Better Together – Partners in Learning

In Spring 2021, the Facilitating Faculty Online (FFO) working group organized a College-wide event made possible by efforts from instructors in each Faculty, Student Affairs & Services, Accessibility Services, the Library, the Learning Centre, Indigenous Student Services, The Training Group, ATS, and the Learning Designers, and support from many other areas in the College.

Here is a list of the sessions

Monday, May 2

• 12:00-1:00 pm: BCcampus Lunchable Learning will feature the week’s events on their weekly web radio show (ds106) https://lunchablelearning.opened.ca/about/
• 1:00-4:00 pm: Imagining Possibilities with Liberating Structures – Beth Cougler Blom @ NW S0260 REGISTER here

Tuesday, May 3

• 1:30-3:15 pm: Tumbled Smooth by the Rapids: Rediscovering & Reconnecting in the Wake of Turbulence – Ross Laird https://www.rosslaird.com/ @ S1812/1814 or livestreaming REGISTER here
• 3:30-4:30 pm: Gratitude as a practice to manage uncertainty and foster wellbeing – Dylan LeRoy @ S1812/1814 or livestreaming REGISTER here

Wednesday, May 4

• 9:00am-12:00 pm: Bandwidth Tax of Uncertainty: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Capacity Post-COVID and Beyond – Cia Verschelden https://bandwidthrecovery.org/ @ S1812/1814 or livestreaming REGISTER here
• 1:00-2:00 pm: Douglas College Climate Action Panel – SMT, S&T, Facilities, and Student panelists @ s1812/1814 or livestreaming REGISTER here
• 2:30-4:00 pm: Teaching with Technology Café – World cafe style event with Faculty, Library, and CEIT presenters @ NW Cafeteria REGISTER here
• 4:00-6:00 pm: Wine and Cheese Reception @ NW Library REGISTER here

Thursday, May 5

• 9:00-9:45 am: First Steps with a COIL Project: Considerations and Preparation – Janice Sestan @ COQ C1008 REGISTER here
• 10:00-10:45 am: PechaKucha Morning – Jill Fellows, Lawrence Becker, and Sandra Polushin/Justine Charrier present their topics in PechaKucha style @ COQ C1009 REGISTER here

• 11:00-11:45 am: Panel: Student Research in Health Sciences with panelists: Mike Miller, Patricia Visosky, Ivanna Smetanska, and Tracey McVey @ COQ C1008 REGISTER here
• 12:30-2:00 pm: Frameworks for Going Open: Human-Centred Futures for Higher Education – Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangini – https://robinderosa.net/about/ https://thatpsychprof.com/ on Zoom (online) REGISTER here
• 2:00-3:00 pm: Concurrent sessions – via Zoom (online)
  1. We Know What You’ve Done There: Writing Tutors respond to instructors’ assignment guidelines – Holly Salmon & Peer Tutors REGISTER here
  2. Student Voices on Online Learning – Sandra Polushin & Students REGISTER here
• 3:30-4:30 pm: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward – Senior Management Panel – @ COQ Boardroom and via Zoom (online) REGISTER here

Friday, May 6

• 11:00am-12:30 pm: Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being with Elders Sandra Greene and Muskwa Iskwew – @ NW Aboriginal Gathering Place REGISTER here
• 1:00-2:00 pm: What Happens Next? The Impact of the Pandemic on Post-Secondary Teaching & Learning – Dr. Nicole Johnson http://www.digitalnicole.com/publications/ – via Zoom REGISTER here
• 2:15-3:15 pm: Small Teaching Online – Flower Darby – https://davidyamane.com/2020/06/22/small-teaching-online-book-summary/ -via Zoom REGISTER here

Plus…..refreshments, book draws, Better Together radio programs, and more!

Full information including speaker bios, updates, and locations can be found on DC Connect via this link:
https://collegedouglas.sharepoint.com/sites/dcconnect/department_faculties/academicsupport/ats/Pages/Better-Together-Partners-in-Learning.aspx

This College-wide event is being made possible by efforts from instructors in each faculty, Student Affairs & Services, Accessibility Services, the Library, the Learning Centre, Indigenous Student Services, The Training Group, ATS, and the Learning Designers, and support from many other areas in the College. We recognize and appreciate the following groups/people for their funding and support of the Better Together conference:

• College-wide Faculty Development Fund
• Student Affairs & Services
• Learning Resources’ Professional Development Fund
• Vice President, Academic & Provost
• Foundation and Alumni Relations
• Human Resources