I blog about educational development, facilitation, and teaching.
As of March 2018, I am blogging more regularly at isabeauiqbal.com (my coaching site). I will still occasionally blog here.
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Using a coach-approach to guide instructional consultations
Written by: Isabeau Iqbal and Natasha Kenny We’ve been thinking a lot about the relationships between our coaching and educational development practices. We recently joined a group of educational developers to explore the link between coaching and individual consultations in our work in higher education, at the Educational Development Community in Canada’s (2024) conference.…
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EDCC 2024 Online Conference (Day 2)
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…
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EDCC 2024 Online Conference (Day 1)
Some brief notes on my learning and main take-aways from the Educational Development Community in Canada Conference (February 28 and 29, 2024). DAY 1 When UDL Meets EDI: The role of educational developers in bottom-up implementation in higher education What stood out: Facilitators did an access check Facilitators modelled UDL in many ways and provided…
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Ways of Doing: Feminist Educational Development (article notes)
Using the “What?”, “So what?” “Now what?” approach, I will reflect on an article I read yesterday to (1) help me process my learning and (2) share with you, in the spirit of community and ongoing support for each other’s growth. What? Gravett, E. O., & Bernhagen, L. (2018). Ways of doing: Feminist educational development. To…
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Reflections from Studio23
I recently attended Studio23 “Reignite your teaching and facilitation practice“, an in-person event organized by BC Campus and held in Vancouver, BC. There was a time when I didn’t need to specify “in person”. Now, it matters! In fact, this was a major draw for me: I relished the thought of being with colleagues in…