Spring 2021

10:00 – 10:15 am Wednesday May 26 Paul Hibbitts Paul is a SFU sessional instructor, interaction designer and open-source author. Combining his professional user experience design skills with his extensive instructional background, he is building open source projects to help fellow tech-curious educators involved in open education and publishing leverage such platforms as the Grav CMS…

4:00 – 4:50 pm Thursday May 27, 2021 Briana Fraser, Julian Prior, Mirabelle Tinio Julian Prior is currently Chair of Educational Technology and an Advisor at snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ / Langara College. He came to the west coast in 2016 having taught Sociology for twelve years at a further education college in the U.K. He completed…

9:00 – 9:50 am Wednesday May 26, 2021 Jennifer Wemigwans Jennifer Wemigwans, PhD is from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. She is a new media producer, writer and scholar specializing in the convergence between education, Indigenous knowledge and new media technologies. Her research examines how Indigenous knowledge sites online contribute to the…

12:00 – 12:50 Friday May 28, 2021 Carmen Rodriguez Working with pre-service and in-service teachers, some of Carmen’s interests relate to life-long learning, Indigenous pedagogies, and Social Justice. She has welcomed the opportunity to learn through the pandemic on how to respectfully facilitate courses on Indigenous Education using online platforms. Session Description Discourses around what…

10:00 – 10:50 Friday May 28, 2021 Matt Stranach, Christina Cederlof, Helena Prins Session Description This panel discussion will provide an overview of the recent Digital Citizenship 2021 symposium, and a demonstration of the associated WordPress site including the H5P “Escape Room”. Participants will use the Escape Room and provide feedback for further development of…

11:00 – 11:50 Friday May 28, 2021 Michael Paskevicius, Michelle Harrison, Tannis Morgan, Irwin DeVries, Tom Woodward Session Description Throughout 2019, collaborative sessions were facilitated at OER19 in Galway, Ireland; Cascadia in Vancouver, Canada; and ETUG, in Kamloops, Canada where participants were challenged to be creative about conceptualizing the concept of an “untextbook” and how…

9:00 – 9:50 am Friday May 28, 2021 Jessica Motherwell McFarlane Jessica Motherwell McFarlane, Ph.D. is a counsellor in private practice and professional education consultant on gender, antioppression, indigenization, and other social justice issues. She is an instructor at the Justice Institute of British Columbia where she won the Instructional Excellence award in 2016. Jessica…

4:00 – 4:50 pm Thursday May 27, 2021 Peter Arthur Session Description Some students feel isolated from peers and teacher. We can create a community that feels the “care” by developing student relationships, E.Q., and growth mindset, through the use of learning teams, positive psychology, reflection, collaborative tech tools and communication. Recording and Materials

3:00 – 3:50 pm Thursday May 27, 2021 Lisa Gedak, Leeann Waddington, Chris Ryan, Mustafa Mohammed, Omar Jakir, and Robin Leung Lisa Gedak, Teaching and Learning with Technologies Strategist, KPULeeann Waddington, Manager Learning Technology, KPUChris Ryan, Teaching and Learning with Technologies Strategist, KPUMustafa Mohammed, Senior Systems Analyst, KPUOmar Jakir, Senior Systems Analyst, KPURobin Leung, Educational…

3:00 – 3:50 pm Thursday May 27, 2021 Karen Roeck Karen Roeck has an eclectic career background as a classroom teacher, online school administrator, award-winning choral conductor, volleyball coach, and university course writer. Karen currently works at Trinity Western University as an instructional designer and part-time instructor in the School of Education and MA Leadership…

2:00 – 2:50 pm Thursday May 27, 2021 Sue Hellman Sue Hellman is a retired BC teacher with nearly 40 years of classroom experience. She also used to give online PD courses in the use of digital tools and resources through BC’s now defunct Community of Expertise in Ed. Tech., and her last position was…

2:00 – 2:50 pm Thursday May 27, 2021 Erika Ram Erika Ram is a recent graduate from Simon Fraser University with a Master’s in Education – Educational Technology & Learning Design. Since April 2020, she has held a position as eLearning Champion and taught as a Faculty member since September 2019 for the British Columbia…

1:00 – 1:50 pm Thursday May 27, 2021 Brenna Clarke Gray Brenna Clarke Gray (she/her/hers) is Coordinator, Educational Technologies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. Her research interests include the history and future of open tenure processes, the role of care and care work in the practice of educational technology, and scholarly podcasting.…

1:00 – 1:50 pm Wednesday May 26, 2021 Emily Schudel Session Description Over the past few months, I have been interviewing faculty at Camosun College about their experiences moving into fully online teaching: challenges, rewards, lessons learned, advice for other faculty, and their vision of the future. In this presentation, I would like to share…