2023 Festival of Teaching and Learning
The Festival of Teaching and Learning is an annual event where all members of the University of Alberta teaching and learning community can share, demonstrate, explore, and embody the plurality and intersectionality of approaches to university teaching with the goal of enhancing our pedagogies as well as our teaching and learning environments across our institution.
This year's hybrid Festival of Teaching and Learning (FoTL) will take place May 2–4, 2023.
The Festival of Teaching and Learning's theme for 2023 is the re-imagining of traditions. The sessions relate to, engage with, and/or muse on and talk about, what the idea of tradition means when it comes to pedagogies and to teaching and learning, what our traditions are in and across academia, and how re-imagining these traditions can move us, individually and collectively, toward learning, unlearning, and relearning teaching in a good way.*
*The phrase “in a good way” is adopted and adapted from the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit traditional knowledge principle of ᑐᙵᓇᕐᓂᖅ (Tunnganarniq), which means “Fostering good spirit by being open, welcoming and inclusive” (“Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit,” Nunavut Impact Review Board, https://www.nirb.ca/
FoTL Closing Keynote Jointly with ACURIT: AI and Education Keynote Conversation*
*Seperate registration link required for this session
Aimée Morrison (University of Waterloo)
Panelists: Ali Shiri (Vice Dean, FGSR & Professor, School of Library and Information Studies), Bishoi Aziz (GSA VP Academic and PhD Candidate in FoMD), and Mandy Penney (CTL Lead Educational Developer, Digital Pedagogies and Access)
This 75 minute session will involve a 20-minute keynote address, titled "Everything I Need to Know About ChatGPT, I Learned From My Students" from Dr. Aimée Morrison (University of Waterloo), followed by a 30-minute panel discussion with AI and digital pedagogical scholars from across the University of Alberta, with time for open Q+A and discussion at the end (c. 25 minutes).