Professional Development Workshops

Although there is no registration fee, please register to ensure adequate materials are available. Contact CLT at 494-1622 or email CLT@Dal.Ca with your name, department, and phone number.

Your fellow workshop participants may be scent-sensitive.  Please refrain from wearing scented products to this workshop.

A Scenario-Based Approach to Tackle Academic Integrity

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Killam Library, Room B400

Discussing plagiarism and acceptable collaboration is an uncomfortable issue. It is sometimes treated with a deferral to a standard "blurb", or treated so casually that the message carries no meaning ("Just don't plagiarize!"). In the Faculty of Computer Science, we have developed a series of scenario-based workshops to engage students and TAs on the issue of academic integrity. In this seminar, I will describe our experience in using a narrative approach to get students to appreciate the complex nature of working together, and make the correct decision when the time comes. The main strategy is to get students to form and express opinions as a complex case of plagiarism unfolds. These workshops are now mandatory in our Faculty and are very effective. We will also discuss strategies to prepare workshops that are tailored to specific issues.  

Blending Online and In Class Learning to Maximize Student Engagement

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
1:00 to 2:30 pm
Killam Library, Room B400

One of the key challenges I have found for courses that meet once a week is ensuring I continue to effectively engage students’ between face-to-face meetings.   Enter the concept of blended or hybrid learning, in which learning in different environments enables the integration of online and in class learning to create a rich learning experience.   I have found that engaging students in learning on their own time, between classes, builds a higher degree of ownership, motivation to learn, and a sense of community among students.   This workshop will explore the opportunities and the challenges in creating an effective blended learning experience and compare and contrast what the research tells us about student learning with what the students themselves experience.