This year's agenda includes a wide range of topics from learning styles to
cultural diversity in the classroom.



Here is a sample of the sessions focused on enhancing our teaching
practices:

*      Learning to Read and Reading to Learn

*      Reflecting on Our Learning Styles

*      Embedded Librarian: Enhancing Student Education through Technological
Collaboration

*      Cultural Safety in Strategies for Teaching in the Digital Age

*      Sustainability and Teaching at UNBC: Inspiring Ideas and Action

*      Writing a Teaching Philosophy

*      Graduate Supervision

*      From Philosophy to Final



Check out the full agenda at: http://tandl.unbc.ca/ and register on-line here
<http://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dElPQlNwZUdaR2luUkdVYkJaVi1iT1E6MQ#gid=0> .

UNBC 8TH ANNUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE
September 1st and 2nd, 2010
Teaching in the Digital Age

CALL FOR PANELS/WORKSHOPS AND PAPERS

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology would like to invite panel/workshop proposals for 1.5-hour and 3-hour workshops focusing on the conference theme: "Teaching in the Digital Age.”
Submission Deadline: July 15th, 2010

Twitter, Facebook, on-line journals and up-to-the-minute news and social networking groups have changed the nature of communication. Our students have, as Don Tapscott argues, “Grown Up Digital.” Teaching students in the digital age requires a new way of thinking about the way students access and use information. This conference seeks to explore creative ways of engaging students who live and work in a digital world. We do not aim to lament the digital world but rather to find ways to harness the possibilities of technology while at the same time teaching and promoting scholarship. For many of us technology is just like a piece of chalk, a tool for teaching. So, how do we balance the needs of the “digital student” with the needs of scholarship? We are seeking proposals for workshops that address any aspect of the conference theme and that model the principles of "active learning."

Topics might include:
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What is the profile of a net generation student?
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Who are our students and how do we teach them?
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The issue of ethics and the use of technology
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Support services available to students
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Assistive and Adaptive Technology
•
Preparing your documents for the digital world
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The Pedagogy of Teleconference
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“I Can’t Do That” – Overcoming faculty resistance to technology
•
Teaching With Wikipedia
•
Cloud Computing
•
Alternatives to Blackboard
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The Digitized Library
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Laptops in the Post-secondary classroom
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Using Technology to reduce distance

The Workshop Proposal should
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be a maximum of 300 words and should explain the key concepts and/or aims of the workshop;
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explain how the workshop is relevant to the conference theme;
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indicate how the workshop models "active learning" (e.g., through exercises, discussion, group brainstorming and so on);
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identify any technical support/extra materials your workshop would require.
The Paper Proposal should
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be a maximum of 300 words and explain the thesis and subject of the paper
•
explain how the paper is relevant to the conference theme
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identify any technical support/extra materials required for the presentation
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indicate if you would like the paper considered for the proceedings
•

Please send your proposals to Tracy Summerville at summervi@unbc.ca by July 15th, 2010. Please write: T&L Proposal in the subject line. Your email should include your contact information and a short biography. Please clearly indicate whether your proposal is for a workshop or a formal paper and, if the latter, whether you would like it considered for publication in the proceedings.

All proposals will be reviewed by the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology Conference Organizing Committee.
If you have any questions or would like to suggest workshop topics you would like to see, feel free to contact Tracy Summerville summervi@unbc.ca Heather Smith smith@unbc.ca or Bill Owen owenw@unbc.ca

Conference Proceedings: Participants will be asked to submit summaries or elaborations of their workshops to post to the conference website.

On behalf of the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s eHealth Strategy Office and the interCultural Online Health Network (iCON) Project, please see the email below regarding an exciting, upcoming volunteer opportunity of interest to students . 

The Faculty of Medicine’s eHealth Strategy Office at UBC has an exciting, upcoming VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY with the iCON Project:

Punjabi Diabetes Health Forum:

Join Your Community in the Quest for Better Health, Saturday, June 26th, 2010

2:00pm – 4:30pm
University of Northern British Columbia
Prince George Regional Hospital
Northern Medical Program Wing - 5th Floor
1475 Edmonton Street
Prince George, BC  V2M 1S2
Room: 5017

Background Information:

The iCON (interCultural Online Health Network) Project is an initiative of the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s eHealth Strategy Office that engages and promotes communication between community members and health professionals in Lower Mainland through culturally-relevant patient-centered health education materials created and distributed in a number of languages for prevention and management of prevalent chronic diseases.

Building on iCON’s success and momentum from recent community engagement activities, our Office supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the BC Ministry of Health, the Health Authorities of BC, the Irving K. Barber Centre at UBC, Safeway Pharmacy and the UBC Department of Medicine is hosting a "public diabetes education forum for members of Punjabi community by videoconference in Vancouver, New Westminister, Victoria, Kelowna and Prince George on Saturday, June 26th, 2010."

