Series: Online Pro-D for Graduate Students
Event Date & Time
Event Description
Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. The Mini Conference will be online on Zoom and you will be emailed the links for both days upon registration.
The 2020 Graduate Students in Teaching, Mini-Conference (GSiT) organizing committee is looking forward to welcoming presenters and attendees on April 27 & 28, 2020.
Day 1 (Monday, April 27, 2020) |
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10:00 – 10:15 am | Opening |
10:15 – 11:15 am | 60 minute participatory session
Exploring Vulnerability in Teaching Roles Facilitators: Lindsay Fraughton and Natalie Westwood, UBC How does vulnerability affect our experiences as teachers and learners? We will explore how to navigate being vulnerable and emotionally honest with students, and engage in individual and group reflection about what we assume and what our students assume about our identities. Through group discussion and brainstorming, this session may raise more questions than answers! |
11:15 – 11:45 am | Break |
11:45 am – 12:15 pm | 30 minute TAR/SoTL project presentation
Social Network Analysis display in canvas’ online discussions Facilitator: Fabian Froehlich, UBC This Teaching as Research (TAR) project is guided by the research question: “Does displaying learning analytics data, in this case social network analysis data, change the students’ behavior related to canvas’ online discussions?” The project analyzed an intervention, which took place in an undergraduate teacher education course. The students had to engage in online discussions. A social network analysis tool, called Threadz, was enabled and pre- and post surveys were conducted. This presentation might be especially interesting for fully online courses but also for blended course design. |
12:15 – 1:00 pm | Lunch, online poster session
Presenter: Natalie Westwood
Presenter: Angie O’Neill
Presenters: R. Gillian Glass and Laura Yvonne Bulk |
1:00 – 2:30 pm | 90 minute participatory session
Exploring UBC Tree Walks with Courses: Integrating Wellness, Environmental Sustainability and Citizen Science Facilitators: Laura Super and Tahia Devisscher, UBC Human activities and actions, which are increasingly interconnected in the Anthropocene, are rapidly depleting underlying ecosystems and planetary health, leading to environmental crises such as climate change and mass species extinction. How do we act with heart and mind in this scenario and stay focused to be agents of positive change? How do we relate tree walks to our course material? The objective of this session is to discuss and develop UBC tree walks designed to relate to these questions for diverse disciplinary courses. Why do tree walks? Being outside is helpful for motivation and learning (Dettweiler et al. 2017). Furthermore, programming outside can also promote sustainability thinking in higher education (Lugg 2007). |
2:30 – 2:45 pm | Wrap up |
Day 2 (Tuesday, April 28, 2020) |
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10:15 – 10:30 am | Opening |
10:30 am – 12:00 pm | 90 minute participatory session
Developing a TAR/SoTL Research Question Facilitators: Joseph Topornycky and Lacey Samuels, UBC Teaching as Research (TAR) invites us to look at teaching as evidence based, to connect our teaching practice with existing scholarship on teaching in our disciplinary contexts, and to contribute to a greater scholarly understanding of teaching in our disciplines. In this session, we will explore how you can start to engage in the scholarship of teaching by generating a coherent and specific research question about teaching in your discipline. This workshop is especially recommended if you intend to apply for a CIRTL TAR award at UBC, but is open to any graduate students or postdocs interested in researching their teaching. |
12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch, online poster session |
1:00 – 2:30 pm | 90 minute participatory session
How should we build inclusive classrooms? Facilitators: Connie Leung, Analise Hofmann, Najah Adreak, UBC The question we try to answer in this session is: How do we make our classroom more inclusive? Students come to class with different backgrounds, cultures, religions and races, etc. which can help add different perspectives to learning experiences. However, how can that be done if students don’t feel welcome and supported in the classroom? What is our role as educators to create environments in which each student feels free to express themselves? In this session, we will explore experiences of teachers and learners, discuss advantages and disadvantages of inclusivity decisions, who may be left out, and discuss practical tips for creating inclusive classrooms. |
2:30 – 2:45 pm | Wrap up |
The Zoom video conferencing link will be provided prior to the event to all who are confirmed to participate. Please make sure you have your own quiet space and a computer with a webcam and earphones/buds, and download and test Zoom before the session: join this test meeting and check out this support article.