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Festival of Learning 2018

Note: schedule details are subject to change up until the event. For all details and registration, visit the Festival of Learning home page.

7:00am AKDT

Registration Opens 2nd Floor Foyer

7:30am AKDT

Hatha Yoga (30 min.) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga Breakfast Ballroom 1

8:00am AKDT

Guided Walk - Meet at the "Meeting Place" - Meeting Place - bottom of Grand Staircase (Lobby Level)

8:15am AKDT

Mini Yoga Break (15 min.) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga

8:30am AKDT

Childcare Opens - Room 440 (4th Floor)

8:45am AKDT

Quiet Reflection & Meditation Drop-in Port of Macau (Reflection Room)

9:00am AKDT

BCOEL Meeting Port of Vancouver Keynote: Jesse Stommel Ballroom 1Jesse Stommel

10:15am AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

10:30am AKDT

From Idea to Scale: Empowering Learners and Educators to Inform Shared Educational Technology Port of San FranciscoLena Patterson Advocating for OERs: A Student Perspective Port of New YorkAran Armutlu • Phoebe Lo Patigdas An Adventure into Creation of OER: A STEM Wiki Project Port of Hong KongDr. Pamini Thangarajah (3M recipient 2022) Set for Success: Multi-institutional Perspectives on Orientation for International Students Port of SingaporeTyler Ballam • Tammie Clarke • Karen Densky • Bryan Smith • Maureen Wideman Caring for Privacy in BC Higher Education: Navigating FIPPA When Using Web 2.0 & the Cloud Tuscany RoomJulia Hengstler Cultivating Trust and Emotional Safety in Educational Environments Port of VancouverSteven Bishop • Ross Laird • Leva Lee • Hope Miller • Sandra Polushin • Erin Williams Diversity, Adversity, Perversity, and the University: Opportunities for Embedding and Celebrating Diversity in Class Materials Ballroom 3David Geary • Ki Wight

11:20am AKDT

Teaching and Learning with Technology Port of San FranciscoDr. Kat Sark We Need an Instructional Designer, STAT! The Critical and Underrated Role of Instructional Designers in Advancing Open Education Port of New YorkMary Burgess Culture, Communication and Global Citizenship Port of SingaporeTerri Bateman • Margaret Hearnden Transformative Music Education and Holistic Learning in the KPU Music Program Port of Hong KongDr. Gordon Cobb • Don Hlus • Jodi Proznick

11:30am AKDT

Digital Learning Resource Network (DLRN) Port of Shanghai (Boardroom)

12:05pm AKDT

BCcampus Scholarly Teaching Fellows Port of VancouverLeva Lee Lunch Ballroom 1

12:15pm AKDT

Mini Yoga Break (15 min) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga

12:30pm AKDT

Guided Walk - Meet at the "Meeting Place" - Meeting Place - bottom of Grand Staircase (Lobby Level)

12:45pm AKDT

Mini Yoga Break (15 min) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga

1:15pm AKDT

Kids Yoga Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga Effectiveness of an Online Peer-feedback Tool Port of San FranciscoAndrew Owen OER Adoption as a Community Project Port of SingaporeSylvia Currie • Ross McKerlich Rebus Community: What’s Next Port of New YorkZoe Wake Hyde Developing Student's Strategic Learning Ballroom 2Peter Arthur Student as Partners in Developing Curriculum and Teaching and Learning Initiatives Port of VancouverLaura MacKay • Radovan Marek • Alea Rzeplinski • Andrew Willis Tension and Risk in Open Scholarship: A Conversation Ballroom 3Amanda Coolidge • Leonora Crema • Sue Doner • Erin Fields • David Gaertner • Jessica Gallinger • Kory Wilson Take the Stress out of Teamwork: Practical Tools and Coaching for the Effective Implementation of Teamwork in Post-secondary Education Port of Hong KongTrish Dyck • Nicole Larson • Dr. Tom O'Neill • Nooreen Shah-Preusser

1:50pm AKDT

Quiet Reflection & Meditation Drop-in Port of Macau (Reflection Room)

