Vanier Ped Counsellors Tannia and Julia and the Intercollegiate Ped Days Planning Committee

All in This Together: Making the Most of a Remote Situation

Dear Vanier Teachers,

Welcome to the first intercollegiate ped days program, which includes a day of Vanier-specific offerings. This event is designed to promote sharing among teachers; we invite you to learn from each other. Our aim is to strengthen intercollegiate professional development and collaboration among English-language Cégep teachers and pedagogical staff.

The multi-day program offers a variety of pedagogical sessions to support your teaching practice including a keynote presentation and a variety of practical pedagogical sessions on course design, assessment, student engagement, techno-pedagogical tools, and wellness. Feel welcome to attend all sessions that suit your needs and your schedule.

We hope you find something interesting, applicable, and regenerative here to help you start the Winter 2021 term.

Looking forward to connecting with you, Vanier ped counsellors Tannia and Julia and the Intercollegiate Ped Days Planning Committee

Instructions (updated January 7th)

1. Take note of the sessions that interest you and check the schedule for the session links.

2. Register early for capped sessions. You will find these registration links in the schedule. Spaces will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. All registered participants will receive the session link by email prior to the session. Please note that registration for Performa Sessions closed on Thursday, January 7th at 3pm.

3. Please note: while many intercollegiate sessions do not require pre-registration, some sessions will be capped at 100 participants due to Zoom capacity restrictions. We recommend arriving to sessions on time to avoid disappointment.

4. If you have questions about the event or registration, please contact ped counsellors Julia Hall ([email protected]) and Tannia Ditchburn ([email protected]).

Thank you!

1 Schedule Thursday, January 7, 2021

10:00 - 12:00pm Performa Workshop #1a: Authentic Assessment (capacity 30)* Registration closed

1:00 - 2:30pm Performa Workshop #2a: Facilitating Live Online Sessions (capacity 40)* Registration closed Friday, January 8, 2021

10:00 - 12:00pm Performa Workshop #1b: Authentic Assessment (capacity 30)* Registration closed

10:30 - 11:30am Microsoft Teams NoteBook* Register here 1:00 - 2:30pm Performa Workshop #2b: Facilitating Live Online Sessions (capacity 40)* Registration closed Monday, January 11, 2021 10:00 - 11:00am Experiential Learning in Virtual Space** Register here 11:00 - 12:00pm Assessments in Moodle Zoom link 12:30 - 1:30pm Effective Online Teaching - Basic Principles Register here 1:00 - 2:30pm Performa Workshop #2c: Facilitating Live Online Sessions (capacity 40)* Registration closed 3:00 - 4:00pm Varied Student Assessment with Microsoft Digital Tools Teams link

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 9:00 - 11:00am Performa Workshop #1c: Authentic Assessment (capacity 30)* Registration closed Subject-specific VTE Labs: Innovative Practices in 2nd Language Pedagogy 11:00 - 12:30pm Register here (capacity 80)* ** 12:30 - 1:30pm Hatha Yoga Zoom link 12:30 - 2:00pm CourseFlow (capacity 30)* Register here Moving Beyond Discomfort: From Resistance to Connection and Agency in the 2:00 - 3:00pm Zoom link Social Justice Classroom 3:00 - 4:00pm Collaborative Learning Environment with Microsoft Teams Teams link Vanier Ped Day Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:10 - 9:30 am Words of Welcome from the Academic Dean Teams link

10:00 - 12:00pm Keynote Presentation: Usha James Designing courses and assessments to maximize engagement and deepen Zoom Webinar Link learning 1:00 - 2:30pm Mistakes Made, Lessons Learned Zoom link 3:00 - 3:45pm Showcasing Various Partners of the College Network (Intercollegiate) Zoom link

Thursday, January 14, 2021

9:00 - 11:00am Stress Management for Faculty (capacity: 20)* Register Here 9:00 - 10:30am Transformative Learning: Narratives about Covid-19’s Silver Lining** Zoom Link Design, Engage, and Assess: An Exchange in Your Discipline

● Science: physics, chemistry & biology Zoom Link ● Health Sciences: nursing, physical therapies, animal health, biomedical lab Zoom Link tech, etc.

