Focus on Ed Tech: The Inclusive Journey Agenda
Written by Bert Slessor
Updated at June 5th, 2024
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📅 Tuesday February 27th 2024 ~ On Campus / Online
🌟 The Centre for Teaching and Learning's Focus On Ed Tech Day 2024 — a day where faculty and staff gathered to discover, discuss, and explore the intersections between inclusivity and educational technologies utilized by Georgian College - was a transformative day. Thank you to those that joined us, in-person and online, for a day devoted to supporting inclusiveness in the realms of education technology, teaching and learning.
🌟 In the schedule referenced below you will find links to the unedited session recordings (with captions). From there you can also access a text transcript in .docx or .vtt format.
🌟 We would love to hear your thoughts! Please complete the Focus on Ed Tech Day Feedback Form.
🗺️ Agenda
| Time | Title | Recording |
| 9:00-9:30am | Breakfast, Coffee & Tea sponsored by ReadSpeaker | Recording not available |
| 9:30-10:00am | Opening Remarks Sponsor Acknowledgement The Inclusive Journey Discussion Panel |
Recording - Opening Remarks and Panel |
| 10:00-10:10am | Break | |
| 10:10-10:50am | Workshop Sessions #1 | |
| Boost Inclusion and Accessibility in Georgian's ReadSpeaker for Blackboard: Michael Hughes, ReadSpeaker | Recording - Boost Inclusion and Accessibility in Georgian's ReadSpeaker for Blackboard | |
| Incentivizing Your Online Course with Bb Ultra Tools: Jen Booth, Georgian College | Recording not available | |
| Accessible Learning with LinkedIn: Jacqueline Beall, LinkedIn Learning | Recording - Accessible Learning with LinkedIn | |
| Inclusive Learning: Every Student Is Different: Joon Cha and Rick Palmiero, McGraw Hill | Recording - Inclusive Learning: Every Student Is Different | |
| 10:50-11:00am | Break | |
| 11:00-11:40am | Workshop Sessions #2 | |
| VR in English for Academic Purposes: Amanda Graham, Georgian College | ||
| Tech-Enabled Learning Preferences - A UDL Approach to Meeting Learning Outcomes: Faith Visentin and Ashley Priest, Georgian College | ||
| Inclusive By Design: Natalie Long and Kelly Archibald, Pearson Canada | ||
| Indigenous Global Perspectives: Michele O'Brien, Georgian College | ||
| 11:40-12:40pm | Lunch sponsored by eCampus Ontario | n/a |
| 12:40-1:20pm |
Workshop Sessions #3 |
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| Assessing Educational Technologies for Learner Inclusion: Don Eldridge, Siri Gauthier, Chris Fernlund, Moh Shakourirad and Rimaz Mohamed, eCampus Ontario | Recording not available | |
| Empowering Inclusive Education - Navigating Ally at Georgian College: Chris Triplett, Anthology Inc. | Recording - Empowering Inclusive Education - Navigating Ally at Georgian College | |
| Microlectures with H5P and ScreenPal: Karina Mejia and Ashley Priest, Georgian College | Recording - Microlectures with H5P and ScreenPal | |
| Teaching Inclusively with Top Hat: Daniela Trivino and Alan Richardson, Top Hat | Recording not available | |
| Digital Storytelling - Nurturing the Learner's Spirit: Emma Greenfield, Georgian College | Recording not available | |
| 1:20-1:30pm | Break | |
| 1:30-2:30pm | Keynote: Dominic Gore, Senior Director, Project Management, Anthology Inc. | Recording - Keynote: Dominic Gore, Senior Director, Project Management, Anthology Inc. |
| 2:30-3:15pm | Open Discussion: Coffee, Sweets and Conversations Debrief sponsored by eCampus Ontario | |
📷 Photos and Video Recordings
Georgian College is compliant with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 1990 (FIPPA), and endeavours to protect your information in accordance with this law.
By participating in this event, you understand that your photo, video or voice may be captured and recorded and shared for promotional purposes, including college publications, and use in college-related publicity.
Recordings will primarily capture the speaker and on-screen content. It’s possible that your image, voice, name, and personal views may be recorded. If you have concerns with being recorded, it is suggested you keep your web camera off and microphone muted and don’t use a profile image. If you have concerns with being recorded while attending in-person, you may choose to sit in a no-camera zone in the classroom, toward the back corners.
Please contact facultyedtech@georgiancollege.ca if you have any questions.
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