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Blended Learning: New directions for in-person teaching and learning

Winterfest 2021-22


Date & time
Thursday, December 2, 2021 –
Friday, December 3, 2021 (all day)
Speaker(s)

Various

Cost

This event is free

Contact

John Bentley

Where

Online

Now in its 10th year, the Centre for Teaching and Learning’s popular Teaching and Learning Winterfest is back.

As classes resume on campus for the winter 2022 term, more faculty are expressing interest in adapting a blended course delivery and would like to better understand how to successfully adapt their course.

Winterfest 2021-22 will focus on providing faculty with practical applications of blended learning. Find out how to plan and teach using both face-to-face and out-of-class learning with real examples and tips that will help make the transition to blended learning easier.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn more! Space is limited.

Day 1: Thursday, December 2

Morning

The presenter will show examples of how a variety of courses were organized into a blended format. These examples from Concordia and other institutions will show various models for blending a course and a discussion about what kinds of learning activities were done in class and outside of class, how often the class met and for how long.

  • Time: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
  • Location: (Online) Virtual Classroom
  • Facilitator: Alicia Cundell, Teaching Consultant, CTL

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Digital technology has been a transformative tool in education. Educators and learners are shifting to blended and hybrid pedagogical models. In this workshop, we will explore various blended learning course designs using a model where students learn via electronic (online) media part of the time and through face-to-face instruction some of the time (onsite). Together we will use examples to design an engaging blended learning experience. Bring your course outlines and/or course material. This will be a “hands on” workshop.

  • Time: 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
  • Location: (Online) Virtual Classroom
  • Facilitator: Selma Hamdani, Psychology Profile Coordinator, Dawson College

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Afternoon

Going from emergency remote teaching to the flipped classroom and blended learning has been a fascinating and complex journey for Dr. Büyükkurt and Dr. Ahuja — especially considering the design of a course based on experiential learning and involving teams of students working on a real-world systems analysis consulting project.

Learn more about the challenges and breakthroughs with planning and the design adaptations that emerged through a collaboration with the CTL’s team including Media Specialist, Tamyres De Souza. This session presents authentic examples of how faculty are working to achieve a blended approach and the ways in which the CTL can help.

  • Time: 1 to 2 p.m.
  • Location: (Online) Virtual Classroom
  • Facilitators: Meral Büyükkurt, Professor, Supply Chain and Business Technology Management; Suchit Ahuja, Assistant Professor, Supply Chain and Business Technology Management; Tamyres Lucas, Educational Media Specialist, CTL

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Lecture recordings can be a key element in blended course design and are highly effective in increasing accessibility for students. The Centre for Teaching and Learning has videographers who can help faculty record lectures and labs or provide guidance and training on how to polish existing recordings. Besides basic support with pre-production, production, and post-production of recorded lectures, we can offer Lightboard lecture recordings to enhance your instruction with more dynamic and engaging content.

  • Time: 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.
  • Location: (Online) Virtual Classroom
  • Facilitators: Étienne Lacelle, Videographer, CTL and Muhammad Nour-Elkhairy, Videographer, CTL

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Interested in learning about a great collaborative tool for class discussions and group activities? In this session, we will explore OneDrive - a Microsoft Office 365 tool supported by Concordia that is used as a collaborative tool for in-class discussions and/or Moodle activities. The session will present examples of how to implement OneDrive in the classroom and how to integrate it in Moodle.

  • Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
  • Location: (Online) Virtual Classroom
  • Facilitator: Noura Sinno, Instructional Designer, CTL

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Day 2: Friday, December 3

Morning

Our faculty panel members have been doing engaging and innovative things with blended learning in their courses. They will be on hand to talk about the different ways in which they are continuing to develop this modality further by bringing together elements of traditional face-to-face teaching and technology-mediated learning. Discover practical tips and examples from panel members’ teaching and course design practices and join the conversation about student learning and what’s next.

Time: 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Location: (Online) Virtual Classroom

Facilitators: Svetla Kamenova, Chargée d'enseignement principale, Étude française; Elsa Lo, Lecturer, Education; Maggie Cheng, Assistant Professor, Marketing; VK Preston, Assistant Professor, History; John Bentley, Senior Instructional Developer, CTL

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