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Newsletter Contents

Announcements:
  • Call for Expression of Interest: Teaching in the Active Learning Classroom
  • Mentorship Program 2022/23: Call for Mentors
  • Apply for an Open Educational Resources Grant 
Upcoming ADC Workshops:
  • D2L Brightspace Instructor Essentials
  • Building Strong Relationships Through Shared Responsibility (Mino-bimaadiziwin: living in a good way)
  • Integrating Technology Into Our Teaching
  • Fostering Higher Order Thinking Skills
  • Support for Indigenization
Mokakiiks Centre for SoTL:
  • Imagining SoTL: Selections from the Banff Symposium Vol. 2
  • 2022 Symposium for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Call for Proposals
Additional MRU Offerings
  • tea with office of indigenization and decolonization (oid)
  • The Unforgotten: A Film Screening and Talking Circle
Tuesday's Teaching Tip
  • Get Started in D2L Brightspace
We Want to Hear From You

Announcements

Call for Expression of Interest: Teaching in the Active Learning Classroom Fall 2022

Do you employ student collaboration and group work in your classes? Would you like to teach in a classroom that is designed to accommodate such pedagogies?

Located in the Riddell Library and Learning Centre, the ADC has constructed an experimental Active Learning Classroom (ALC). The purpose of this classroom is to enhance collaboration and group work. The room consists of six pods and seats six students per pod. Large screen displays at each pod allow for content to be displayed in a variety of configurations around the room.

We are looking to partner with faculty who would like to teach in the Active Learning Classroom, during the Fall 2022 term. If you think this space would enhance your teaching, please fill out the expression of interest linked below. As we only have a single classroom, our intention is to maximize the impact of this space on teaching and learning practices. Priority will be given to those who would like to teach portions of their courses in this progressive learning space. Also, interested faculty will have the opportunity (if desired) to create their own SoTL project. More details can be found in the EOI package.

Please complete the EOI form and submit it to Christian Cook, Academic Director, Academic Development Centre, clcook1@mtroyal.ca, by end of day Friday, June 3, 2022. Final decisions regarding project approvals will be communicated by Wednesday, June 15th.

Please contact Luciano Santos, ldarosa@mtroyal.ca, 403.440.5059, or John Cheeseman, 403.440.6956, jcheeseman@mtroyal.ca, with questions or to obtain additional information about the ALC.

Download Expression of Interest

Mentorship Program 2022/23: Call for Mentors

Are you interested in becoming a mentor for pre-tenure faculty? We are recruiting tenured faculty members who are interested in becoming mentors for pre-tenure faculty colleagues for the 2022-23 academic year. Mentoring resources and support will be provided.

What is the time commitment? All mentors will be asked to participate in an information meeting about mentorship in August 2022. Once matched, mentors and mentees are encouraged to make time to meet once a month for the balance of the 2022-23 year. (Matches will be communicated by August 2022)

Questions? Please contact Jennifer Boman (jboman@mtroyal.ca)

To apply: Please complete and submit this Google Form application by June 6, 2021

Apply now

Apply for an Open Educational Resources Grant 

Are you interested in adopting or adapting an open textbook, lab manual, or other types of open educational resources in a course during the 2022-23 academic year? The Academic Development Centre and the University Library invite applications for the Open Educational Resources Grant program available to all full-time and contract faculty.

Using open educational resources can benefit both students and faculty. For students, the ability to access freely available course materials reduces financial barriers, broadens course access, and improves retention (e.g. Jhangiani & Jhangiani, 2017), while faculty appreciate the opportunity to customize resources to the needs of their course. Free and flexible online access to open resources is even more important now, as the Library and its users face increasing publisher restrictions and prohibitive pricing that prevent electronic access to some course materials.

Grant recipients can receive $1,000-2,000 in funding that can be used toward hiring a student partner to assist with finding, updating, and testing open materials, as well as in kind support from both the Library and ADC for effectively incorporating open pedagogy and materials into their course. 

More information about the Open Educational Resources Grant program can be found at https://library.mtroyal.ca/oergrants. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Applications will be reviewed against the eligibility criteria and applicants notified within 2 weeks of submission. Applications submitted after May 29, 2022 will be held for review until August 15.