2:05pm AKDT

Flipping the Classroom: Why all Students Must be Active Learners Port of SingaporeGeoffrey Ashford-Smith • Peter Ferreira • Matej Perisa Student-Experience Design and Learner-Driven Open Educational Practices: eCampusOntario’s SXD Lab Port of San FranciscoChris Fernlund • Lena Patterson Handle with Care: How OER Policy Development can Influence Institutional Practices Port of New YorkChristine Horgan ...Reconciliation as a Hybrid Pedagogy: Reflections on Decolonial Access, Accessibility, Affective Process and Action in Reconciliation Education Ballroom 2Annika Benoit-Jansson • Amira Malek • Jeffrey Ansloos (Annick Press) Taking Care as we Live our Model: the RRU Learning, Teaching and Research Model Port of VancouverElizabeth Childs • Brigitte Harris • Dr. Jennifer Walinga

2:50pm AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

3:15pm AKDT

Team Chat: A Technology for Learning Port of San FranciscoIan Linkletter OE Advocacy and Action at the University of Alberta: The Progress, Collaboration and Challenges for OE Initiatives at a Large, Multi-Campus Institution Port of SingaporeMichelle Brailey • Michael B. McNally OEP in Remote Australian Aboriginal Workforce Development: What translates? Ballroom 3Johanna Funk Connecting Students with People who Care(er): Post-Secondary Professionals as ‘Everyday Career Influencers’ Port of Hong KongCandy Ho • Dr. Cindy Xin Supporting Student Wellness Through Intentional Knowledge Practice Teaching Port of VancouverLucki Kang • JoAnne Nelmes • Linda Pardy • Maureen Wideman The Enneagram's 9 Personality Types at Work: Developing Self-Compassion, Self-Care and Mindful Connection Port of New YorkBarish Golland • Jennifer Slovencik UDL Conversation Starters Ballroom 2Gina Buchanan • Ruth Fraser

4:15pm AKDT

Childcare Closes - Room 440 (4th Floor)

4:30pm AKDT

Festival Social (dinner, trivia, prizes, + special performance by The 3Ds!) Vistas - 19th Floor

7:00am AKDT

Registration Open 2nd Floor Foyer

7:30am AKDT

Gentle Flow Yoga (30 mins) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga Breakfast Ballroom 1

8:00am AKDT

Guided Walk - Meet at the "Meeting Place" - Meeting Place - bottom of Grand Staircase (Lobby Level)

8:15am AKDT

Mini Yoga Break (15 min.) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga

8:30am AKDT

Childcare Opens - Room 440 (4th Floor)

8:45am AKDT

Quiet Reflection & Meditation Drop-in Port of Macau (Reflection Room)

9:00am AKDT

Keynote Panel with Students & Academic Leaders, moderated by Jonny Morris: What is the next level of thinking and planning we need to do to help students thrive in post-secondary education? Ballroom 1Jonny Morris

10:00am AKDT

Private Meeting: Lauri Aesoph Port of Shanghai (Boardroom)Lauri Aesoph

10:15am AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

10:30am AKDT

Badge Earned: Lessons from Gamifying First Year Computer Science Port of VancouverAaron Langille Consulting with Care: Supporting Faculty Development and Program Enhancement through Collaborative, Relational Practice Ballroom 2Kathleen Bortolin • Marilyn Funk • Sally Vinden Teaching an Online Instructional Design Course Using Design Thinking: Successes and Challenges Port of Hong KongDr. Amy Zidulka The View from the Inside the Bubble: Exploring and Augmenting 360° Images Port of San FranciscoDaniel Reeve Including all Learners through Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in Higher Education Port of SingaporeDr. Gloria Ramirez • Dr. Nan Stevens Integrating Creative and Critical Thinking into Your Course Ballroom 3Peter Arthur Liberating Structures: Unleash and Include Everyone Port of New YorkBeth Cougler Blom • Barish Golland • Leva Lee • Tracy Roberts Storytelling for Care: Using Stories to Facilitate Good Pedagogy and Design Tuscany RoomMichael Cenkner • Patrick von Hauff

11:20am AKDT

Delivering a Better Experience by Using the Open, Collaborative and Flexible Grav CMS – Inside or Outside of your LMS Port of VancouverPaul Hibbitts Learning to Bounce: Teaching Resilience in the Undergraduate Classroom Port of Hong KongRebecca Gagan

12:05pm AKDT

BCTLC Spring Members Meeting Port of VancouverGrant Gregson • Theresa Southam • Maureen Wideman Lunch Ballroom 1

12:15pm AKDT

Mini Yoga Break (15 min) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga

12:30pm AKDT

Guided Walk - Meet at the "Meeting Place" - Meeting Place - bottom of Grand Staircase (Lobby Level) Poster Plus! Ballroom 1Serhat Beyenir • Sanja Boskovic • Meryn Corkery • Dean Diamond • Kelly Diether • Adina Edwards • Christina Page • Josefina Rosado • Emily Tan • Roselynn Verwood • Keith Webster

