During her career as a teacher of Physical Education, Dawson’s Joanna Farmer has developed expertise in teaching posture.
Click Read More to read a homepage news story about Joanna's posture research and for a link to her research article.
Post-secondary aged youth are a social group too often consumed by uncertainty about their future and inadequate opportunities for personal fulfillment. They are immersed in questions relating to adolescence, to their current relationship with family, their community, and the overall system they live in. Known causes of stress Normal adolescent development, the climate crisis, and…
On March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Two days later, classes ended for spring break and Dawson College closed for what turned out to be the rest of the semester. Teachers and the newly launched Faculty Hub were plunged into an education emergency: completing the semester for about 9,000 students.
Click Read More for the homepage news story about how the Faculty Hub supported teachers through this extraordinary end of semester.
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In April 2019, the Board of Governors of Dawson College approved DawsonAI Initiative: an ambitious, multi-faceted three-year strategic effort to better prepare our students for a future which will be increasingly shaped by new technologies such as Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, and Big Data. The largest fraction of the approved financing is for the DawsonAI multi-disciplinary Community of Practice. CoP Fellows are faculty who meet regularly and collaborate on developing portfolios of teaching resources in…
Webinars for faculty are being offered now through the end of June. Topics include online course design, flipped class, student engagement, assessment and more. Presenters include E-Learning fellows, DALC members and pedagogical counsellors.
Visit the Faculty Hub for the schedule.
Performa is offering a 6 hour non-credit workshop on Developing Digital Competencies to support teachers in planning and delivering on-line pedagogical activity. Included is the possibility of reviewing your activity in a follow-up session with a Performa resource person (See attached flyer for details) Cohort 1: June 3 and June 8 1:30pm – 4:30pm Cohort…
Dear Dawson Faculty, As we near the end of this arduous semester, we would like to thank the many collaborators that worked with us during this emergency transition to remote teaching. You have contributed to the effort to support teachers by recording videos, presenting webinars, preparing documents, mentoring and by so generously giving your time. Your partnership is valued and…
Ian MacKenzie’s work has “transformed the classrooms, programs, and even the academic culture” of Dawson College, according to his nomination for an award from SALTISE.
Read a feature about Ian's work with WID and the Learning Communities on the homepage by clicking the Read More link.
Ian MacKenzie (English) was honoured with the 2020 SALTISE Best Practice & Pedagogical Innovators Award. Ian was nominated for his work as founder and director of Dawson’s Writing in the Disciplines (WID). Ian has inspired, guided and supported faculty across 28 different departments, and has been a leader within the Learning Communities at Dawson College. The award is given annually at the SALTISE conference. There will be a feature about Ian and this great achievement coming soon on the Dawson College website and in D News.
SALTISE will acknowledge Ian and the other awardees within the pages of a Conference Program/Proceedings. SALTISE will distribute this souvenir publication. If you are not already on the SALTISE newsletter mailing list, send an email.
Last Modified: June 16, 2020