● Social sciences & humanities Zoom Link

● Physical education Zoom Link

11:00 - 12:30pm ● English & Languages Zoom Link

● Fine arts, creative arts & media arts Zoom Link

● Business, management & marketing Zoom Link

● Performing arts Zoom Link ● Computer science Zoom Link ● Engineering & Architecture Zoom Link ● Caring: social service, special care counselling, early childhood, etc. Zoom Link 3:00 - 4:00pm Driving Student Engagement with Teams and Office 365 Teams Link 2 4:00 - 5:30pm Intro to Turnitin** (capacity 75) Zoom Link

Friday, January 15, 2021 9:00 - 11:00am Performa Workshop #1d: Authentic Assessment (capacity 30)* Registration closed

1:00 - 1:45pm Subject-specific VTE Labs: Innovative Practices in Math* ** (capacity 80) Register here Asynchronous Sessions On demand Mindful movement exercise*** YouTube link On demand Grounding exercises*** YouTube link On demand Care visualization*** YouTube link On demand Equity & Accessibility YouTube link-Part 1 Accompanying PowerPoint: H21 Ped Week - Equity and accessibility.pdf YouTube link-Part 2

*Registration required.

**This session will be recorded. Links will be made available following the event.

***These exercises can also be used with classes.

Vanier Ped Day

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

9:10 - 9:30am Words of Welcome from the Academic Dean

10:00 - 12:00pm Keynote Presentation: Usha James

Designing courses and assessments to maximize engagement and deepen learning

How do we motivate students to engage meaningfully with each other and with the course content in the context of remote learning? This interactive session will explore powerful but feasible ways to tweak course structures and assessment methods to increase student engagement and deepen learning.

You may wish to keep your course outlines and assessments handy as there will be opportunities to adapt ideas and integrate them into your planning.

About our keynote speaker

Usha James spent 12 years as a secondary teacher and five years seconded to OISE at the University of Toronto, as an instructor in the Initial Teacher Education Program and Director of the Secondary Program. She has co-authored textbooks, teachers’ resources, course profiles and ministry documents with the aim of providing practical strategies for teachers seeking to refine their practice. Usha has contributed to The Critical Thinking Consortium for many years as a resource writer and reviewer and as a speaker and facilitator. Usha has worked with teachers of kindergarten to post- secondary students, supporting their efforts to improve the quality of their students’ thinking. She has seen how an understanding of critical thinking can deepen teacher understanding and practice of assessment, instruction, curriculum design, literacy, numeracy and differentiation. Recently, Usha has also worked extensively with principals and superintendents particularly with the aim of helping them support teachers shifting towards a critical thinking pedagogy.

For more information on Usha James and The Critical Thinking Consortium, visit www.tc2.ca

1:00 - 2:30pm Mistakes Made, Lessons Learned

This small-group exchange session will give teachers an opportunity to share stories about their experiences of teaching and supporting students through the pandemic. Moments of triumph and moments of struggle are up for discussion, as are the lessons that have been learned and the strategies you never dreamed of before COVID that now you can’t imagine teaching without.

Session Descriptions

Thursday, January 7, 2021

10:00 - 12:00pm Performa Workshop #1: Authentic Assessment (capacity 30)* Maggie McDonnell This 2h workshop will focus on authentic assessment, with consideration for the online (University of environment. Beginning from a multi-disciplinary perspective, teachers will work with Sherbrooke) peers from a variety of disciplines to explore the principles of authentic assessment. Participants will then work within their own disciplines to develop authentic assessments for their online teaching and learning environment.

1:00 - 2:30pm Performa Workshop #2: Facilitating Live Online Sessions (capacity 40)* Lorelie Bouchard Teaching in a classroom comes naturally to even the beginner teacher as we have spent (University of years in classrooms of various shapes and sizes. Few of us however were familiar with Sherbrooke) the digital classroom when we transitioned to online learning and fewer still have been taught how to conduct a live online class. This 90 minute workshop will build upon our new experiences of teaching live synchronous classes. We will identify strategies to capture and hold students’ attention and explore the features of some free online tools that can be used to supplement web conferencing platforms.

Friday, January 8, 2021

10:30 - 11:30am Microsoft Teams NoteBook Andrea Cooperberg Microsoft Teams NoteBook is a very good tool to organize your courses. Learn how to Laura Shillington create a personal workspace for every student, a content library for handouts and a (John Abbott) collaboration space for lessons and group work.

