{"id":4206,"date":"2025-10-15T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/?page_id=4206"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:09:16","slug":"ped-day-schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/pedagogical-days\/ped-day-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Ped Day Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>September 25, 2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n        <style>\n            .highlight{ padding: 20px; padding-bottom: 12px; margin: 15px 0; overflow: hidden; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px;}\n            .highlight.white {\n                background-color: #fbfbfb;\n                border: 1px solid #c1c1c1;\n            }\n            .highlight.blue{ background: #ADD2FF; background:rgba(173, 210, 255, 0.33);  }\n            .highlight.red{ background: #ff7979; }\n            .highlight.orange{ background: #F7A95C; }\n            .highlight.green{ background: #D3F5D6; }\n            .highlight.purple{ background: #CF9BFA; }\n            .highlight.yellow{ background:#fff6c0; }\n            .highlight.dark{ background: #333; color: #fff; }\n            .highlight.dark p, .highlight.dark a{ color: #fff; }\n            .highlight.grey{ background: #dfdfdf; }\n\n            .highlight h2:first-of-type,\n            .highlight h3:first-of-type{\n                margin-top: 0;\n            }\n            .highlight{color:#000;}\n            .highlight p:last-child{margin: 0;}\n\n\n\n\n\n            \/*\n\t\t\tblue #ddeafa\n\t\t\tred #ECAAC1\n\t\t\torange #FFC286\n\t\t\tgreen #84F08D\n\t\t\tpurple #CF9BFA\n\t\t\twhite #fff\n\t\t\tblack #333 ~ font #fff\n\t\t\t*\/\n\n        <\/style>\n\n\t\t<div style=\"position:relative; padding:40px 30px 25px 30px;\" class=\"highlight green \"><span style=\"border-bottom-right-radius:10px; text-transform:uppercase; position:absolute; padding:5px 20px; padding-left:5px; background:#888; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.43); font-size:12px; color:#fff; left:0; top:0;\"><i class=\"fa fa-info-circle\"><\/i> Important<\/span>\nJoin your colleagues in 5B.16 starting at 8:30a.m. for a light breakfast followed by the keynote presentation at 9am. Workshops start at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.\u202fas per the schedule below.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"link-to-img\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/146\/Fiona-Rawle-headshot_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4617 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/146\/Fiona-Rawle-headshot_1-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/146\/Fiona-Rawle-headshot_1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/146\/Fiona-Rawle-headshot_1.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fall 2026 Ped Day Keynote: Dr. Fiona Rawle<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Fiona Rawle has a Ph.D in Pathology and Molecular Medicine and is the Associate Dean, Pedagogical Development and Scholarship, at the University of Toronto Mississauga, and a Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Dept. of Biology. 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There has been a dramatic increase in advice to \u201cfail forward\u201d and \u201cfail fast\u201d, however the corresponding structural and sustained supports are sometimes lacking. In this interactive session we will dive into the science...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>9:00am&nbsp;-&nbsp;10:15am<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4579\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"morning-sessions\" class=\"new dc_accordion open  multiple\"  ><h2 class=\"dc_accordion-title highlighta\" ><a class=\"\" style=\"\" href=\"#morning-sessions\">Morning Sessions<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"dc_accordion-body \" style=\"\" ><table class=\"action workshops\">\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4580\">The Learning Process: Mapping Friction Within our Courses<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Fiona Rawle<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>Building directly on the keynote session, this hands-on workshop will engage participants in building classroom activities and assignments that highlight the space for learning (and failure) as a process. Specifically, we will move from why failure matters to how we design for it. Drawing from the science of learning, participants will be guided through explicit...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>10:30am&nbsp;-&nbsp;12:00pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4580\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4577\">Caf\u00e9 p\u00e9dagogique sur les cours EN fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Chantale Gigu\u00e8re, Laetitia Desanti, Laurent Duval, Jane Hudson<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>En sous-groupes, vous explorerez des questions li\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019engagement, \u00e0 la pr\u00e9paration et \u00e0 la r\u00e9troaction dans votre cours EN fran\u00e7ais. Ensemble, nous discuterons \u00e9galement de pistes de solution \u00e0 propos de vos d\u00e9fis, de vos besoins et de vos questions. 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To inoculate against &#8220;cognitive surrender&#8221; (Shaw &amp; Nave, 2026) we must first equip our students with tools they will need to...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>10:30am&nbsp;-&nbsp;12:30pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4582\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4581\">How to Use SMART Notebook or MIRO &#8211; Introductory Level<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Marie-Pierre Gosselin, Yann Brouillette<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>Are you curious about SMART Notebook or MIRO but not quite sure where to start? This beginner-friendly, hands-on workshop is for you! We\u2019ll play with the basic features of both digital whiteboard tools, try out simple activities that you can use in and out of an active-learning classroom, and explore ways they can make lessons...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>10:30am&nbsp;-&nbsp;12:30pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4581\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4586\">Designing for Learner Variability: Stories from Dawson Classrooms<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Marie-Eve Dufour, Cindy Mitchell, Hunter Loubert, Patricia Armeni<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>Every classroom includes a wide range of learner strengths and weaknesses. How can we design learning experiences that acknowledge and support such variability? This session will introduce core inclusive design principles behind the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework followed by examples of Dawson teachers who are using this approach in a variety of teaching...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>10:30am&nbsp;-&nbsp;12:30pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4586\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4583\">Beyond &#8220;Don&#8217;t Cheat or Else!