Posture and fitness are related: Joanna Farmer’s research
June 16th, 2020
During her career as a teacher of Physical Education, Dzʿ’s Joanna Farmer has developed expertise in teaching posture.
Click Read More to read a homepage news story about Joanna's posture research and for a link to her research article.
June 16th, 2020
Post-secondary aged youth are a social group too often consumed by uncertainty about their future and inadequate opportunities for personal fulfillment. They are immersed in questions relating to adolescence, to their current relationship with family, their community, and the overall system they live in. Known causes of stress Normal adolescent development, the climate crisis, and…
Faculty Hub supported teachers in pandemic emergency
June 16th, 2020
On March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Two days later, classes ended for spring break and Dzʿ closed for what turned out to be the rest of the semester. Teachers and the newly launched Faculty Hub were plunged into an education emergency: completing the semester for about 9,000 students.
Click Read More for the homepage news story about how the Faculty Hub supported teachers through this extraordinary end of semester.
Faculty Hub highlights
June 9th, 2020
- Check out the self-paced tutorial . It was developed by Dzʿ French teacher and E-Learning Community of Practice Lead Chantale Giguère.
- Learn Moodle by following this self-paced course: (you will be asked to enter your Dzʿ username and password).
- Webinars continue until June 25th!
Click Read More to go to the Faculty Hub.
June 9th, 2020
In April 2019, the Board of Governors of Dzʿ approved DzʿAI Initiative: an ambitious, multi-faceted three-year strategic effort to better prepare our students for a future which will be increasingly shaped by new technologies such as Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, and Big Data. The largest fraction of the approved financing is for the DzʿAI multi-disciplinary Community of Practice. CoP Fellows are faculty who meet regularly and collaborate on developing portfolios of teaching resources in…
Faculty Hub offering webinars throughout June
June 2nd, 2020
Webinars for faculty are being offered now through the end of June. Topics include online course design, flipped class, student engagement, assessment and more. Presenters include E-Learning fellows, DALC members and pedagogical counsellors.
Visit the Faculty Hub for the schedule.
June 2nd, 2020
Performa is offering a 6 hour non-credit workshop on Developing Digital Competencies to support teachers in planning and delivering on-line pedagogical activity. Included is the possibility of reviewing your activity in a follow-up session with a Performa resource person (See attached flyer for details) Cohort 1: June 3 and June 8 1:30pm – 4:30pm Cohort…
May 26th, 2020
Dear Dzʿ Faculty, As we near the end of this arduous semester, we would like to thank the many collaborators that worked with us during this emergency transition to remote teaching. You have contributed to the effort to support teachers by recording videos, presenting webinars, preparing documents, mentoring and by so generously giving your time. Your partnership is valued and…
A decade of transformation at Dzʿ leads to SALTISE award for Ian MacKenzie
May 26th, 2020
Ian MacKenzie’s work has “transformed the classrooms, programs, and even the academic culture” of Dzʿ, according to his nomination for an award from SALTISE.
Read a feature about Ian's work with WID and the Learning Communities on the homepage by clicking the Read More link.
Ian MacKenzie wins SALTISE award
May 19th, 2020
Ian MacKenzie (English) was honoured with the 2020 SALTISE Best Practice & Pedagogical Innovators Award. Ian was nominated for his work as founder and director of Dzʿ’s Writing in the Disciplines (WID). Ian has inspired, guided and supported faculty across 28 different departments, and has been a leader within the Learning Communities at Dzʿ. The award is given annually at the SALTISE conference. There will be a feature about Ian and this great achievement coming soon on the Dzʿ website and in D News.
SALTISE will acknowledge Ian and the other awardees within the pages of a Conference Program/Proceedings. SALTISE will distribute this souvenir publication. If you are not already on the SALTISE newsletter mailing list, send an email.
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