2019 Festival Program
What to Expect for 2019
Held on Thursday, May 2, the 2019 edition of the festival will feature a full day of presentations, workshops, and networking sessions from across the academy. The day will kick-off with a guest Keynote Lecture "Creating a Safe Critical Learning Environment: Sharing Best Practices" by Jeanette J. Norden, Ph. D., Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Emerita, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Schedule at a Glance
The Sessions
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Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA) L1-190 |
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08:00-08:30 |
Coffee (Outside of ECHA L1-190) |
| 08:30-08:45 |
ECHA L1-190 Opening Remarks: |
| 08:45-09:45 |
ECHA L1-190 Keynote Presentation: Creating a Safe Critical Learning Environment: Sharing Best Practices One of the true joys of teaching is watching students develop intellectually and personally. As educators, we create the learning environment in which such development may be stimulated. Using multiple examples from teaching both a largely lecture-based Medical Neuroscience course to second year medical students and an entirely discussion-based capstone course to undergraduates, Dr. Norden will share her reflections on what elements of the learning environment are especially relevant for fostering knowledge acquisition, critical and analytical thinking, higher-order reasoning skills, and personal reflection in students. |
| 09:45-10:00 | Keynote Q & A (ECHA L1-190) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee (Outside of ECHA L1-190) |
| 10:15-12:05 |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (ECHA L1-140, L1-150, L1-220, L1-420, L1-430)
ECHA L1-140 The Diaries of a First Time Blender Ranting for an Engaging Final Assessment Practice A Research-Based Innovative Approach for the Development of a First-Year Introductory Engineering Design Course
ECHA L1-150 Collaborative Learning in Large Classes...Yes it's Doable Enhancing Student Success through Predictive Learning Analytics New Times, New Classes? - the impacts of structural reform on curriculum and pedagogy
ECHA L1-220 Community-University Partnerships for Experiential Learning Increasing Engagement in Student Orientation Using Gamification
ECHA L1-420 We Are All Related Augmented Reality Guide: An open education teaching and learning resource using digital media co-creation to explore Indigenous-settler relations Setting the Optimal Motivational Context for Learning Writing Fellows in the Faculty of Law: Creating a Collegial Learning Environment Using Upper-Year Students to Deliver Substantive Content
ECHA L1-430 The PERFECT Approach to Serious Games Using Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality to Reduce Anxiety in Clinical Interview Students Virtual Reality in the Classroom: Enhancing Education with Immersive Experiences
ECHA 1-190 (3 hour workshop) |
| 12:05-13:00 |
LUNCH & POSTER PRESENTATIONS (Outside of ECHA L1-190)
Capitalizing on Interprofessional Education Opportunities: Structured Interprofessional Shadowing Pilot Project When the Real Teacher Arrives: Exploring Relational Connections in our Teaching Practice |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Resistance is Futile: Strategies for Building Resilience for Active Learning (ECHA L1 -190) Why do students resist active learning? Over the past academic year, a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) of 10 instructors at the University of Alberta's North and Augustana campuses regularly met at the Centre for Teaching and Learning to explore this question. In this FoTL Plenary, members of this FLC, who come from diverse fields and varying years of teaching experience, describe their process and findings in terms of: how students resist, how resistance to active learning can be overcome, why resilience for active learning should be fostered in our students, and how resistance and resilience manifest within the university beyond the classroom. |