10:00 - 12:00pm Performa Workshop #1b: Authentic Assessment (capacity 30)* Maggie McDonnell See description above. (University of Sherbrooke)

1:00 - 2:30pm Performa Workshop #2b: Facilitating Live Online Sessions (cap. 40)* Lorelie Bouchard See description above. (University of Sherbrooke) Monday, January 11, 2021

10:00 - 11:00am Experiential Learning in Virtual Space** Gabriel Flacks Join us for a tour of an inter-collegial sustainability project that took place on a virtual (Champlain Saint- platform (Linkr). Come see the space, hear about the project and then discuss the Lambert) possibilities of this "hands - on" experiential learning opportunity! David Hoida (Vanier) The learning objectives of this session are: ● Understand what experiential learning is ● Appreciate the value and potential of experiential learning in virtual contexts ● Tour an existing intercollegiate experiential learning project/space ● Gain access to the supporting platform for future use (if desired)

11:00 - 12:00pm Assessments in Moodle Thomas Lornsen Assessments in Moodle can be a great way to centralize submitted work, rubrics, grades (Champlain Saint- and marked copies both for teachers and students. This workshop is for teachers who Lambert) are familiar with the basics of Moodle and would like to know more about assessing in Moodle.

Participants will be able to: ● Differentiate the types of assessments available in Moodle ● Create a rubric. ● Setup of a comprehensible gradebook. ● Understand the possibilities of H5P ● Share activities and resources with other teachers.

12:30 - 1:30pm Effective Online Teaching - Basic Principles Teresa Berghello Learn about best online teaching practices based on sound pedagogical practices. Andrea Cooperberg (John Abbott)

1:00 - 2:30pm Performa Workshop #2: Facilitating Live Online Sessions (cap. 40)* Lorelie Bouchard

5 See description above. (U of Sherbrooke) 3:00 - 4:00pm Varied Student Student Assessment with Microsoft Digital Tools David Santin & Learn how digital tools can support formative assessment. Explore how knowledge Renee Goncalves construction and creative problem solving can be facilitated using some of our Office 365 (Microsoft) tools! Learn about collaborative work opportunities, and how to engage with students and their work in real time using our Microsoft Office 365 tools.

The learning objectives of this session are: ● To learn how to provide direct feedback to students in real-time. ● To explore ways in which students can collaborate and assess each other using tools such as Forms and OneNote. ● To learn how to deliver assessments through Microsoft Teams

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

9:00 - 11:00am Performa Workshop #1: Authentic Assessment (capacity 30)* Maggie McDonnell See description above. (University of Sherbrooke) 11:00 - 12:30pm Subject-specific VTE labs: Innovative Practices in 2nd Languages Pedagogy** Florence Sedaminou During these activities, teachers’ innovative use of emerging technologies will be Muratet (Vitrine showcased through the lens of second languages. Technologie Education - VTE) The learning objectives of this session are: ● To recognize the links that exist between the features of new technologies and the teaching of a specific discipline ● To recognize ways in which innovative use of emerging technologies could take place in one’s own classroom

12:30 - 1:30pm Hatha Yoga Celine Homsy (John Abbott) 12:30 - 2:00pm CourseFlow: Better Planning and Management of Online or Blended Courses Suéli Bonafim (capacity 30)* ** Liz Charles Being thrown into online teaching, without preparation, has been one of the most Janaya Gripper stressful and exhausting experiences for college teachers. As we move beyond the (Saltise) survival mode, we are identifying new needs related to our jobs as instructors, one of these is the course management of lesson planning. CourseFlow is a digital application with unique features to address these needs. CourseFlow facilitates course management by generating a dynamic course outline, including schedule and course objectives, that can be edited and adapted easily; at the same time as allowing for links to course content. It supports lesson planning and pedagogical concerns by scaffolding the production of workflows that visualizes the planning of student engagement activities. Lastly but not least, the visual and dynamic nature of the workflows generated allows for collaboration on course planning among teachers and sharing of course outlines to new faculty.

The objectives of this session are the following: ● To introduce and demonstrate the basic features of CourseFlow ● To provide participants with an opportunity to explore the tool To open a discussion on how CourseFlow may be used to help both teachers and students manage the challenges of managing schedules and assignments in online courses.

CourseFlow is a SALTISE funded project. It was developed by Jeremie Choquette, in collaboration with Liz Charles and part of an inter-institutional research project. It is a free tool that can be accessed through the SALTISE website.

