By Teresa Goff, MAD faculty

This project arose from a mandatory College Teaching Certificate course for DC faculty members, which uses the DC Global Class to focus on how faculty can design and develop curriculum that ensures the personal and professional success of DC students in a globalized world. The project design was developed through follow-up discussions identifying a need to foster global conversation by leveraging the international relationships established by DC faculty members using the Global Class to enhance global competency and intercultural skills of students.

Project lead: Teresa Goff, School of Media, Art and Design

Research Assistants: Soyra Mokashi, Fiona Campbell, Casandra Whyte (Global Class Assistant)

International Partners: TU Dublin (Ireland), Christ University (India)

Canadian Partners: Centennial College, Georgian College

FINAL REPORT: https://sway.office.com/kVKeWY9zAHPnes81?ref=Link

This project arose from a mandatory College Teaching Certificate course for DC faculty members, which uses the DC Global Class to focus on how faculty can design and develop curriculum that ensures the personal and professional success of DC students in a globalized world. The project design was developed through follow-up discussions identifying a need to foster global conversation by leveraging the international relationships established by DC faculty members using the Global Class to enhance global competency and intercultural skills of students.

The original project goal was to hold an international conference on curriculum development; however, this plan was impacted by the pandemic and the closure of campus space including the Global Class. The conference was put on hold and the project was redesigned to focus on exemplary practices for preparing and producing a remote conference on global engagement and curriculum development. Research assistants undertook a literature review and created a research paper titled “Online Conferencing to Develop a Global Curriculum”. Next, the intention is to conduct an online survey of DC faculty who have hosted classes using the Global Class. Virtual focus groups will be held involving internationally based faculty members who have participated previously in DC Global Class activities. These activities will enable the team to:

• Design a remote conference that is sustainable and equitable by using DC’s Global Class
• Lead the way in global curriculum design and development by curating discussions that engage faculty and students in dialogue, debate and creative development
• Describe ways a postsecondary institution can contribute to and reflect the internationalization of campus communities.
• Identify opportunities and challenges to developing curriculum that ensures the personal and professional success of students on pathways of learning and self-discovery in a global world.
• Foster international collaborations for curriculum development and design

Funding source: International Opportunities Development Fund

To support online and blended course delivery, Librarians have developed three e-learning modules in DC Connect. The text, images, videos, interactive quizzes and activities included in these modules support the development of information literacy skills in your course so students are prepared to find, evaluate and ethically use information from a variety of sources in their assignments. These three modules can be used together or individually as part of your curriculum:

• Introduction to Information Literacy: Introduce your students to the various types of information sources available in the Campus Library and beyond – and teach them how to find the right sources to meet their needs. This module covers all stages of the research process, including choosing a topic, planning a search strategy, reading and creating citations, and selecting and evaluating appropriate academic sources.
• Searching Omni for Books, Articles and More: Teach your students the basics of searching for information sources in Omni, the Library’s academic search tool. This module covers keyword search strategies, filters for refining results, and specialized tools in Omni for creating citations, saving searches and results, and accessing full text for online resources.
• Advanced Searching for Research Articles: Help your students develop advanced search skills to find research articles in the Library’s subject databases. This module covers advanced topics like developing a research question, keyword and subject heading searches and advanced database search features.

Your students can self-register in DC Connect by clicking Self-Registration and selecting Library Online from the list of self-registration course options. The Library Online modules include completion badges in the awards section that can be submitted for participation marks. You can also download and import the modules into your own DC Connect courses to monitor student progress and achievement in your course’s gradebook.

New Online Resources

To support faculty’s transition to online and blended learning, the Library team has acquired a number of new online resources:

• Safety Hub: Engaging workplace safety training video content. 107 videos covering topics including safety basics, hazard management, shop safety, power tools, welding safety, personal protective equipment and more.
• JoVE Science Education: Video library dedicated to teaching scientific fundamentals through video demonstrations. Durham College Library subscribes to the complete Science Education series. This content is licensed for educational use in the classroom and via DC Connect. Contact your Librarian to learn about JoVE’s curriculum mapping service and integrate this content into your existing syllabus.
• SPORTDiscus: Full text articles from 550 journals, including many peer reviewed publications, in the area of exercise science, sports and sports medicine, extending back to 1985. Content also includes books, book chapters and conference proceedings.
• IbisWorld: Access industry reports including market characteristics, statistics and business environment profiles for Canadian industries, organized by NAICS code.

Whether you’re teaching in person or online, the Library team is here to help! Find out more about our teaching supports and how we can support teaching and learning in your classroom.

Updated August 30, 2022

As announced in ICE:

“DC Apps, powered by AppsAnywhere, is a new web-based app hub that will allow you to run course-specific software using any Windows computer from anywhere. Available to all faculty members and students, DC Apps provides software access for the duration of the semester without the need to be on campus. Please be aware, faculty members using DC provision laptops have the option of using DC Apps or accessing software as they normally would.”

To read the ICE announcement click here.

