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.
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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 […]
SPEAQ, in collaboration with the organizing committee from Cégep de Lévis, invites the ESL college community to take part in this year's edition of the RASCALS colloquium taking place on June 3 and 4, 2024. The RASCALS Colloquium provides an opportunity for College-level ESL teachers as well as colleagues in related fields at the post-secondary […]
On June 3 and 4 2024, SALTISE will be gathering to celebrate the 13th Annual SALTISE Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is “Emerging Technologies in Education: Shaping Potential, Managing Pitfalls” and invites us to discuss the transformative role of emerging technologies in reshaping educational practices.
Do you struggle to get your students participating in their learning? Does it feel like pulling teeth to get them to speak up? Perhaps you have the opposite problem: they love to talk but aren’t getting the work done? Or maybe you are living in Groundhog Day, doing the same thing every class and wondering […]
In this session, the focus is on Integrative Assessments (or as we call them at Vanier, LIAs). We will be joined by guest teachers who will discuss sample LIAs in their programs and take us through the scaffolding process to prepare students for these major assessments. We’ll also look at the way we evaluate LIAs, […]
A project-based initiative entitled “An Affectionate Cartography of Rivers” brings together arts, language, and science instructors within an interdisciplinary curriculum. This curriculum is underpinned by the philosophical concepts of the laureate of UNESCO’s Peace Education Prize Paulo Freire, and Ailton Krenak. Freire’s philosophy is central to the project’s methodology, which emphasizes student autonomy in a […]