12:45pm AKDT

Mini Yoga Break (15 min) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga

1:15pm AKDT

Kids Yoga Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga Blackboard Ally: Accessibility Training, and Remediation, and Tracking Port of San FranciscoNicolaas Matthijs • Jess Thompson Launching Canada’s First Zed Cred programs: Motivations, Strategies, and Next Steps Ballroom 2Naomi Cloutier • Rajiv Jhangiani • Krista Lambert • Todd Mundle • Brenda Thomson Making Pressbooks Better for Making Open Textbooks Port of VancouverZoe Wake Hyde Putting Students First in a Changing Open Movement Port of New YorkNicole Allen Education for the Masses: How Massive we Would Like to Be? Port of Hong KongNatasha Boskic Sharing the B.C. OER Paddling Together: A Guide for Indigenizing of Post-secondary Institution. A Professional Learning Series Ballroom 3Dianne Biin • Michelle Glubke • Lucas Wright Critical Thinking in the Age of Alternate Facts Port of SingaporeBob Aitken

1:50pm AKDT

Quiet Reflection & Meditation Drop-in Port of Macau (Reflection Room)

2:00pm AKDT

Booked: Jon Fulton Port of Shanghai (Boardroom)Jon Fulton

2:05pm AKDT

Creating a Flexible Hybrid Learning Environment: Using Video Conferencing Technology Port of VancouverKen Harmel • Michelle Johnson .Innovative Education in Sustainable Forest Management Port of New YorkDr. Guangyu Wang Design in Mind—Using Design Thinking for More than you can Imagine Port of San Francisco Pop-up Community of Practice for Accessibility in Post-Secondary Education Ballroom 3Deborah Chen • Sue Doner • Ruth Fraser The AIM Campaign: Getting Grades the Honest Way Port of Hong KongCamilla Coates • Sandra Smith • Maureen Wideman

2:50pm AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

3:15pm AKDT

Rebuilding a Student Support Site through Community Engagement: An Amazing Journey! Port of VancouverEmily Schudel Building Warmth in the Cold, Dark Quiet: The Promise and Challenge of Fostering a Pedagogy of Care in an Online Graduate Degree Port of SingaporeJo Axe • Elizabeth Childs • George Veletsianos Communities of Praxis: Opening Education with Collective Community Action Ballroom 2Michel Castagné • Caroline Daniels • Krista Lambert • Hope Power • Lucas Wright How to Ruin an Open Education Initiative at your Institution Port of New YorkAmanda Coolidge • Rajiv Jhangiani • Rosario Passos Convening a New community of Practice: Reflection, Learning, and Mutuality. Port of Hong KongDr. Jennifer Walinga • Rebecca Wilson-Mah Operationalizing care as an Educational Developer Port of San FranciscoMarie Krbavac • Josefina Rosado • Roselynn Verwood What the Yurt? Exploring 'Round' Teaching Ballroom 3Adam Nash • Carrie Nolan • Gordon Weary

4:00pm AKDT

Liberating Structures Meet-up (OPEN to all) Ballroom 3Beth Cougler Blom • Barish Golland • Leva Lee • Tracy Roberts

4:15pm AKDT

Childcare Closes - Room 440 (4th Floor)

7:00am AKDT

Registration Open 2nd Floor Foyer

7:30am AKDT

Hatha Yoga (30 min.) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga Breakfast Ballroom 1

8:00am AKDT

Guided Walk - Meet at the "Meeting Place" - Meeting Place - bottom of Grand Staircase (Lobby Level)

8:15am AKDT

Mini Yoga Break (15 min.) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga

8:30am AKDT

Childcare Opens - Room 440 (4th Floor)

8:45am AKDT

Quiet Reflection & Meditation Drop-in Port of Macau (Reflection Room)

9:00am AKDT

Keynote: Monique Gray Smith Ballroom 1Monique Gray Smith Senior Academic Administrators' Forum Tuscany Room