Volunteer Information:

Position Title: Volunteer Research Assistant

Job Description:

The eHealth Strategy Office is looking for student volunteers to assist in a variety of activities at iCON’s upcoming “Punjabi Diabetes Health
Forum; Join your Community in the Quest for Better Health" event on Saturday, June 26th.
At this forum, you will be actively engaged with patients and members of the Punjabi community at Prince George site.

We want YOU to help us:

   - Confirm the registration of attendees as they arrive
   - Recruit forum attendees to complete feedback surveys
   - Assist in survey data collection
   - Assist with question and answer session
   - Interact with patients and members of the Punjabi community

Incentives for participation:  

   - A certificate and personalized letter of recognition detailing the
   total number hours spent volunteering

Commitment:

   - Attend the research training session: TBD; and
   - Attend the forum on Saturday, June 26th, 2010 from 12:00PM – 5:00PM (5
   hours).

The Research Training Session is mandatory as we will be going over important details about the day and the research activities you will be involved in. This session will be hosted by videoconference; the date and
time: TBD.

Volunteers will be required to be at the forum on Saturday, June 26th, 2010 from 12:00PM – 5:00PM.

Requirements & Qualifications:

Student volunteers need to have:

   - Ability to understand and speak Punjabi
and/or
 - Ability to read and/or type Punjabi

All volunteers will receive a letter detailing their contributions and certificate of recognition for their participation.

Please let me know if you would like to volunteer at the Punjabi Diabetes Health Forum.

Further, if you know of anyone who speaks/understands and/or reads/writes Punjabi that may be interested in volunteering at any of the forum locations (Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, Kelowna and Prince George) – please let us know!

Contact Name: Amanjit Kang
Contact e-mail: ehealthstudent@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 604-875-4111 ext. 69147

email gssoffice@unbc

 

How to Find Work

In An Enterprising Way

_____________________________________________

   Objectives:

To help participants to:

·          Better understand today’s workplace and find hidden work opportunities.

·          Raise their understanding about what marketing and selling are all about.

·          Develop some new marketing tools beyond the traditional resume/CV and in doing so increase their self-confidence.

·          Get a clear understanding of networking and how to do it effectively.

·          Feel better about themselves and their chances of finding work.

 

The Key Questions

1.       What do you have to sell?

2.       Where are you going to sell it?

3.       How are you going to sell it?

 

Participant’s success will depend on two things:

 

1. How hard they work at understanding and applying the material covered in the workshop and in the book “How to Find Work in the 21^st Century”.
2. How willing they are to move out of their comfort zone and take some chances.

 

Who Should Attend?

 

·          Unemployed/Underemployed Graduates.

·          Graduates who may be facing unemployment.

·          Undergraduates who are keen to learn about this topic.

 

Seminar Leader:

 

Ron McGowan is the author of the international bestseller “How to Find Work in the 21^st Century” and Principal of www.howtofindwork.ca, in Vancouver, Canada. He has helped thousands of graduates and experienced people across Canada, Scotland and Ireland to find work with the workshop over the past 8 years.

 

Date:  XXXXXXX, 9.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.

 

Cost: $20

 

CALLING ALL GRADS ---- we are putting together a social event calendar for the upcoming year! If you have any brilliant ideas for events or gatherings, we would love to hear them! Email gssoffice@unbc.ca. Let your voice be heard!

Call For Nominations

2011 Honorary doctor of laws Degree

The Senate of the University of Northern British Columbia is inviting nominations for its most distinguished public award, the Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree:

·          The award of an Honorary Degree is recognition by the University of Northern British Columbia of distinguished achievement in scholarship, research, teaching, the creative arts, business, or other fields of service to the public.

·          Nominees are sought encompassing international, national, provincial or regional contributions and, normally, two Honorary Degrees will be conferred at each regular convocation ceremony.

Nominations must be sent to the University of Northern British Columbia by Monday, September 13, 2010, and should include the following information:

1. The name and current address of the nominee
2. A current curriculum vitae (résumé) of the nominee
3. A list of publications or other achievements of the nominee
4. A brief statement outlining why the nominee should be considered for this honour
5. The name, current address and telephone number of the nominator(s).

Please contact the Senate Assistant at (250) 960-5795, or the UNBC website at

http://www.unbc.ca/assets/governance/senate/forms/hd_nomination_form_and_policy.pdf

for a nomination form (also attached).

The award recipients will be recognized at the 2011 Annual Convocation Ceremony to take place on Friday, May 27, 2011.

For further information, please contact:

Charlene Myers
Administrative Assistant – Senate
(250) 960-5795
E-mail: myersc@unbc.ca

University of Northern British Columbia
3333 University Way
Room 7-726 Agora
Prince George, BC  V2N 4Z9

 

The GSS Spring Semi-formal is

SOLD OUT

Thank you to everybody that purchased tickets, we look forward to seeing you on the 23rd.

Students: stay tuned for information for a summer social event, you won't want to miss it!