Course Design Intensive

Notice

Location: MURRAY 50.12

This four day (MAY 6-9) event requires that you fill out the application form to be found at http://www.usask.ca/gmcte/events/coursedesign

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. 

 

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Land-based Pedagogies

Indigenous Voices event

Location: Brightwater (Saskatoon Public Schools) Eco/Indigenous Learning Centre

In this gathering participants will come to understand the strengths and limitations of land-based teaching and learning, through personal experience. This gathering is being hosted in collaboration with the Saskatoon Public School Division, and will take place at the Brightwater Outdoor Education Centre.

This gathering is part of a pilot project.  Registration is limited to faculty and staff in the College of Education and University Learning Centre. 

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Introduction to Teaching Online

Feature Event

Location: TBA

The course will run for six weeks starting on MAY 13. REGISTRATION CLOSES MAY 6. 

This non-credit course will provide instructors with information and ideas for teaching in an online or hybrid environment. Introduction to Teaching Online is offered online through Blackboard.As a participant you will experience what it is like to learn online which will help you become familiar with the environment your students will encounter in their online learning.

Topics covered will include:

• An overview of online learning including benefits and challenges for instructors and students.
• The importance of community in an online environments
• Best practices in facilitating online discussions
• Articulating course expectations through the use of the syllabus and rubrics
• Handling communication with students in a virtual classroom
• Basic information on the technical side of teaching using Blackboard

Participants will be required to:

• •Actively participate by posting to the discussion boards on the assigned topics on a weekly basis.
• •Complete readings and watch included videos to enable them to make thoughtful posts and provide constructive feedback on the discussion boards
• •Participate in one scheduled class meeting using the online communication tool Blackboard Collaborate

The textbook for this course is: Ko, S. & Rosen, S. (2010) Teaching Online: A Practical Guide (3^rd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.  This book will be available at the University of Saskatchewan Bookstore.

The enrollment for this course is limited to 20 participants. For more information, please contact Heather M. Ross at the GMCTE at either heather.ross@usask.ca or at 966-5327.

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Treaties and Reconciliation: Mutual Friendship and Understanding

wāskamisiwin Event with George LaFond, Office of the Treaty Commissioner

Location: Murray 102

How did treaties help build beneficial relationships for Saskatchewan? How can we sustain  those relationships for mutual understanding, friendship and opportunity? These are the questions we will consider on reconciliation  and how we can strengthen our friendship and relationships based on these foundational historical and enduring  agreements.
 
George E. Lafond is a member of the Muskeg Lake (Treaty 6) Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. He was raised in the community by his mother, one of the first women chiefs to hold office in Canada, the late Senator Alpha Lafond, and his father, a veteran of WWII and the Korean Conflict, Albert Lafond, along with his brothers and sisters and extended family.
 
George has been involved in community development and service in a variety of roles during his professional career. He worked in recreation at the band level, obtained a teaching degree and taught high school in Saskatoon, and has been both the elected Tribal and Vice-Tribal Chief for the Saskatoon Tribal Council. George has been involved in many initiatives to bring innovative community, economic and social development to First Nations peoples in Saskatchewan and Canada.
 
George believes that reconciliation is a key theme for the work of this generation of leaders and that building a common understanding of the treaty relationship, treaty history and the spirit and intent of treaties is at the core of what reconciliation means. He hopes to bring that commitment, his grounding in community and the broader life of the province, to his role and to serve the parties as Treaty Commissioner.

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