10:15am AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

10:30am AKDT

Exploring the Experience of Educators Enacting Open Educational Practices Port of SingaporeMichael Paskevicius Measuring the Institutional Impact of OER Initiatives in BC: Challenges and Preliminary Results Ballroom 2Jenn Barker • Amanda Coolidge • Ken Jeffery • Rajiv Jhangiani • George Veletsianos Open Educational Resources Initiatives: From B. C. Institute of Technology, Canada to Linnaeus University, Sweden Port of Hong KongSerhat Beyenir • Sanja Boskovic Online Book Club Meet-up Port of New YorkPeter Arthur • Leva Lee UBC Emerging Media Lab: An Incubation Space for Innovative Pedagogical Tools Port of San FranciscoSaeed Dyanatkar • Sharon Hu • Kirk Karasin • Claudia Krebs • Juyeong Oh Designing Learning Environments that Enhance Student Well-being: Examples from Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia Ballroom 3Rosie Dhaliwal • Patty Hambler • Michael Lee • Alisa Stanton “Grit” and Educators’ Burn Out: Using Graphic Narratives to Brainstorm Solutions to the “Sand in our Shoes” Port of VancouverKrista Lambert • Jessica Motherwell

11:20am AKDT

Open to Health: Alone and Together – PART 1: How Healthy is Open Education? Port of Hong KongLauri Aesoph • Josie Gray They are Coming! A New Generation of Learners from BC’s K-12 Curriculum Redesign: Considering Enhanced Assessment and Flexible Learning Experiences in PSE Ballroom 2Liesel Knaack

11:30am AKDT

Zed Cred Project Port of Shanghai (Boardroom)Krista Lambert

12:00pm AKDT

BCOEL Meeting Port of VancouverBrenda Smith

12:05pm AKDT

Lunch Ballroom 1

12:15pm AKDT

Mini Yoga Session (15 min) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga

12:30pm AKDT

Guided Walk - Meet at the "Meeting Place" - Meeting Place - bottom of Grand Staircase (Lobby Level)

12:45pm AKDT

Mini Yoga Break (15 min) Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga

1:15pm AKDT

Kids Yoga Port of Macau (Reflection Room)Vancouver Corporate Yoga A Flexible New Teaching Technology for Facilitating Peer Evaluation in a Safe Environment: The ComPAIR Project at UBC Port of San FranciscoJames Charbonneau • Letitia Englund • Pan Luo • Tiffany Potter Collaborative Approach to OER Policy and Guidelines Development in the Commonwealth: The Case of Botswana, Cameroon and Sri Lanka. Ballroom 3Ishan Abeywardena Open to Health: Alone and Together – PART 2: Explore and Develop a Personal Plan Port of Hong KongLauri Aesoph • Josie Gray Venturing Beyond the Walled Garden: Building Online Learning Activities Outside of the Learning Management System that Allow for Flexible, Adaptable and Meaningful Learning. Port of VancouverLiesel Knaack • Michael Paskevicius Holistic Personal Development for Meaningful Engagement Ballroom 2June Kaminski Stacking the Deck: A Visual Toolkit for Instructor Self-Care Ballroom 1Jessica Motherwell • Jason Toal

1:50pm AKDT

Quiet Reflection & Meditation Drop-in Port of Macau (Reflection Room)

2:05pm AKDT

Connected Learning in Action Port of San FranciscoSharon Hu Everyone Wants A's: Accessibility, Affordability and Adaptability Port of New YorkStephanie Keyowski • Claude Laflamme Supporting UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education Challenges and Opportunities with OER Ballroom 3Rory McGreal Who Cares — Helping Young People Develop Empathy Port of SingaporeBob Aitken

2:50pm AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

3:15pm AKDT

YouTube for Higher Education: A Discussion-Based Approach for Promoting Growth Port of VancouverJon Fulton • Laura Killam • Jason Toal The Balancing Act of Collaboration, Openness, Quality and Ensuring Impact in the Creation of OER Copyright Resources Port of SingaporeMichelle Brailey • Michael B. McNally We've Led the Horses to Water... Now What? Student Perceptions, Use, and Impact of Open Textbooks at Douglas College Ballroom 3Jenn Barker • Jennifer Kirkey What do Open Textbooks Really Mean to Students that Have to Use Them? Port of San FranciscoFlorence Daddey • Krista Lambert Building Capacity for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Ed - A Teaching & Learning Centre’s Perspective Ballroom 1kele fleming • Alicia Harder Measuring Interdisciplinary Thinking in a Unique Teaching Environment: The Science One Program at UBC Ballroom 2Chris Addision • James Charbonneau • Patrick Dubois • Nathan Roberson Supporting Student Wellness Through Experiential Learning & Career Mapping Port of New YorkLinda Pardy

4:15pm AKDT

Childcare Closes - Room 440 (4th Floor)