Posts made by Theresa Southam

For those interested and/or involved in the field of educational development, particularly within the scope of the college sector, Niagara College’s Natasha Hannon is part of an upcoming webinar panel presentation, sponsored by STLHE’s constituency group, the Educational Developers Caucus. Moving on Up: Making transitions in your work as an educational developer on December 8, from 12:00-1:30 ET,  is the first in a series of mentoring webinars planned to support the needs of educational developers in meeting their career goals.
To register for the webinar, please complete the following form by Thursday, December 3 and information will be forwarded to you on how to participate in the webinar: http://goo.gl/forms/2bYuU8A9XB

Hello to those who participated in today’s workshop on the Evaluation and Assessment of Teaching and Learning Centres,

Many thanks to Eric and to you all for today!  

Please take a few minutes to complete this evaluation.  We thank you in advance.  (Tiny url option: http://tinyurl.com/qbdtso6)

Reminder: Eric’s handout is on the SCoPE site, in the BC-TLN section at: https://scope.bccampus.ca/course/view.php?id=22.

The link to the Guskey article is here:  http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar02/vol59/num06/Does-It-Make-a-

Difference%C2%A2-Evaluating-Professional-Development.aspx

Also:

  1. Jacquie mentioned resources related to program review and renewal at Camosun College's site : http://web.camosun.ca/cetl/content/program-review-renewal
  2. You may be interested in checking out the following entities/organizations where many members “do” educational development
    1. Educational Developers Caucus of Canada (EDC)
    2. Educational Technology Users Group (ETUG)
    3. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)
    4. The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education  

Many of BC-TLN members are active participants in various of the above organizations—if you’re new to the field, please feel free to approach us with questions.

Thanks again,

Isabeau, Jen, Eric, Theresa and Tracy

Isabeau Iqbal, PhD
Educational Developer 
UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT)
Email: isabeau.iqbal@ubc.ca
Eportfolio: isabeauiqbal.ca  | Twitter: @isabeauiqbal
Phone: 604 827 0648

I am so pleased to be on the Executive of the TLN and to be contributing to and learning from other Teaching and Learning professionals!

I specialize in and could share with others:- program outcomes and mapping processes

- indigenization and interculturization processes for faculty

- instructional feedback mechanisms

I'd like to learn more about:

- fostering creativity in education

- building capacity for critical thinking in students

- nurturing the growth of the student-centred classroom

I look forward to hearing from our other members!