Dal Events

CLT Teaching and Learning Grant Showcase

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:30:00 GMT

Wednesday, January 15

The Centre for Learning and Teaching has several Teaching and Learning Grants that are awarded annually. This event will showcase projects that have been supported by CLT Teaching and Learning Grants. In these roundtable sessions, each presenter/grant recipient will be assigned to a table. Attendees will choose a table, and the presenters will take 15-20 minutes to share and discuss the teaching and learning projects they are working on or have completed that have been supported by their CLT grant. Then, attendees can move to another table and repeat this process.

These chats with grant recipients will be a great opportunity to:

Learn about some amazing teaching and learning initiatives happening at Dal that you may be able to adapt or implement in your own courses
Get an idea for the kinds of projects that the CLTs grants support to inform your own grant applications
Network with Dal faculty, staff, and students who have a passion for teaching and learning

There will be complimentary coffee, tea, and snacks!

Each session has a registration cap of 15-20, so please register for each session you’d like to attend.

Link to register for the event.

Session 1: 10:30–11:30 a.m.

“Evaluating Internships to Support Student Learning and Wellbeing”, Becky Feicht, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2022
“Process evaluation of the implementation of an inaugural Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience in a Collaborative Healthcare Setting focusing on student integration into hospital inpatient clinical pharmacy services”, Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2022
“Students as Partners: Designing and Implementing Learning Assistant (LA) Program to Enhance Undergraduate Biochemistry Education”, Shawn Xiong, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2022
“Collaborative development of anti-colonial occupational therapy pedagogy.” Kaarina Valavaara, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2023

Session 2: 12:30–1:30 p.m.

“Colour Chemistry: Development and implementation of colour filter cards to reduce barriers individuals with colour vision deficiency experience when interpreting colour based experimental results” (2021) and “Exploring Sensory Friendly Laboratory Environments” (2023), Jennifer MacDonald, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2021 and 2023
“Eco-Hope: Developing Strategies to Counter Eco-Anxiety and Build Resilience in Students”, Amy Mui & Georgia Klein, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2023
“Conceptual Transfer for Students Learning New Programming Languages”, Eric Poitras, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2022

Session 3: 2–3 p.m.

“Developing Microbial Observatory Science Outreach Modules (MOSOMs)”, Joseph Bielawski & Jessica Latimer, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2024
“Enhancing accessibility of online learning resources for Introductory Organic Chemistry CHEM2401”, Alison Thompson & Gaia Aish, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2022
“Student perspectives on curricula diversification and the learning experience”, Neha Khanna & Lynette Reid, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2023

Event host

Dr. Kate Thompson – Educational Developer (SoTL) with the CLT 
Presenters are listed in the detailed session schedules above

Application deadline: K. Lynn Taylor Educational Conference Presentation Travel Grant

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 03:59:00 GMT

Deadline

Monday, January 20, 2025.

Focus of Grant

This grant will assist in funding travel costs incurred by faculty who have been accepted to give a scholarly presentation at an academic conference with a focus on teaching and learning in higher education, or a pedagogical session (focused on teaching and learning in higher education) at a discipline-based conference.

For this funding, scholarly presentations include:

Presenting a research paper or a poster (finalized or preliminary findings),
Facilitating a workshop, or
Participating on a panel or roundtable.

Funds can cover any form of transportation expense (car, bus, rail, air), hotel accommodation, and/or conference registration.

Learn more about the grant and how to apply.

Application deadline: Change One Thing Challenge

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 03:59:00 GMT

Deadline

Monday, January 20, 2025.

Focus of Grant

The Change One Thing Challenge supports faculty who are interested in furthering their teaching and learning professional development.

This grant is an open invitation to the university teaching community to submit a description of a student engagement activity that has been developed within the last 24 months as part of their current teaching practice, and that they believe has a positive impact on student learning.

The grant recipient will receive up to $1000 to support attendance at a teaching and learning conference.

Learn more about the grant and how to apply.

Decolonizing Language & Methods in SoTL

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:00:00 GMT

Tuesday, January 21
1-2 p.m.
Hybrid: Microsoft Teams & Killam Library, Room B400
Link to register for the event (opens in new window)

Post-secondary education has been described as “a central site of ongoing colonialism” (Cote-Meek & Moeke-Pickering, 2020). SoTL is not immune to these colonial influences, as it often continues to perpetuate Eurocentric frameworks, methodologies, and ways of knowing. In this session, participants will be encouraged to critically consider the colonial connotations embedded in much of the language (e.g., expert, principal investigator, sample population) and conventional methods (e.g., interviews, surveys, and focus groups) commonly used in SoTL research. Decolonial research methods including Indigenous storywork, arts-based methods, and co-designed research processes will be discussed as possible alternative ways of doing SoTL research that can aid in creating space for marginalized voices, Indigenous ways of knowing, and community-based insights.

Presenter

Rachelle McKay, Educational Developer – Indigenous Knowledges & Ways of Knowing

Intended Audience

Faculty
Staff
Graduate Students
Teaching Assistants
Open to all