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2012 Educational Developers Caucus Conference
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EDC 2012

Conference Schedule

Maps of Conference Locations (click image for PDF)

Saint Mary's University

Dalhousie University
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
  STLHE Board Meeting Saint Mary's University
Sobey Building

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
9:00 - 9:30 AM Pre-conference Workshop Registration Saint Mary's University
Sobey Building
Concurrent Sessions
9:30AM - 12:30 PM Session for Experienced Practitioners: Mapping the Pathway
Ruth Rodgers, EDC Institute

The Educational Developer Dossier: Representing Ourselves and our Work
Trevor Holmes, Senior Instructional Developer for Curriculum and Programming
Waterloo's Centre for Teaching Excellence
Julie Timmermans, Instructional Developer ­ Consulting and Research
Waterloo’s Centre for Teaching Excellence
Saint Mary's University
Sobey Building
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch for Institute and Pre-Conference Workshop Participants Saint Mary's University
McNally Building
Concurrent Sessions
1:30 - 4:30 PM Session for Newer Practitioners: Create your Map for Success
Alice Cassidy, EDC Institute
Professional Learning: Humanizing Our Practice
Eileen Herteis, Purdy Crawford Teaching Centre
Mount Allison University
Judith Holton, The Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies
Mount Allison University
Saint Mary's University
Sobey Building
5:00 - 6:30 PM Opening Reception
Participants may pick up conference packages/ name tags
Great Hall, Dalhousie University Club
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
8:30 - 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
Participants may pick up conference packages/ name tags
Rowe Building
9:00 - 9:30 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks Rowe Building
9:30 - 10:45 AM Room 1020
Opening Plenary
The Learning of Educational Development Professionals: Planned, Chance, or Both?
Nancy Chism
Rowe Building
10:45 - 11:00 AM Refreshment Break Rowe Building
Concurrent Sessions
11:00 - 11:50 AM Room 1028
Blowing their Socks Off: Brainstorming our Collective Experience about Documenting the Effectiveness of Educational Development (project-planning session)
Teresa Dawson, University of Victoria
Room 1009
Glimpses into the Many Faces of Support for Teaching & Learning (interactive session)
Carolyn Hoessler, Queen's University
Room 1011
Building an Infrastructure Framework - One Piece of the Educational Developer's Puzzle for Successful Change (interactive session)
Deborah Kiceniuk, Dalhousie University
Christine Beauchamp, Dalhousie University
Janice Fuller, Dalhousie University
Room 1014
Curriculum Conversations in the Disciplines
(interactive session)

Paola Borin, Ryerson University
Michael Potter, University of Windsor
Mary Wilson, OCAD University
Robert Parson, University of Ottawa
Room 1016
Interdisciplinary Strategies that Connect Students to Communities (interactive session)
Rosemary Polegato, Mount Allison University
Room 1020
Investing in the Power of Positive Psychology in your Everyday Life and Career as an Educational Developer (interactive session)
Kim West, University of Saskatchewan
Rowe Building
Noon - 1:00 PM Casual “eat and meet”
Lunch and Poster Presentations
Voting on posters
Rowe Building Atrium
Concurrent Sessions
1:10 - 2:30 PM Room 1020
Persuasion, Propaganda and Pedagogy: Increasing Educational Development Uptake on Your Campus (workshop)
Michael Potter, University of Windsor
Erika Kustra, University of Windsor
Room 1009
Educational Development as Open Leadership (workshop)
William Owen, University of Northern British Columbia
Stephanie T. L. Chu, Simon Fraser University

Room 1011
(Re)designing Future Faculty Preparation Courses (workshop)
Marla Arbach, University of Santiago de Compostela
Room 1014
Humanizing our Practice (workshop)
Eileen Herteis, Mount Allison University
Judith Holton, Mount Allison University
Room 1016
Identifying Threshold Concepts in the Careers of Educational Developers (workshop)
Julie Timmermans, University of Waterloo
Cynthia Weston, McGill University
Rowe Building
2:30 - 2:40 PM Room Change Rowe Building
Concurrent Sessions
2:40 - 3:30 PM Room 1020
Changing Tides: What do you do when Senior Administration Changes? (panel discussion)
Paola Borin, Ryerson University
Joy Mighty, Queen's University
Debra Dawson, University of Western Ontario
Margaret-Anne Bennett, Saint Mary's University

Room 1009
Collateral Damage in Educational Development: What if your Programs Cause Harm? (interactive session)
Nick Baker, University of Windsor
Michael K. Potter, University of Windsor
Room 1011
Wâskamisiwin (Becoming More Aware): Indigenous Education Staff Development in The Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectivess (interactive session)
Tereigh Ewert-Bauer, University of Saskatchewan
Jeff Baker, University of Saskatchewan
Room 1014
Authentic Assessment: Enhancing Student Learning and Performance in Real-World Contexts
(project-planning session)
Tracy Wong, University of British Columbia
Room 1016
Peer Observations for Teaching Assistants
(interactive session)