Participant note: Please bring one of your course outlines with you.

2:00 - 3:00pm Moving Beyond Discomfort: From Resistance to Connection and Agency in the Pat Romano (Dawson) Social Justice Classroom This presentation will involve members of the Resist Violence Community of Practice, a Kim Simard (Dawson) pedagogical initiative that integrates critical thinking and creativity, interdisciplinary theory and research with art, storytelling and activism. The presentation will take the form of a performance art piece, whereby panelists will weave together stories of: -Their own experiences with violence in its multiple forms -Insights on the difficulties of creating classrooms where constructive conversations happen -Lessons learned from the theory and history of nonviolent practice. Participants are invited to join in a Q&A session following the performance to gain some direct experience of the pedagogy and its transformative potential.

6 3:00 - 4:00pm Collaborative Learning Environment with Microsoft Teams David Santin This training session will explore the Microsoft Teams interface and give actionable Renee Goncalves examples of ways to engage with students in an online environment. Create a digital (Microsoft) environment for your students that can be effective in all learning scenarios, remote or in- class. With Microsoft Teams, students can take part in synchronous distance learning, or

use Teams to access lessons and work after live class time.

The learning objectives of this session are: ● To review and solidify the basics of Microsoft Teams; ● To learn to open spaces for collaborative work between students; ● To explore effective ways to communicate with students both synchronously and asynchronously.

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

9:10 - 9:30 Words of Welcome from the Academic Dean Annie-Claude Banville

10:00 - 12:00pm Keynote Presentation: Usha James Usha James Designing courses and assessments to maximize engagement and deepen (The Critical Thinking learning** Consortium)

You may wish to keep your course outlines and assessments handy as there will be opportunities to adapt ideas and integrate them into your planning.

About our keynote speaker

Usha James spent 12 years as a secondary teacher and five years seconded to OISE at the University of Toronto, as an instructor in the Initial Teacher Education Program and Director of the Secondary Program. She has co-authored textbooks, teachers’ resources, course profiles and ministry documents with the aim of providing practical strategies for teachers seeking to refine their practice. Usha has contributed to The Critical Thinking Consortium for many years as a resource writer and reviewer and as a speaker and facilitator. Usha has worked with teachers of kindergarten to post-secondary students, supporting their efforts to improve the quality of their students’ thinking. She has seen how an understanding of critical thinking can deepen teacher understanding and practice of assessment, instruction, curriculum design, literacy, numeracy and differentiation. Recently, Usha has also worked extensively with principals and superintendents particularly with the aim of helping them support teachers shifting towards a critical thinking pedagogy.

For more information on Usha James and The Critical Thinking Consortium, visit www.tc2.ca

Thank you to Vanier College for sponsoring this session for Intercollegiate Ped Days.

1:00-2:30pm Mistakes Made, Lessons Learned Vanier teachers This small-group exchange session will give teachers an opportunity to share stories (with ped counsellor about their experiences of teaching and supporting students through the pandemic. facilitation support) Moments of triumph and moments of struggle are up for discussion, as are the lessons that have been learned and the strategies you never dreamed of before COVID that now you can’t imagine teaching without.

3:00 - 3:45pm Showcasing Various Partners of the College Network Natalie Bastien The purpose of this presentation is to highlight the variety of resources offered by (REPTIC) organizations that can support you in your teaching profession. For example RepTIC has developed an anti-plagiarism guide that it will be presenting. Other organizations such as the Profweb and the VTE will present similar tools that you can put in practice. The objectives of the seminar are to: Identify resources offered by the college network that can support one’s pedagogy and apply these resources (anti-plagiarism guide) to one’s pedagogical context.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

7 9:00 - 11:00am Stress Management for Faculty (capacity: 20)* Rick McCendie As educators in these difficult times we are faced with many stressors related to (Heritage) delivering distance education, concerns about safety, changes in routine, working from home, etc. This can lead to negative feelings including anxiety, sadness, frustration and overwhelm. The emphasis of this workshop will be on learning and exploring various techniques for dealing with stress in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic.

