Lessons at school are usually taught as a series of puzzles to solve and facts to remember. Yet, our brains have evolved over the millenia primarily to cope with social complexity rather than puzzle solving. When the social context of the information to be learned is enhanced, students learn better (Liebermann, 2012). Teachers, therefore, can […]
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In this 1st webinar on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and academic integrity, the speakers will describe the challenges AI presents to our current understandings of academic integrity. Drawing on their expertise and experience, Dr. Smith and Dr. Foxe will help us understand the nuanced issues that we, as education professionals, are facing due to the recent […]
The SPEAQ Board of Directors invites you to its Annual Convention on Friday, November 10 and Saturday, November 11 at the Sheraton Laval Hotel under the theme Voices of Diversity. We kick off our 51st Annual Convention with Helen Hirsh Spence, our Friday keynote speaker, followed by a day of workshops for all levels and […]
In this 2nd webinar on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and academic integrity, the speakers will continue the conversation on the challenges AI presents to our current understandings of academic integrity. Drawing on their expertise and experience, Dr. Smith (Boston College) and Dr. Foxe (Concordia University) will help us understand the nuanced issues that we, as education […]
Webinar participants will hear directly from teachers on Dawson College’s Interprofessional Education (IPE) team how they have strategically incorporated an IPE approach to their seven medical technology and health programs. The team will present an approach to designing an IPE learning activity and how this formula has helped design and implement some of their more […]
The Pedagopauses are casual meetings whose themes will allow the CPs to share their knowledge and expertise with the other members of the community, thus initiating a process of co-construction of practices and knowledge within the community.
Ungrading and other alternative grading practices (AGPs) offer solutions to the problems raised by the Conseil supérieur de l'éducation regarding the evaluation of learning. In particular, AGPs can promote a relationship to error that is more conducive to learning among students. These practices are being adopted more and more widely outside Quebec, but are very […]
Many post-secondary educators are wondering: How do I practically live up to my principles and commitments to support all students given the increasing complexity of student needs? For whom are my current assessment practices working and not working? What barriers might assessment practices be inadvertently creating for students? In this session, we will think critically […]
In problem-based learning, students work in small groups to engage with a meaningful problem or task. Problem-based learning is a form of collaborative learning in which students are actively engaged in their own learning and where the teacher’s role is to facilitate the learning process. Early in her career, Cindy Hmelo-Silver was impressed at the […]
Experiential learning is a learning process based on hands-on experiences. By engaging students in hands-on experiences, they can better connect knowledge learned in the classroom to real-life situations. This webinar will discuss Kolb’s (1984) learning cycle, which consists of a four-stage learning cycle in which the learner “touches all bases.” It will also provide examples […]
Are you passionate about integrating educational technologies in higher education? Join us for an immersive experience at CoLabo-mersion, where collaboration, sharing, and mutual support are encouraged in a spirit of co-development. CoLabo-mersion is a dynamic and interactive pedagogical lab. Each lab features one or more pedagogical advisors who present their needs or projects to a […]
Sustainable happiness is “happiness that contributes to individual, community or global well-being and does not exploit other people, the environment, or future generations” (Dr. Catherine O’Brien). This concept has recently been introduced at Vanier college, through an Entente Canada-Quebec grant, as a strategy to increase staff and student well-being, through a sustainability lens. In this […]