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Members of the Faculty of Agriculture (faculty, staff, and graduate students) are invited to attend the second annual symposium on teaching/learning innovations in Agri-Education. Come learn that colleagues on our campus are doing. It promises to be a stimulating time of both sharing, discussion and PD!!
The morning starts off with coffee (plan to arrive 9:45 to sign in and get your coffee/tea). The day will feature 10 different innovations using a 6 minute āsnapperā format. There will be time to allow Q&A and more detailed discussion with the innovators after the presentations. TopicsĀ include the Dal-AC Outdoor Classroom, Farm Centre Learning Exhibit, Youtube instructional videos and much more!
The Dean has graciously agreed to provide a working lunch for the first 50 registrants.
There are 15 spots remaining!Ā Please register by May 9th.
Questions: nancy.pitts@dal.ca
Schedule:
10:00 Welcome by Dr David Gray, Dean
Short Snappers #1:
10:15 -10:20 Industry Innovation: Bringing Agriculture to a Changing Demographic ā Ashley Coffin
10:25-10:30 Farm Centre Exhibit ā Jean Lynds
10:35-10:40 Positive Animal Training: The Science of Applied Behaviour Analysis - Lana Bos
10:45-10:50 Dal-AC Outdoor Classroom ā Tracey MacKenzie
11:00 -11:05 Alpine Plant Display House ā Shannon OāConnor & Simon Benetti
11:05 -11:55 Delving Deeper into the Details (Q&A with the Presenters)
12:00- 12:30 Light Lunch and Conversation; Cox 43
Short Snappers #2:
12:40 -12:45 Facebook Live Streaming ā Janine Gray, Sarah Gatti-Yorke
12:50-12:55 Harnessing the Power of Youtube in the university classroom ā Travis Esau
1:00-1:05 Use of Brightspace Competency Tool ā Joye Sears
1:10-1:15 Problem-based Learning ā Lord Abbey
1:20-1:25 Inclusion and Diversity in our Courses ā Arthur Stevens
1:30-2:15 Delving Deeper into the Details (Q&A with the afternoon Presenters)
2:15 Wrap-up and next steps
Planning Group: Lori Parsons, Diane Dunlop, Jay Woodworth, Joye Sears, Linda Jack, Nancy Pitts, Sarah Gatti-Yorke
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