Learning Opportunities

Offered by Athabasca University

For teachers, instructional designers, and education technologists.

Offered by Athabasca University

For teachers and instructional designers.

Links to resources from online learning partner organizations

Free webinars available.

Offered by Learning Specialists Association of Canada (LSAC)

By Contact Nord (Ontario's Distance learning and training network)

Offered by Academic Impressions

Includes webcast such as:

• Inclusive Pedagogy Online
• Supporting First Generation Students Amid COVID-19
• Strategies to Effectively Engage Students in Online Learning: A Discussion of Best Practices

• Going Remote with Integrity 3.0: Your Academic Integrity Policy Gone Virtual
• Going Remote With Integrity 2.0: Technological Tips & Techniques
• Going Remote With Integrity
• And more!

Hosted by BCcampus

From eCampusOntario

The sessions take place October 19-23 and feature some great speakers, including Cicely Belle Blain on unlearning anti-Blackness and Ta7talíya Michelle Nahanee on decolonizing practices. The sessions are free, but registration is required.

For the Fall, PebblePad will be hosting weekly training webinars on the use of PebblePad every Wednesdays at 9AM PST. There is no need to register, just show up.

Check out their upcoming topics.

Thursday, October 22, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET)

Join Dr. Paul Prinsloo, Research Professor in Open and Distance Learning (ODL), University of South Africa (UNISA), and Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate, as he hosts a conversation with Audrey Watters exploring:

• What is the future of higher education and what role, if any, will EdTech play in that future?
• How do we get past the EdTech “hype” and nonsense, and focus on what matters most?
• What actions can policy-makers, institutional leaders, faculty and student leaders take to ensure higher education is not “captured” by EdTech vendors who promise” better outcomes at a lower cost for more people” but can’t deliver?
• How do we balance the opportunities, which EdTech may provide, with the need for an intensely human, relational learning experience?
• How can we prevent the excesses of EdTech in relation to surveillance, privacy and the promotion of insecurity?