Past Symposia

Watch online videos of past Symposia:

2016

• Blended Learning Showcase, November 9, 2016
  
• Improving Student Assessment Symposium, August 4, 2016
  Sue Bloxham, Emeritus Professor of Academic Practice at the University of Cumbria
  

2015

• Assess this: Educational Assessment Challenges and Practical Solutions Symposium, August 6, 2015
  Kenneth Heller, University of Minnesota, Department of Physics
  
• Multifaceted Evaluation of Teaching Symposium, May 7, 2015
  Richard Price, Professor of Political Science at UBC
  
  Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia - See more at: https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/events/symposium-series

2014

• Think Outside the Lecture: Strategies for Active Learning, August 13, 2014
  Simon Bates, Academic Director of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology at UBC

2013

• University of Alberta Blended Learning Symposium, December 5, 2013
  Ron Owston, Professor of Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education at York University
  
  
• The Future of Teaching in Research Universities, September 17, 2013
  Warren Bebbington, Vice Chancellor of the University of Adelaide
  
  
• TECHKNOWLEDGY: Can Technology Make A Splash In Your Classroom?, August 14, 2013
  Norm Friesen, Boise State University

2012

• Teaching Big: The Joy of Large Classes, August 15, 2012
  Mark J. Gierl, Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta and the Canada Research Chair in Educational Measurement
  
  
• Bullying in the Classroom, January 19, 2012
  Gary Namie, Workplace Bullying Institute
  Kris Wells, Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services, University of Alberta
  Maria Bakardjieva, Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary
  Wade King, Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights, University of Alberta

2011

• A Taste of Technology 2.0, August 10, 2011
  Larry Cuban, Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University
  
  
• Imagining the University, April 11, 2011
  Ronald Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education at the Institute of Education, University of London
  
  
• Enhancing Doctoral Supervision: A collaborative endeavor? February 10, 2011
  Dr. Lynn McAlpine, University of Oxford and McGill University
  Dr. Cheryl Amundsen, Simon Fraser University
  
  
• Opening Doors, Creating an Inclusive Excellence in the Academy, January 27, 2011
  Shanne McCaffrey, Professor, School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria
  Margaret Yap, Associate Professor in Human Resources Management and the Director of the Diversity Institute in Management & Technology, Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University

2010

• Fostering Reflective Capacity Through Interactive Reflective Writing, December 13, 2010
  Hedy Wald, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  
  
• Taking Teaching to the Edges and Beyond, August 11, 2010
  Joel Westheimer, University of Ottawa
  
  
• Unknotting the Teaching Research Nexus, January 11, 2010
  Dr. John Willison, Centre for Learning and Professional Development, University of Adelaide

2009

• Local Student Global Citizen Global Citizenship Symposium, October 14, 2009
  Lynn Mario de Souza, University of Sao Paulo
  
  
• Less Teaching! More Learning! April 16, 2009
  Dr. Tom Angelo, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
  Dr. Royce Sadler, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
  
  
• Evaluating Teaching at the U of A, January 12, 2009