Questions? Contact Cari Merkley or Luciano Santos at oergrants@mtroyal.ca.

Photo source: Catherine Cronin, Open, CC-BY 2.0

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Upcoming ADC Workshops

ADC workshops this semester are offered in person and/or virtually. You will be provided with a Google Meet link (if applicable) and any other instructions needed for your session with your registration confirmation, or by email prior to the session start time.  

You can view available workshops and register for workshops here:
current list of upcoming workshops. (See also: calendar view). 

NEW!!!  Access our ADC Events and Workshops calendar to add upcoming workshops or events to your own calendar.

Follow us on Twitter and stay up-to-date on upcoming workshops and other ADC news!

 

Key for mode of delivery:

Online In-person

D2L Brightspace Instructor Essentials

Facilitator: D2L/ADC
When: June 8, 2022, 11:00am – 1:00pm

Learn more & register

Building Strong Relationships Through Shared Responsibility (Mino-bimaadiziwin: living in a good way)

Facilitators: Eileen Clearsky & Sarah Brown
When: June 2, 2022, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Learn more & register

Integrating Technology Into Our Teaching

Facilitator: Luciano Santos
When: June 2, 2022, 1pm - 2:30pm

Learn more & register

Fostering Higher Order Thinking Skills

Facilitator: Luciano Santos
When: June 3, 2022, 10:30am – 12pm


Learn more & register

Support for Indigenization

If you are working to Indigenize a course, Eileen Clearsky is available to talk through your decolonizing journey, your work with your students, and your future plans. Send her an email at eclearsky@mtroyal.ca to schedule an individual appointment

Imagining SoTL: Selections from the Banff Symposium Vol. 2

We are pleased to announce the second issue of Imagining SoTL: Selections from the Banff Symposium. As there was no Symposium in 2020 due to the global pandemic, this issue, "Looking Back/Looking Forward" includes reflective essays, student-faculty partnerships, and articles about the past, current, and future state of SoTL.  Visit the journal to read the issue, and while you're there sign up to become a reviewer! All participants in the November 2022 Symposium will be invited to submit for Volume 3.

Read Journal

2022 Symposium for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
A Decade of Imagining SoTL: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

November 10 to 12, 2022 in Banff, Alberta

Call for Proposals Now Open!
Deadline updated:
June 1st

We are offering four session formats: 
  • Oral presentations
  • Poster sessions
  • SoTL Quick Hits (formerly Cracker Barrel)
  • Deep Dive Discussions - NEW
Learn more & apply
Additional MRU Offerings

tea with office of indigenization and decolonization (oid)

mru community is invited to join the office of indigenization and decolonization (oid) for tea on the dates listed below.

this is a good way to get to know each other, share stories and listen. in addition to tea, please enjoy some catered bannock.

facilitator: office of indigenization and decolonization (oid)
dates: june 16, july 21 & august 18, 2022
time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
location: t123
R.S.V.P

The Unforgotten: A Film Screening and Talking Circle

The Unforgotten is a 35-minute film about the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples across five stages of life, created by BUILD Films and Networked Health, with funding and support from the Canadian Medical Association. Supported by Indigenous Elders, join us in-person to watch the film and then engage in a talking circle which will support learning, reflection and
connections with the film. Lunch to follow.


Presented by The Indigenous Health Community of Practice (IHCoP) in the Faculty of HCE, incollaboration with the office of Indigenization and decolonization and the  Academic Development Centre

Date: June 9, 2022 
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Email hce@mtroyal.ca to register.
Tuesday's Teaching Tip

Get Started in D2L Brightspace

Begin your journey to creating courses on D2L Brightspace, with the D2L Training and Support website designed for faculty and staff. There you will find links to on-demand guided training and videos, as well as information about ADC drop-in support, workshops, and consultations (with updated information as new items become available).

You will also find resources to share with your students to get them up to speed on using D2L.

Just-in-time Support

Have questions? Drop in, call or email the Sandbox for just-in-time support.

Hours: Mon. to Fri., 9am – 4pm
Drop in: EL2274
Call: 403-440-7002
Email: sandbox@mtroyal.ca

Visit the D2L Training & Support website
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