Faculty Hub
By Gwen Bass, PhD, and Michael Lawrence-Riddell Published in Faculty Focus Creating educational experiences for our students that integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), a philosophy of education that centers students’ cultural backgrounds as essential to their learning (Ladson-Billings,1994), is a powerful tool for preparing them for today’s professional environment,…
Check out the latest newsletter from Portail du réseau collégial du Québec. On this site, you can also subscribe to receive these newsletters by email. Read more…
The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education Conference (CNIE) will be held from May 11-13 at Concordia University. Proposals are being accepted now for the following streams: Learning architecture Learning experience design Evidence-based practices in teaching Institutional technology Partnering with faculty and administration Continue reading…
Press coverage of artificial intelligence highlights its exponential growth, which is generating both fascination and fear in many fields, including education. On the one hand, we are fascinated by the opportunities offered by this technology: artificial vision, which allows a machine to identify the content of an image and to proceed to classification by inferred…
Check out Pat Romano and Kim Simard’s newsletter about the Resist Violence project. Be sure to subscribe to stay in the loop! Read the Newsletter here. See the Resist Violence website here.
CICan’s Annual Conference is the largest event of its kind in Canada! It fosters connections between post-secondary institutions from all across the country and around the world. In 2020, these connections will focus on strengthening our collective intelligence. Knowing how to use and leverage all forms of intelligence is essential to the development of both individuals and societies. By…
The Concordia Teaching and Learning Centre Winterfest will be held from January 24th – February 14th. Now in it’s 8th year the CTL’s popular Teaching and Learning Winterfest is back. The theme of Winterfest 2020 goes right to the heart of innovation and academic leadership. Through reflective teaching practices, scholarly research, and…
The Faculty Hub is part of a plan to re-imagine faculty professional development at Dawson. It unites Communities of Practice, the Office of Academic Development, Human Resources and Information Systems and Technology to promote evidence-based pedagogical practices that engage students and help to develop the Dawson Graduate Profile…
Thank you everyone for your participation in the January 2020 Ped Days! We hope you found the events interesting and inspiring. Thank you Usha James from the Critical Thinking Consortium, for the keynote presentation. A special thank you to all the presenters and facilitators for so generously giving their time and…
Free Webinar from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE): The United Nations has established a new decade, beginning in 2020, focused on the power of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). “ESD for 2030” calls for educators to help advance new skills, empower youth, increase public awareness, and build community partnerships to achieve the…
Last Modified: February 19, 2020
