Newsletter Contents:

• Navigating Student Accommodations and Creating Accessible Learning Environments
• Series: It's Never Too Late Fall Academic Writing Group
• Circle Talks. Submit Expression of Interest by Nov 1.
• The Higher Education Podcast Listening Experience: Indigenous Education
• Rethinking Research Assignments

• 2021 (Virtual) Forum of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• SoTL Grant Opportunities -- Fall Call Opening Nov 1 2021. Deadline: Nov 30 2021

• Faculty Workshop -- Ethical Conduct for Human Research

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). 

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!

Navigating Student Accommodations
and Creating Accessible Learning Environments

Do accommodations and accessible learning ever feel like a journey into the unknown? Access & Inclusion Services and the Academic Development Centre have teamed up again to answer all your questions! To keep this session short and sweet, we ask that you please come prepared with your questions after reviewing the Academic Accommodations Faculty Handbook and/or the Academic Accommodations Faculty Handbook (for Virtual Delivery). 

Photo by remi skatulski on Unsplash                     Facilitators:                                                                                                                                         Alicia Woloschuk (Access & Inclusion Services)
                                                                       and Andrea Phillipson (ADC)
                                                                       When: Tuesday Nov 2, 2021, 11:00 - 11:30 am

Series: It's Never Too Late Fall Academic Writing Group

There’s still time this term to get your writing on track with this 6-week writing group. During each 3-hour writing session, the first 30 minutes will be dedicated to an online, synchronous peer discussion. In the remaining time, participants will write in a location of their choice, and will have the opportunity to book a consultation with a writing specialist. It’s never too late to prioritize your scholarship!

Facilitator: Andrea Phillipson 
When: Fridays, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm,
           November 5 - December 10, 2021
           (Join any time until Dec 9)                                                               Photo by Edar from Pixabay

Circle Talks

Have you been working on indigenizing and decolonizing your course work? You don’t have to do it alone! Join colleagues for this weekly support group that provides a non-judgemental,
safe space to:

• engage with others who are also on this journey
• share challenges, successes, ideas, and questions
• discuss your course design with a faculty development specialist in Indigenization

Complete a brief expression of interest describing your course,
and submit it by 4:00 pm, Monday November 1. 
 
Facilitator: Eileen Clearsky
When:  Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:00 am
            (November 18, 25, December 2 & 9)
             Join any or all sessions.                                                          Image by stevezmina1 on iStock

The Higher Education Podcast Listening Experience:
Indigenous Education

Take an opportunity to step away from your screen and listen to a podcast about a timely issue in teaching and learning, then meet online with your colleagues for a lively discussion. This session’s episode features Indigenous and settler educators talking about what Indigenizing and decolonizing mean, and how we, as educators, can move forward. 
 
Before attending the synchronous session, please listen to the first 30 minutes of Leaning In and Speaking Out’s December 9, 2020 episode: Indigenous Education, featuring Dr. Niigaan Sinclair.  

Facilitators: Eileen Clearsky and Andrea Phillipson
When: Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Photo by Michael Oeser on Unsplash

Rethinking Research Assignments

Forbidding the use of Google in academic research assignments has been compared to abstinence-only sex education. How can we strengthen students’ digital literacy and critical thinking skills by acknowledging and guiding their experiences with online information? This 2-part workshop will explore some ups and downs of research in the digital age and discuss ways that assignments can support students’ critical engagement with all kinds of information sources.                                                                                                                    
Facilitator: Sara Sharun
When:  Part 1: Wednesday, November 24, 2021, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
             Part 2: Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

                                                                                                    Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash

2021 (Virtual) Forum of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Catalyzing Conversations: Energizing SoTL - Nov 11 and 12. We will come together to build, sustain, and energize our SoTL community as we reflect on a unique year and plan for the future. This forum will provide space to engage, explore and expedite SoTL projects in various stages of completion ranging from ideas and inquiry to completion.

Contact sotlinstitute@mtroyal.ca if you have questions.

SoTL Grant Opportunities -- Fall Call Opening November 1, 2021
Deadline: November 30, 2021

The Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is now a centre within the Academic Development Centre (watch for a new name announced later this fall)! The work continues uninterrupted, and we are pleased to announce our fall call for SoTL grant applications.
The ROMEO system is now accepting applications, with the deadline for submission
November 30, 2021.

For full descriptions and criteria of the grants available, visit our research grants page here. Please contact Collette Lemieux with any questions.

Additional MRU Offerings

Faculty Workshop -- Ethical Conduct for Human Research

These sessions consider principles of “Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans” as required by the Canadian Tri-Council Policy Statement and assist researchers when applying for Ethics Clearance from Mount Royal’s Human Research Ethics Board (HREB).
 
Facilitator:  HREB
When: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Strategies in Providing Feedback

1. You can create a video of their assignment that includes your highlighting and voice.
    
2. You can meet with students in person or online generally, or through appointment slots, to go over their assessment and feedback.
    
3. You can batch download all the submissions at once if you like.
    
4. When grading, you can use letter grades and add comments, even after you have graded it. You can use video feedback, or review the assignment and grade with a student. If needed, you can view assignment feedback previously attached.