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Festival of Learning 2018

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Aaron Langille

Laurentian University
Master Lecturer
Sudbury, Ontario

Professor of computer science and video game design. Interested in student engagement, retention and recruitment as well as gamification, open education and more.

7:00am AKDT

Registration Opens 2nd Floor Foyer

7:30am AKDT

Breakfast Ballroom 1

9:00am AKDT

Keynote: Jesse Stommel Ballroom 1Jesse Stommel

10:30am AKDT

From Idea to Scale: Empowering Learners and Educators to Inform Shared Educational Technology Port of San FranciscoLena Patterson

11:20am AKDT

Teaching and Learning with Technology Port of San FranciscoDr. Kat Sark

12:05pm AKDT

Lunch Ballroom 1

1:15pm AKDT

Student as Partners in Developing Curriculum and Teaching and Learning Initiatives Port of VancouverLaura MacKay • Radovan Marek • Alea Rzeplinski • Andrew Willis

2:05pm AKDT

Flipping the Classroom: Why all Students Must be Active Learners Port of SingaporeGeoffrey Ashford-Smith • Peter Ferreira • Matej Perisa

2:50pm AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

3:15pm AKDT

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

7:30am AKDT

Breakfast Ballroom 1

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

10:30am AKDT

Badge Earned: Lessons from Gamifying First Year Computer Science Port of VancouverAaron Langille

11:20am AKDT

Learning to Bounce: Teaching Resilience in the Undergraduate Classroom Port of Hong KongRebecca Gagan

12:05pm AKDT

Lunch Ballroom 1

1:15pm AKDT

Making Pressbooks Better for Making Open Textbooks Port of VancouverZoe Wake Hyde

3:15pm AKDT

How to Ruin an Open Education Initiative at your Institution Port of New YorkAmanda Coolidge • Rajiv Jhangiani • Rosario Passos

7:30am AKDT

Breakfast Ballroom 1

9:00am AKDT

Keynote: Monique Gray Smith Ballroom 1Monique Gray Smith

10:30am AKDT

Measuring the Institutional Impact of OER Initiatives in BC: Challenges and Preliminary Results Ballroom 2Jenn Barker • Amanda Coolidge • Ken Jeffery • Rajiv Jhangiani • George Veletsianos

12:05pm AKDT

Lunch Ballroom 1

3:15pm AKDT

YouTube for Higher Education: A Discussion-Based Approach for Promoting Growth Port of VancouverJon Fulton • Laura Killam • Jason Toal