Joe Lipsett, Carleton University
Margaret Cusson, Carleton University
Rowe Building
3:30 - 3:45 PM Refreshment Break Rowe Building
3:45 - 5:00 PM EDC AGM Rowe Buidling, Room 1020
6:30 PM EDC Conference Dinner
Reception at Museum (6:30 PM)
Dinner (7:30 PM)
Pier 21
1055 Marginal Road, Halifax, NS
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Friday, February 24, 2012
8:30 - 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
Sign-up/choose interest/project group
Note meeting destination
Rowe Building
Concurrent Sessions
9:00 - 10:20 AM Room 1020
Proselytizing 'Best Practices': Metaphors of Practice in Educational Development
Brad Wuetherick, University of Saskatchewan
Nick Baker, University of Windsor
William Owen, University of Northern British Columbia
Michael Potter, University of Windsor
Room 1009
Networking for Fun and Profit: Build your own Rainbow (workshop)
Alice Cassidy, In View Education and Professional Development
Room 1011
Navigating the Profession: Using World Café to Explore the Competency Requirements of Associate Vice-Presidents, Teaching and Learning (workshop)
Debra Dawson, University of Western Ontario
Judy Britnell, Ryerson University
Pat Rogers, Wilfrid Laurier University
Room 1014
Change-Capable Institutions: Exploring and Creating a Framework for Leadership Development for the Educational Development Community (workshop)
Natasha Kenny, University of Guelph
Mary Wilson, OCAD University
Room 1016
Stress in the Educational Development Role: Calming the Waters (workshop)
Nicola Simmons, Brock University
Rowe Building
10:20 - 10:30 AM Refreshment Break Rowe Building
Concurrent Sessions
10:30 - 11:20 AM Room 1020
Educational Developers' Role in Supporting a Healthy Workplace (interactive session)
Suzanne Le-May Sheffield, Dalhousie University
Room 1009
Educational Development via the Backchannel (workshop)
Grant Potter, University of Northern British Columbia
Giulia Forsythe, Brock University
Sylvia Currie, BCcampus
Stephanie T. L. Chu, Simon Fraser University
William Owen, University of Northern British Columbia
Room 1011
Collaborating Regionally in a National Context
(panel discussion)

Eileen Herteis, Mount Allison University
Judy Buchanan, University of New Brunswick Saint John
Angie Thompson, St. Francis Xavier University
Room 1014
"That's not my thing" or Why Faculty Members Resist the Peer Review of Teaching (interactive session)
Isabeau Iqbal, University of British Columbia
Room 1016
Examining the Use of Lecture Capture Technology: Getting Bang for your Buck (interactive session)
Jovan Groen, University of Ottawa
Rowe Building
11:20 - 11:30 AM Room Change  
Concurrent Sessions
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM Room 1020
How can we know that they got it? Supporting the search for evidence of student achievement of learning outcomes (round-table discussion)
Mary Wilson, OCAD University
Natasha Kenny, University of Guelph
Jill Grose, Brock University
Nick Baker, University of Windsor
Anna Barichello, Wilfrid Laurier University
Room 1009
Would you like a Story with that? Facilitating Institutional Learning Outcomes (story-telling session)
Wendy Burton, University of the Fraser Valley
Room 1011
Building a Career in Educational Development: The Perspectives of Early-Career Stage Developers
(interactive session)

Carol Roderick, Saint Mary's University
Oghenefejiro Isukuru, Saint Mary's University
Room 1014
The Introspective Educational Developer
(round-table discussion)

Tanya Crawford, Mount Saint Vincent University
Room 1016
Institutional Positioning of Academic Development: Embracing our Non-Neutrality in Academic Development Practice (interactive session)
Brad Wuetherick, University of Saskatchewan
Trevor Holmes, University of Waterloo
Rowe Building
12:30 - 1:45 PM Lunch University Club
2:00 - 3:00 PM Room 1020
Closing Interactive Panel
Upon Reflection: Learning from Our Diverse Educational Development Journeys

Eric Kristensen, Capilano University
Erika Kustra, University of Windsor
Eileen Herteis, Mount Allison University
Arshad Ahmad, Concordia University
Carol Roderick, Saint Mary's University

In this lively capstone plenary, EDC colleagues will briefly share one or more professional learning highlights on their educational development journeys and invite participants to get intellectually (and physically!) engaged in contributing their own questions and insights about professional learning. 
Rowe Building
3:00 - 3:15 PM Closing remarks Rowe Building
3:45 PM Airport Shuttle Bus from Rowe Building

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