Some brief notes on my learning and main take-aways from Day 2 of the EDCC Conference  (February 28 and 29, 2024)

For Day 1 reflections, see earlier post here. 

DAY 2

Opening Panel

What stood out:

• There is more diversity in ED as compared to before; in the past our role focussed on 1:1 work – that has changed significantly (influence on policy etc)

Panelists: Maha Bali, Dominic Brierre, Gerald Sereda, Gavan Watson

Identifying research methodology for investigating educational development as a form of scholarly teaching

What stood out:

• Visual of weaving strands together brings strengths
• Metissage as a research methodology…members of the TLC are using it as a unit to do SoED

Facilitators: Members of the TLC from Thomson Rivers University

Preparing Faculty to Thrive in Challenging Times: OERs for Professional Development

What stood out:

There exists an abundance of resources that we can link to. Helena gave us 5 minutes to peruse some of these in the session and, in that short amount of time, I discovered several useful resources (for example, the course on Teaching Philosophy Statement in Scope). The challenge: making time to explore these and determine how to use them

Resources:

• CFP for FLO (also outlines the various FLO offerings): https://bccampus.ca/grants-calls-for-proposals/call-for-expressions-of-interest-online-learning-designers-and-facilitators/
• FLO MicroCourse in SCoPE(Moodle): https://scope.bccampus.ca/
• FLO Tech Tool Tips: https://bccampus.ca/category/tech-tool-tips/
• FLO Friday: https://bccampus.ca/?s=FLO+Friday
• Other:
  https:// oechallenge.opened.ca/
  https:// flobootcamp.opened.ca/
  https:// udlchallenge.opened.ca/

Facilitator: Helena Prins

What’s next?

I will be watching a few more sessions, including:

Multiple access points for instructor support

Transformation of Lesson Design support in the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)

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