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Ed Developers Winter Conference (Feb. 21-23/08) Vancouver, Canada

  • 1.  Ed Developers Winter Conference (Feb. 21-23/08) Vancouver, Canada

    Posted 12-10-2007 22:26

    Please post/circulate this notice widely. ;-)

    REGISTER TODAY!
    Early registration deadline is Monday, January 21, 2008.
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    K W A N T L E N   U N I V E R S I T Y   C O L L E G E
    and
    S I M O N   F R A S E R   U N I V E R S I T Y

    invite you to attend the

    2008 Annual Winter Conference of
    The Educational Developers Caucus (EDC):
    Spanning the Career of an Educational Developer
    www.sfu.ca/kwantlen-edcconf2008

     Pre-Conference: February 21, 2008 (Thursday) at SFU Vancouver
    Conference: February 22 & 23, 2008 (Friday & Saturday) at Kwantlen (Richmond Campus)

    Kwantlen University College (www.kwantlen.ca) and Simon Fraser University ( www.vancouver.sfu.ca) invite college and university faculty, staff, administrators, teaching assistants, and graduate students with a keen interest in teaching and learning initiatives and academic careers in educational development to participate in the 2008 Annual Winter Conference of the Educational Developers Caucus ( www.mcmaster.ca/stlhe/edc.html) of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (www.stlhe.ca).

    This year's theme is     Spanning the Career of an Educational Developer. Think about the important roles that people from a variety of stages in their careers at your institution play in teaching and learning and/or in educational development. What does educational development look like for teaching assistants, junior faculty, mid-career faculty, post-doctoral fellows, administrators, and staff members? What are the interactions and collaborations? In what kinds of programs, resources and opportunities do they participate and lead? In helping people in various stages and roles develop their teaching-related practice, what might be unique; what might be universal?

    Join us in Vancouver, British Columbia for information and discussion on innovations in educational development; original professional development resources; research on educational development; and, administrative or organizational initiatives of interest to educational developers.

    The Conference takes place at Kwantlen in Richmond, BC (near the Vancouver airport) with the Pre-Conference being held at SFU Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver, BC.

    PRE-CONFERENCE     http://www.sfu.ca/kwantlen-edcconf2008/proposals/index.html
    •     How do you do that thing that you do? Programs, services, and resources at educational development / teaching and learning centres
               Alice Cassidy (UBC) and Ruth Rodgers (Fanshawe College)
    •     Showcasing local and regional educational development initiatives in BC
            Kwantlen, SFU, and others
    •     Pedagogical and Professional Peripheries in Preparing Future Faculty (PFF): From TA to Postdoc
           Laura Border (U of Colorado at Boulder); Elizabeth O'Connor Chandler (U of Chicago); and, Dieter Schönwetter (U of Manitoba)

    KEYNOTES     http://www.sfu.ca/kwantlen-edcconf2008/keynotes/index.html
    •     Pathways to the Profession of Educational Development: An International Perspective
                Jeanette McDonald (Wilfrid Laurier U); Denise Stockley (Queen's U); Joy Mighty (Queen's U);
           Lynn Taylor (Dalhousie U); and, Debra Dawson (U of Western Ontario)
    •     Patience versus Urgency in Educational Development
               Gary Poole (University of British Columbia)
                             
    WHO SHOULD ATTEND
    •     College and university faculty, staff, and administrators
    • Educational/instructional developers
    • Teaching assistants and graduate students
    • Others interested in teaching & learning initiatives and/or academic careers in educational development

    REGISTRATION
    •     Register online at https://webserver.lidc.sfu.ca/EDC2008/
    •     Early registration deadline is Monday, January 21, 2008

    TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION
    •     For out-of-town registrants, travel information and guest accommodation is
    available at     http://www.sfu.ca/kwantlen-edcconf2008/travel/index.html

    MORE INFO
    • Alice Macpherson, Kwantlen University College (Email:  Alice.Macpherson@Kwantlen.ca)
    • Christine Kurbis, Simon Fraser University (Email:  Christine_Kurbis@SFU.ca)

    _______________________________________________
    Note    :  Just prior to the EDC Winter Conference, the Winter Meeting of
    Universities, Colleges, and Insitutes Professional Developers (UCIPD)
    takes place on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at SFU Vancouver.
    For details, please contact Stephanie Chu (Email:  stephanie@SFU.ca)
    or visit our Spring Calendar at     www.lidc.sfu.ca
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