Spark: 2015 Teaching Symposium

Thu, Apr 30, 2015 8:30 am to Fri, May 1, 2015 11:30 am

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SPARK: 2015 TEACHING SYMPOSIUM

What is Spark?

Spark is a new Teaching Symposium for 2015 that evolved from the Teaching Centre's Teaching Day event. It will be held April 30th - May 1st in the Markin Hall Atritum and surrounding rooms. The goal of the event is to connect with all instructors from across multiple departments and faculties to highlight innovative teaching methods, celebrate teaching excellence, and to explore how we are moving forward as a liberal arts higher education institution. We will do this via lectures, panel discussions, poster presentations, round-table discussions and more.

Please RSVP

To provide us with a sense of how many will be in attendance, would you please kindly RSVP using the link below. RSVP Deadline is April 27th at 4 PM.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/spark2015

Tentative Schedule for the Teaching Symposium

Please note this schedule is tentative and may change before the Teaching Symposium takes place.

Thursday

8:30 AM - 8:55 AM - Coffee and mingle

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM - Keynote Speaker
VP Academic, Dr. Andrew Hakin
Room: Markin Hall Atrium

9:45 AM - 10:15 - Coffee Break

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM - Concurrent Session One

Title: Is Educating for Social Justice ‘Just’ Discourse?
Presenter: Linda Fehr
Type: Round Table
Room: M1035

Title: We Are in It Together" - A Brief Intro Into Free Online Collaboration Tools That Make (Language) Learning Together Applicable, Effective and Fun
Presenter: Joerdis Weilandt
Type: Workshop (NOTE: Participants are encouraged to bring their devices such as tablets, phones and laptops)
Room: M1030

Title: A Blended Learning Pilot Project: Blended or on the Rocks?
Presenters: Debra Basil, Roberto Bello, Carla Carnaghan, Deb Jarvie, YJ Bao, Brad Olsen, & Kelly Williams-Whitt
Type: Panel Discussion
Room: M1060

11:30 AM - 12:30 AM - Concurrent Session Two

Title: Season Liberally with Information Literacy and Simmer
Presenters: Nicole Eva and Sandra Cowan
Type: Presentation
Room: M1060

Title: EVALUATE STUDENTS’ LEARNING, NOT PROFESSORS’ TEACHING
Presenter: Jennifer Mather
Type: Workshop
Room: M1035

Title: NOT WHAT TO THINK, BUT HOW TO THINK: CRITICAL AND REFLECTIVE THINKING AS A THRESHOLD IN LIBERAL EDUCATION
Presenters: Bruce MacKay and Shelly Wismath
Type: Panel Discussion
Room: M1030

12:30 - 1:20 PM - Lunch

Join us for lunch in the Student Union Ballrooms for a bite to eat and some great conversation. Be sure to enter your name to enter our door prize which is a Teacher Survival Kit. Look for the draw box in the ballrooms during the lunch break.
Room: SU Ballrooms

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM - Concurrent Session Three

Title: Inquiry-based Learning
Presenter: Phil Jones
Type: Round Table)
Room: M1030

Title: Interactivity: Creatively Engaging Course Material Through Interactive Exercises
Presenter: Lee Burckes
Type: Workshop
Room: M1035

Title: Why the Learning Environment Matters in Language Teaching
Presenters: Luz Ospina and Victoria Holec
Type: Presentation
Room: M1060

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM - Concurrent Session Four

Title: Integrating Teaching Assistants into the Classroom: Constructing a Powerful Learning Experience for Teaching Assistants, Students, and Instructors
Presenters: Kayla Ueland and Vanja Spiric
Type: Presentation
Room: M1060

Title: The “Unessay”: A new approach to not teaching composition
Presenter:Dan O’Donnell
Type: Presentation
Room: M1090

3:30 - 5:30 PM - Wine and Cheese

Sponsored by Pearson
Room: Marking Hall Atrium

Friday

8:30 - 8:55 AM - Coffee

9:00 - 10:00 AM - Concurrent Session Four

Title: Using Technology and Grading to Create a Scholarly Ecosystem in the Classrom: A workshop
Presenter: Dan O’Donnell
Type: Workshop
Room: M1030

Title: Learning to Love the Dreaded Methods Course
Presenters: Olu Awosoga, Harold Jansen, Sheila McManus, Ute Wieden-Kothe
Type: Round Table
Room: M1035

Title: Gaming Art History: Developing an Immersive Computer Game to Extend Learning in the Art History Survey Course
Presenters: Anne Dymond, Tyler Heaton, Corwin Smith, Cassandra Allenby and Keith Morgan
Type: Panel Discussion
Room: M1060

10:00 - 10:30 AM - Break

10:30 - 11:30 AM - Concurrent Session Five

Title: Grading by outcome
Presenter: Richelle Marynowski
Type: Round Table
Room: M1035

Title: Collaborative Problem Solving
Presenters: Shelly Wismath and Doug Orr
Type: Presentation
Room: M1030

Room or Area:

Markin Hall Atrium