Oct. 14 Ped Day Keynote Speaker: Roger Azevedo, Ph.D.
October 5th, 2022
Ped Day will be held on Oct. 14th. The schedule will be available shortly.
Dr. Azevedo is a Professor in the School of Modeling Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida. He is also an affiliated faculty in the Departments of Computer Science and Internal Medicine at the University of Central Florida and the lead scientist for the Learning Sciences Faculty Cluster Initiative. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from McGill University and completed his postdoctoral training in Cognitive Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. His main research area includes examining the role of cognitive, metacognitive, affective, and motivational self-regulatory processes during learning with advanced learning technologies (e.g., intelligent tutoring systems, hypermedia, multimedia, simulations, serious games, immersive virtual learning environments). He has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and refereed conference proceedings in the areas of educational, learning, cognitive, educational, and computational sciences. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the recipient of the prestigious Early Faculty Career Award from the National Science Foundation.听
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Ped Day is presented by the 星空传媒视频 Human Resources Department, and supported by the Office of Academic Development.
September 21st, 2022
I鈥檝e been grappling with two questions about the institution of education that I used to frame my workshop: 1) How can an understanding of anti-oppressive practice shed light on how education systems preserve and reproduce racial inequities? And 2) How are we as educators implicated in the preservation and reproduction of racial inequities? We know…
First CRISPESH lunch ‘n learn is Oct. 5
September 21st, 2022
CRISPESH has announced their lunch 'n learn program for the 2022-2023 academic year and the first one is next Wednesday, Oct. 5. These seven conferences aim to support the academic success of students with disabilities.
Here is the link to the first lunch 'n learn:
Consult the full schedule for the year of lunch 'n learn programming here: CRISPESHmidiconferences2223_FRVF
CRISPESH is a centre for applied research and transfer (CCTT) in partnership with Dawson and the C茅gep du Vieux-Montr茅al. Their mandate is to contribute to the advancement of knowledge and the development and promotion of social practices that foster academic, social and professional inclusion for people with disabilities.
June 1st, 2022
Julien is a young trans person who has been working for trans rights and with trans youth for the past seven years. He has been the Support Services Coordinator and Intervention Worker for Project 10 for over three years and is the person behind Dawson’s three multi-stall gender-neutral bathrooms 鈥� a historical first for colleges…
SALTISE is happening June 2-3
June 1st, 2022
The annual SALTISE conference takes place this week on June 2-3.
Dawson community members Cory Legassic, Monica Lopez, Cathy Roy and the DALC community will be presented with awards.
Not too late to register; click read more.
June 1st, 2022
鈥淗appiness that contributes to individual, community or global well-being and does not exploit other people, the environment, or future generations.”听 -Dr. Catherine O鈥橞rien Dawson students, support staff and external groups have participated in the peer-to-peer Sustainable Happiness educational experience since Winter 2020. The weekly sessions are developed with a goal of reconnecting people, community, and…
June 1st, 2022
About two-thirds of people have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE).听 There are so many kinds of trauma and different ways of experiencing it. These are some of the things participants learned at a Support Staff Training Day workshop on Trauma-Informed Care given by Denise Michelle Brend, an Assistant Professor at Universit茅 Laval…
Cathy Roy honoured with SALTISE Award for College Instructors
May 19th, 2022
Since joining Dawson in 2015, Cathy Roy has sparked an excitement for new adventures in pedagogy, fostering greater collaboration and creativity within the Physiotherapy Technology Department.
Her ingenuity has won her a 2022 SALTISE Best Practices & Pedagogical Innovators Award, which she will receive at the 11th edition of the鈥疭ALTISE Conference鈥痮n June 2-3.
鈥淭here is no room for boredom or stagnation in teaching. No two days have felt the same since I started,鈥� said Cathy.
Find out how Cathy's unexpected teaching journey has transformed Dawson's Physiotherapy Technology Department.
You can still register for SALTISE Conference June 2-3
May 18th, 2022
The theme for the 2022 SALTISE Conference is Collaborative Dialogues: The Role of Active Learning in Today鈥檚 Educational Realities. The conference brings together educators who are passionate about active learning.
The conference will be hybrid this year and take place June 2-3.
There is still time to register! Click Read More to go to the conference website.
Support Staff Training Day is May 24
May 18th, 2022
Support Staff Training Day is this coming Tuesday, May 24 from 8:50 a.m. 鈥� 4:30 p.m. online. It will feature a variety of workshops and plenary speaker Julien R. Johnson (pictured) from Project 10. They will help us understand diversity of gender, sex and sexual orientation. Julien is the person behind Dawson鈥檚 gender neutral bathrooms.
Denise M. Brend will present a Trauma Informed Care approach in communicating and working with students and colleagues. Denise currently teaches at Universit茅 Laval and is a former Dawson teacher.
Full program and links to join workshops online: Support Staff Training Day Program - May 24, 2022
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