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Welcome! We hope you all had a chance to unplug and enjoy some quality time with family and friends. As we look ahead to this academic year, we have the opportunity to find creative ways to teach and connect with our students – and our colleagues. The CAFE team is here for you – to work with you as you support our students as they navigate through their educational journey. Reach out to us via email, join our various community of practice or workshop series to stay connected with your colleagues, follow us on twitter and keep checking our website as we continuously update our resources and professional development (PD) opportunities. We look forward to connecting with you!

Fall Supports at the CAFE

During Academic Kick-off, the keynote speaker, Britt Andreatta, provided some strategies and approaches to teaching based on the science of learning. Our team at the CAFE is here to support you as you experiment and apply some of these evidence-based strategies this fall. Don’t be afraid to try something new!

The eLearning Team, led by Tanya Wakelin, provides the following services:

• DC Connect
  • Use DC Connect to support your teaching! Consider using the DC Connect quiz tool and/or the discussion board to embed retrieval practice opportunities for your students. We are here to support you in all things DC Connect.
• Educational Technology
  • We can help you locate and use the appropriate tool to enhance your students’ learning process to meet your educational needs.
• Video Production
  • Looking for a way to make short videos to demonstrate a skill – or to connect with your students? We can support you with that!
• Interactive Simulations
  • Provide your students will realistic scenarios that will allow them to cement their learning! We can help you develop activities yourself or can provide further support.

We will be online with extended hours until September 22nd to support you: Monday – Friday 8:30am-6pm. All support requests are triaged through DCConnect@durhamcollege.ca.

The Educational Development Team, led by Amanda Maknyik, provides teaching and learning support

As we move into a new, and somewhat different academic year, please remember that you have direct supports available in the CAFE for your ideas, questions and concerns around teaching and learning. Reach out to us about teaching strategies, active learning ideas, assessments and evaluation plans, remote delivery options, classroom management challenges and more. Throughout the fall, CAFE will be hosting workshops on many of these topics, as well as drop-in sessions specifically dedicated to your planned assessments. Your Educational Development team is here to support you in whatever ways you need to have a successful semester!

Contact Amanda Makynik, manager, Educational Development with your teaching and learning questions!

The Quality Assurance Team, led by Gail Thornton, provides program development, review, and modification support

If you are involved in your program’s reviews including curriculum mapping, and/or program modifications, feel free to reach out to the quality assurance team for support.

Contact Gail Thornton with your questions.

In September, we are hosting 50 PD sessions on a variety of topics including:

• How to create test questions
• How to use the quiz tool in DC Connect
• Using the Virtual Classroom or MS Teams
• And so much more
• Check out our September calendar and register now!

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Want a customized session for your program? Email Tanya.wakelin@durhamcollege.ca (for EdTech/DC Connect/multimedia), or Amanda.Maknyik@durhamcollege.ca (for Teaching and Learning)

Do you want to learn how to support student learning remotely?

Here’s a great opportunity for you to be a part of CAFE’s “Teaching Remotely” professional development (PD) workshop series. The workshop series will be facilitated as an asynchronous series with optional synchronous elements. Faculty can choose the option that best suits their needs.

For more information about the course modules, click on https://durhamcollege.ca/cafe/teaching/teaching-remotely-workshop-series/

To enroll in “Teaching Remotely” course, email at DCConnect@durhamcollege.ca with your name and banner number. Synchronous sessions will begin later in September.

Share your teaching practices with your colleagues at the October Reading Week Professional Development day!

Save the date: Monday October 26, 2020

The CAFE is providing a forum for you and your colleagues to share your practices, successes and lessons learnt with your peers. Interesting in presenting? Please complete this short form.

Share your teaching practices with colleagues across the college system through Education Technology Committee Lunch and Learn Webinars!

Fall submissions for the Virtual Lunch and Learn Webinar series now open!

Submit a proposal to Facilitate a Webinar in ETC’s Fall 2020 series before September 25th, 2020.

Attendees join from all Ontario Colleges.

Click on the flyer for more information.

The 2020 Learning Outcomes Symposium Program Planning Committee is pleased to offer the following free webinars this fall:

• A one-hour keynote presentation and Q&A by Dr. Lorna Williams: “Ti Wa7 Szwatenem: What We Know”. Indigenous Knowledge and Learning in the Academy”. This will be held in the early afternoon of Thursday, October 8 (exact time TBC).
• A 90-minute plenary panel discussion on “Developing Adaptable and Resilient Life-long Learners” led by the Hon. Perrin Beatty (President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce). This will be a moderated panel and Q&A discussion and will likely touch on the intersections between WIL, HE and business, as well as the themes of lifelong learning, and quality assurance of co-op/WIL program elements. (October 13, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.)
• One additional panel discussion/Q&A with leading experts (TBD) on the topic of “Online/Virtual Learning Outcomes and Assessment in the Context of the COVID-19 Health Crisis” (date/time TBC).

All sessions will be live and will invite moderated chat and questions. We also anticipate recording the sessions and posting these on the Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance’s website.

Further details regarding the names of the finalized panel participants, dates/times of the webinars, and registration information will be circulated as soon as these are available.

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