Have you ever asked questions about your own teaching practices and students’ learning? Are some instructional strategies or assessments more effective at helping students learn a difficult topic? Seeking to learn more about your disciplinary teaching is the start of an exploration into the world of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). This session will introduce SoTL as a field of study, some ethical considerations for developing a SoTL project, and how as faculty or a course instructor you might engage in creating your own SoTL research plan.

This webinar will talk about how Decolonization and Indigenization can be defined in a variety of contexts and frames of reference, and then bring us to a common understanding of the thoughts and feelings behind each. As both Indigenous peoples and Settlers, this conversational style workshop will allow us to find the ways in which we can collectively and individually work towards becoming more connected so we may build strong and healthy co-existences within the places and spaces we share. We will both teach and share with one another as we work towards achieving respectful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial changes in our own relationships, and look forward to creating lasting and impactful institutional changes towards meaningful reconciliation.

This webinar will provide an introduction to Indigenous pedagogies, and ways of knowing. It will provide an open forum for discussion on striking a balance between Western and Indigenous approaches to teaching and learning while offering participants a chance to gather practical ideas for implementation in the classroom environment.

Queen’s is becoming increasingly diverse with students from around the world joining the university community to pursue their education. To effectively respond to the cultural, linguistic, and educational diversity brought into the classroom, educators are in need of globalizing their curriculum to enrich the student learning experience and enhance student success.

In this workshop, participants will explore the ‘what, why and how’ of curriculum globalization, and start envisioning what a globalized curriculum might look like in their own specific discipline or academic context.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to incorporate at least one pedagogical element of curriculum globalization into their course (re)development.