9:00 - 10:30am Transformative Learning: Narratives about Covid-19’s Silver Lining** Karina Leonard In this 1.5 hour workshop, participants are invited to explore the potential of Pedagogical Counsellor, transformative learning as lived during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Models for understanding Office of Academic transformative learning and change management will then be discussed through the lens Development (Dawson) of narrative pedagogy. Participants will then be challenged to reimage their courses by review and application of narrative pedagogy to cultivate transformative learning opportunities for their students.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: ● Use narrative pedagogy to draw connections between students lived experiences and class learning outcomes ● Make connections between the lived experiences of their students, course materials and greater societal events ● Interpret student stories/anecdotes/participation and redirect it to strengthen learning outcomes.

Design, Engage, and Assess: An Exchange in Your Discipline Faculty members from participating colleges ● Science: physics, chemistry & biology

● Health Sciences: nursing, physical therapies, animal health, biomedical lab tech, etc. ● Social sciences & humanities

● Physical education

11:00 - 12:30pm ● English & Languages ● Fine arts, creative arts & media arts

● Business, management & marketing

● Performing arts

● Computer Science

● Engineering & architecture

3:00 - 4:00pm Driving Student Engagement with Teams and Office 365 David Santin Learn about tools for meaningful and engaging lessons that inspire curiosity and Renee Goncalves creativity. Discover ways to increase motivation while students learn remotely, in-class or (Microsoft) in hybrid scenarios. We will explore a variety of tools and related lesson plan ideas that will encourage student participation across various subjects by integrating Office 365 apps, within Microsoft Teams.

The learning objectives of this session are: ● To learn about Microsoft Teams’ collaborative environments for student engagement; ● To learn how to use OneNote as a synchronous and asynchronous learning tool; ● To discover Forms and Sway as tools to drive student engagement.

4:00 - 5:30pm Intro to Turnitiin Stephanie Stocks Don’t just check for plagiarism, prevent it from happening in the first place! This (Turnitin) workshop will give an overview of how teachers can use Turnitin as more than a plagiarism detector but as a full fledge pedagogical tool that can: ● Provide Feedback ● Enhance academic skills ● Build Information Literacy Skills ● Promote Creative and Critical Thinking

Friday, January 15, 2021

9:00 - 11:00am Performa Workshop #1: Authentic Assessment (capacity 30)* Maggie McDonnell See description above. (University of Sherbrooke)

1:00 - 1:45pm Subject-specific VTE labs: Innovative practices in Math** Florence Sedaminou

8 During these activities, teachers’ innovative use of emerging technologies will be Muratet (VTE) showcased through the lens of the Math and Computer Science disciplines.

The learning objectives of this session are: ● To recognize the links that exist between the features of new technologies and the teaching of a specific discipline ● To recognize ways in which innovative use of emerging technologies could take place in one’s own classroom ● Asynchronous Sessions

On demand Stretching exercise*** Anuska Martins (Vanier) On demand Grounding exercise***

On demand Loving kindness meditation***

On Demand Equity & accessibility Krista Riley (Vanier)

*Registration required. The link to access the workshop will be sent by email.

**This session will be recorded and may be viewed on demand as of January 20, 2021. Links to follow.

***Exercises can also be used with classes.

9 Intercollegiate Ped Days Planning Committee Proud to work together and with valiant teachers across the network!

A message from the Planning Committee:

We are fiercely proud and in awe of the amazing dedication and perseverance of the teachers in our respective colleges, especially during this unique time of teaching remotely during a pandemic. We celebrate you for your extraordinary passion for teaching and your tireless efforts in continuously developing and reinventing your instructional practices to provide the very best learning experience for your students.

One amazing outcome of this transition to remote teaching and working is that it has brought us together and made it possible for us to envision a common virtual space where we can share resources, ideas, stories, and more with our colleagues from across the English-language Cegep network. It has been a great pleasure to work together as pedagogical counsellors to create this first-ever intercollegiate event to support the continued pedagogical development of our teachers. We hope this event will become an annual tradition for years to come!

Planning Committee

Judith Beaudoin Champlain College - Lennoxville

Sara Hashem, Hans Olivier Puskas & Anthony Singelis Champlain College - St. Lambert

Claudine Gélinas-Faucher & Quinn Johnson Champlain College - St. Lawrence Azra Khan Dawson College Lee Anne Johnston Cegep Heritage College Marianne Côté-Jacques & Janie Lalonde John Abbott College Tannia Ditchburn & Julia Hall Vanier College

Thank you to our Partners