Thank you everyone for your participation in the January 2020 Ped Days! We hope you found the events interesting and inspiring. Thank you Usha James from the Critical Thinking Consortium, for the keynote presentation. A special thank you to all the presenters and facilitators for so generously giving their time and…
Free Webinar from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE): The United Nations has established a new decade,聽beginning in 2020, focused on the power of Education for Sustainable聽Development (ESD). 鈥淓SD for 2030鈥� calls for educators to help advance new聽skills, empower youth, increase public awareness, and build community聽partnerships to achieve the…
While it is commonly accepted that being a reflective practitioner is important, teaching students how to do this is less often addressed. As part of larger curricular revisions, Parsons School of Design made the decision to embed the use of an online learning portfolio (LP) at the core…
To promote active learning in the STEM disciplines聽(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), the Chemistry Department and the Illustration & Design Department at 星空传媒视频,聽Westmount, QC, Canada, initiated a collaborative project to create a palpable introduction to the building blocks of matter for kindergarten children. Together, they created a聽Periodic Table Coloring Book聽illustrating the known elements of…
Last year, Finland launched a free online crash course in artificial intelligence with the aim of educating its citizens about the new technology. Now, as a Christmas present to the world, the European nation is making the six week program聽available for anyone to take. Strictly speaking, it鈥檚 a present for the European Union. Finland is…
The AQPC invites all interested parties to submit proposals for papers for its 40th Annual Symposium by completing the online form through its website. The AQPC Symposium seeks to foster the sharing of research findings on education and proven, documented teaching practices with a view to their transfer to other disciplines and colleges. Presentations are…
Those wishing to submit a proposal for the creation, adaptation and translation of digital or print educational resource that is suitable to the context in Qu茅bec may do so during the Call for Projects held each year from November to March. Consult the聽Call for聽Projects聽Guide聽and complete the聽Project Presentation Form聽in the聽Documentation聽section. The term聽鈥渄igital or…
CALL FOR PROPOSALS聽 DEADLINE: February 10, 2020 SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL PRESENTATION TYPES: Please聽click here聽for details on the available formats you may choose from for your proposal. The topics can include the reporting of: Best practices and advice on using聽new pedagogies聽(i.e., using active learning approaches, flipped-classroom,聽blended learning, e-learning, etc.) Implementation of technological innovations聽聽(i.e., online…
Sarah Beer, Sociology 鈥淭eaching is learning鈥� for Sarah Beer, chairperson of Sociology and Political Science. 鈥淕reat teaching is only possible with great students.鈥� Sarah moved to Montreal in 2008 to complete doctoral research for their PhD in Sociology from the University of Windsor. Two years later, Sarah joined the Sociology department at 星空传媒视频….
Free Downloads from the book titled: Integrating Cognitive Science with Innovative Teaching in STEM Disciplines https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/circle_book/10/
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