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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.

Jason Toal

Simon Fraser University
Interaction Specialist
Vancouver, Canada Area

@draggin on twitter

Jason brings a background in art, design, and education to the practice of Interaction Specialist. His focus is on the needs of users in whatever end product they may be using in their learning experience, from new web technologies, innovative media to drawing on the back of a napkin.

Specializing in visual thinking, social media, and the distribution of content as Open Education Resources using Creative Commons licensing and WordPress.

7:00am AKDT

Registration Opens 2nd Floor Foyer

7:30am AKDT

Breakfast Ballroom 1

9:00am AKDT

Keynote: Jesse Stommel Ballroom 1Jesse Stommel

10:15am AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

11:20am AKDT

Transformative Music Education and Holistic Learning in the KPU Music Program Port of Hong KongDr. Gordon Cobb • Don Hlus • Jodi Proznick

12:05pm AKDT

Lunch Ballroom 1

1:15pm AKDT

OER Adoption as a Community Project Port of SingaporeSylvia Currie • Ross McKerlich

4:30pm AKDT

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

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

10:15am AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

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

12:05pm AKDT

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

1:15pm AKDT

Making Pressbooks Better for Making Open Textbooks Port of VancouverZoe Wake Hyde Critical Thinking in the Age of Alternate Facts Port of SingaporeBob Aitken

2:50pm AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

3:15pm AKDT

Communities of Praxis: Opening Education with Collective Community Action Ballroom 2Michel Castagné • Caroline Daniels • Krista Lambert • Hope Power • Lucas Wright

9:00am AKDT

Keynote: Monique Gray Smith Ballroom 1Monique Gray Smith

10:15am AKDT

Break 2nd Floor Foyer

10:30am AKDT

UBC Emerging Media Lab: An Incubation Space for Innovative Pedagogical Tools Port of San FranciscoSaeed Dyanatkar • Sharon Hu • Kirk Karasin • Claudia Krebs • Juyeong Oh “Grit” and Educators’ Burn Out: Using Graphic Narratives to Brainstorm Solutions to the “Sand in our Shoes” Port of VancouverKrista Lambert • Jessica Motherwell

1:15pm AKDT

Stacking the Deck: A Visual Toolkit for Instructor Self-Care Ballroom 1Jessica Motherwell • Jason Toal

3:15pm AKDT

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