&#8221; Fostering Academic Integrity<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Lisa Steffen<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>Teachers care about academic integrity. We explain the consequences of cheating and plagiarism, we report cases of misconduct, and we create in-class assessments to exclude generative AI contributions. What more can we do? Lots more, say scholars. Let\u2019s discuss! The session will open with a summary of current research related to academic integrity. Teachers will...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>10:30am&nbsp;-&nbsp;12:00pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4583\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4584\">What\u2019s New in Moodle 5.1: Practical Ways to Improve Your Course<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Rafael Scapin<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>This hands-on session will introduce faculty to the new features and improvements available in Moodle 5.1 and explore practical ways to use them to enhance course organization, communication, assessment, and the student learning experience. Participants will see demonstrations of key Moodle 5.1 features, including improvements to the course interface, Activities overview, question banks, the text...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>10:30am&nbsp;-&nbsp;12:00pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4584\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"afternoon-sessions\" class=\"new dc_accordion open  multiple\"  ><h2 class=\"dc_accordion-title highlighta\" ><a class=\"\" style=\"\" href=\"#afternoon-sessions\">Afternoon Sessions<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"dc_accordion-body \" style=\"\" ><table class=\"action workshops\">\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4585\">Comment mettre en place des pratiques alternatives de notation (PAN) au coll\u00e9gial? Une initiation<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Caroline Cormier<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>Vous vous demandez comment inciter vos \u00e9tudiantes et \u00e9tudiants \u00e0 r\u00e9ellement tirer profit de votre r\u00e9troaction? Vous avez parfois l\u2019impression que les notes finales ne refl\u00e8tent pas fid\u00e8lement le d\u00e9veloppement des comp\u00e9tences? Cette formation sur les pratiques alternatives de notation (PAN) est faite pour vous! Les PAN offrent des moyens concrets de mieux soutenir les...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>1:30pm&nbsp;-&nbsp;3:00pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4585\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4606\">Designing Effective Internships: Lessons, Tools, and Templates from Five Dawson Programs<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Charles Bierbrier, Marie-Eve Dufour, Lara Falquero, Stephen Hinton, Tannia Ditchburn, Einat Idan<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>In this session, faculty members from the Internship Faulty Working group will present the specific tools, templates and practices they created to strengthen the design of their internship courses and improve the overall internship learning experience for students. They will share their tips for aligned assessment, address common internship challenges and present the group\u2019s collective...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>1:30pm&nbsp;-&nbsp;3:30pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4606\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4588\">Teaching Lab: When the Polycrisis Enters Your Classroom \u2014 Strategizing, Rehearsing, Innovating<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Naj Sumar, Concordia University, Dr. Jessica Bleuer, Concordia University, Cory Legassic<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>What do we do when microaggressions, geopolitical conflict, hate speech, or other difficult moments enter our classrooms? This experiential Teaching Lab moves beyond discussing strategies to actually rehearsing them. Using scenarios drawn from postsecondary classrooms and Forum Theatre techniques, participants will collectively strategize, try interventions, reflect on their effects, and experiment again\u2014building practical skills and...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>1:30pm&nbsp;-&nbsp;3:30pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4588\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4591\">Integrative Project for Math\/Physics<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Andrea Gambioli<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>In this presentation I will describe the Integrative Project course, one of the features of the new Science Program. I will focus on the Math\/Physics flavor, which I have taught for the first time during the Winter 2026 Semester. I will describe the structure of the course, its challenges and I will show some of...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>1:30pm&nbsp;-&nbsp;3:00pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4591\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4589\">Feedback Tools for Stress-Free Student Success<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Felix Fuchs, Aishwarya Singh<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>This session showcases assignments and feedback practices explored in our 2025-26 Faculty Learning Community (FLC). Attendees will reflect on their teaching practices and workshop ways to design assignments with feedback in mind. We will provide concrete tools and resources meant to help improve student success without increasing teacher workloads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>1:30pm&nbsp;-&nbsp;3:00pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4589\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"workshop-item\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-title-row\"><a style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4587\">The Embodied Teacher: Somatic Tools for Classroom Navigation<\/a><\/div>\n<p> - <em>Daniel Goldsmith<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-details\" style=\"display:none; margin-top:20px;\">\n<p>Teaching is not only a cognitive activity: it is an embodied and emotional one. This interactive workshop explores how paying attention to what happens in our bodies can help us better understand and navigate our emotional responses in the classroom. Through experiential somatic practices, we will investigate moments of frustration, anxiety, and excitement, and consider...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>September 25, 2026<\/b>,&nbsp;<br \/>1:30pm&nbsp;-&nbsp;3:30pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"workshop-actions\"><a class=\"workshop-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/workshop-registration\/?wid=4587\">Register<\/a><button type=\"button\" class=\"workshop-details-button\">Details<\/button><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"host-lopnbnfpjmgpbppclhclehhgafnifija\" style=\"position: relative;z-index: 2147483647\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"host-lopnbnfpjmgpbppclhclehhgafnifija\" style=\"position: relative;z-index: 2147483647\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 25, 2026 Fall 2026 Ped Day Keynote: Dr. Fiona Rawle Dr. Fiona Rawle has a Ph.D in Pathology and Molecular Medicine and is the Associate Dean, Pedagogical Development and Scholarship, at the University of Toronto Mississauga, and a Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Dept. of Biology. 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