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Parallel Session 3.1

Values for Open Pedagogy

We are exploring the ways in which we can promote and support open education and open pedagogy at our university. We are looking to establish a guiding vision and a set of values that can help us build on the work that’s already been done and define our course for the future. Using values for […]

Social Annotation for Power Negotiation

Building on scholars who have deemed social annotation an open educational practice with potential to promote social justice, we deem social annotation a disruptor of traditional power dynamics that affords students space to become active agents in knowledge construction. We support this notion with an example from a senior-level protected area management course in which […]

Parallel Session 3.2

Resisting Surveillance Technology

Use of surveillance technologies has surged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please join us as we discuss local, regional, and systemic responses.

Parallel Session 3.3

Canadian Academic Librarians Teaching Online

Librarians’ roles and the services they provide are changing concomitantly with more online learning opportunities in higher education. Academic librarians who support higher education need to  transition to new pedagogies and adapt their teaching to both synchronous and asynchronous online learning environments.  Despite these changes, a scarcity of information exists documenting how well academic librarians […]

  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Break

  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Keynote

    Supporting Student Engagement in a Connected North

    Michael Furdyk, TakingITGlobal

    Co-founder Michael Furdyk and members of TakingITGlobal’s education team will share how they’ve worked to adapt and enhance their programming to respond to COVID-19 and prioritize student engagement and well-being. Connected North serves over 100 schools in remote Indigenous communities with live, interactive learning experiences, Create to Learn focuses on the development of digital skills through creative role models, and Future Pathways supports transitions into post-secondary education and careers.

    Michael Furdyk is the Co-founder of TakingITGlobal (www.tigweb.org), which provides innovative global education programs that empower youth to understand and act on local and global challenges. TIG was awarded the Tech Museum Award for Innovation in Education, and the Intercultural Innovation Award by BMW and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Michael has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, presented at TED, and was named one of Teen People’s “Twenty Teens that will Change the World”. He has keynoted over 100 events across sectors, sharing his technology expertise and insights on youth engagement to audiences in over 30 countries. He received his Master of Design (MDes) in Inclusive Design from OCAD University and is an Adjunct Professor for the M.S. in Educational Technology program at Long Island University.

  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

    Lunch

  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

    Session 4

Parallel Session 4.1

Reframing Web Accessibility in Higher Education: Examining The Role of the Educator in the Curation and Creation of Accessible Course Content

Web accessibility is emerging as a key issue and opportunity for educators in higher education institutions who are using the internet to address a wide range of learner needs (Brown, 2018; Gronseth, 2018). Many factors affect web accessibility in higher education. Commonly, factors stemming from technology procurement, staff training, and support, policy and oversight are […]

Evolving Access to Educational Materials

The purpose of this presentation is to interrogate how the selection of emerging types of educational resources impact learners’ educational experiences. In the presentation I will review the existing literature on emerging problems and barriers to learners’ access to educational materials, including textbooks and open educational resources. The findings from the literature review confirm that […]

Parallel Session 4.2

Making the frame: Zine (Comic) design for open scholarship

A guided workshop using the format of zines (comics) as a jumping off point to design a sequential visual narrative in a variety of styles for a variety of purposes. The presenters lead this hands on, ‘analogue’ design jam, showing participants how to make a zine(comic book) using stories from their research, classroom, teaching or […]

Parallel Session 4.3

Blending pedagogies in higher education

In this paper, from a practice-oriented approach we jointly reflect on the ways in which technology and scholarship are connected in the context of a social infrastructure, a community of practice (CoP), for instructors in a Faculty of Education at a university in Canada. The goal is to collectively construct new meanings and improve professional […]

  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Break

  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

    Session 5

Parallel Session 5.1

Blended Open Education

Advocates of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) are frustrated that these approaches do not get the recognition they deserve. The many obstacles discouraging instructor involvement in pursuing these innovative approaches have been well documented save one: the inclination of the open education community toward an all-or-nothing approach to open education. Many […]

Student engagement in blended learning course environments in higher education: what are the most influential teachers’ strategies?

Blended, blended online and blended synchronous courses, by combining asynchronous and synchronous (face-to-face or online) activities, offer students an increased flexibility while maintaining synchronous interactions with teachers and peers. Although blended learning is considered as a fertile ground to optimize student engagement, the literature shows a lack of studies specifically focusing on student engagement in […]

Using “Metacognitive Moments” to Improve Learning in Asynchronous Courses

Well-designed asynchronous courses are more inclusive and can be more effective. This presentation explores using metacognitive questions to support student learning and improve the design of an asynchronous online course. Within the course, modules or a set of weekly activities were designed for each topic. Each week, there was a “Metacognitive Moment” survey that students […]

Parallel Session 5.2

Supporting faculty adoption of technology and online learning: Pandemic inspired possibilities

For decades there have been multiple conversations about the need for change in higher education, yet achievement of systemic and individual change continues to transpire slowly. Learning technologies have continued to grow, and the information explosion has meant that the need to revise in-person, place-based teaching and learning has increased proportionally. These learning environments, once […]

Parallel Session 5.3

Open Communities Sustained by Open Infrastructure

This panel discussion will focus on core educational values and considerations (like access, control, privacy, cost) and their relationship to various forms of openness, including: pedagogical approaches, community building, knowledge production, publishing models, content & software licenses, and infrastructure. The panel brings together leading practitioners in open education and OER publishing from a range of […]

  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Networking Event