professionals are invited to participate in the Dawson College Pedagogical Days taking place next week from Tuesday, Oct. 13 to Friday, Oct. 16. Registration is now open for the Pedagogical Days program. Join your colleagues on Oct. 13 at 1:00 p.m. for a keynote session by Usha James entitled “Seizing opportunities and meeting…
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 and the program approach Academic integrity at Dawson Faculty deadlines Faculty roles and responsibilities Classroom…
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Usha James (pictured) of the Critical Thinking Consortium will be back with us for Ped Days this Fall, taking place Oct. 13-16 during the Fall Study Break. This is your chance to see Usha, who impressed the Dawson crowd at the last Ped Days in the winter. Usha will speak about and model critical thinking…
Do you recognize yourself, your courses, your interests and concerns in our newly adopted Women’s/Gender Studies’ attributes? The Women’s/Gender Studies Certificates began a reflection last semester on the state of our certificate: where it began, where it is now and where we might want to go in the future. Our new certificate attributes of knowledge,…
Peace Week is almost here! Make sure you check out the schedule of speakers and events.
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Visit the Faculty Hub website for the latest webinar schedule and online teaching resources.
In a hurry? Check out the Quickstart Guide for Teaching Remotely.
Last Modified: October 20, 2020
