Festival of Learning has ended

Create Your Own Event

Festival of Learning

The Festival of Learning 2016 has ended, it took place June 6–9, 2016. This post-secondary education event hosted more than 400 delegates, offering a variety of session formats, learning experiences, unique spaces, as well as social and networking events. Don’t miss the next Festival of Learning 2018 happening May 28-30, 2018.

David Porter

BCIT.ca
Associate Vice-President
Burnaby, BC

Teacher, researcher and project leader in higher education settings.
Currently, AVP Education Support and Innovation at bcit.ca.
Happiest in wide open spaces. Free range learner. Opinions my own. Just ask - I have many. =;-}

7:30am PDT

Breakfast (7:30 - 9:00) - All sessions start at 9:00 am, clear out by 8:45 am Pre-Function Area In Front of Grand Villa 1 and 3 Ballrooms

9:00am PDT

Engaging Technology Learners Through Gamification: Making Learning Stick! (9:00- 9:50 Area 3B)LIMITED Grand Villa 3 Ballroom (Second Floor)Cathy Griffin • Edmond Zahedi Reflections on the Applied Teaching Workshop: An ISW adaptation for Chinese Vocational Education Administrators (9:00 - 9:50 - Area 3A)LIMITED Grand Villa 3 Ballroom (Second Floor)Mary Wilson • Youdan Zhang

9:45am PDT

Back to the Features: Questioning the Impact of Ancillary Resources on Open Textbook Adoption (9:45 - 10:15)LIMITED Firenze Conference Room (Second Floor)Gill Green • Jennifer Kirkey • Rod Lidstone

11:30am PDT

Building an Institutional Culture of Open: Strategies, Insights, and Lessons from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (11:30 - 12:00)FILLING Firenze Conference Room (Second Floor)Caroline Daniels • Sal Ferreras • Meg Goodine • Rajiv Jhangiani • Todd Mundle • Diane Purvey

1:00pm PDT

"I'd like to make an Open Textbook. Now what?" (1:00 - 1:30)LIMITED Firenze Conference Room (Second Floor)Hugh McGuire Open Education Working Groups on Campus: Getting Traction (1:00 - 2:30)LIMITED Veranda + Portico Conference Rooms (Combined - Third Floor)Serhat Beyenir • Lin Brander • Debra Flewelling • Jennifer Kirkey • Colin Madland • Hope Power • Brenda Smith • Lynda Williams

2:45pm PDT

An Expansive View of Open Practice in Inter-professional Health Education (2:45 - 3:15)LIMITED Firenze Conference Room (Second Floor)Glynda Doyle • Connie Evans • Rob Kruger • Janet Morrison • David Porter

3:00pm PDT

Open Policy Guide for Higher Education (3:00 - 5:00)LIMITED Veranda + Portico Conference Rooms (Combined - Third Floor)Amanda Coolidge

7:30am PDT

Breakfast (7:30 - 9:00) - All sessions start at 9:00 am, clear out by 8:45 am Pre-Function Area In Front of Grand Villa 1 and 3 Ballrooms

10:45am PDT

Competency Assessment/Gap Training: Facilitating Access to Skilled Trades in BC for Pre-Arrival Immigrants (10:45 - 11:30) (Area 3B)LIMITED Grand Villa 3 Ballroom (Second Floor)Sanja Boscovic • Lawrence Parisotto • Sangeeta Subramanian

1:00pm PDT

Bound to Unbound (1:00 - 1:45)LIMITED Grand Villa 3 Ballroom (Second Floor)Emily Renoe • Cindy Underhill • Lucas Wright

4:15pm PDT

The Classroom as Open Textbook and Ancillary OER Makerspace (4:15 - 4:45)LIMITED Firenze Conference Room (Second Floor)David N. Wright

5:00pm PDT

Pub Night Personas (Restaurant/Bar on far side of Casino - on site)

7:30am PDT

Breakfast (7:30 - 9:00) - All sessions start at 9:00 am, clear out by 8:45 am Pre-Function Area In Front of Grand Villa 1 and 3 Ballrooms

9:00am PDT

"Sometimes-faculty": Supporting the New World of Adjuncts, Sessionals and Associate Faculty (9:00 - 10:30)LIMITED Maranello Conference Room (Third Floor)BJ Eib • Vivian Forssman

1:00pm PDT

Effective Learning Spaces: Design for Learning and Experience - Part 1 (1:00 - 2:30)LIMITED Grand Villa 1 Ballroom (Second Floor)Dr. Cindy Xin

3:00pm PDT

Effective Learning Spaces: Design for Learning and Experience - Part 2 (3:00 - 4:30)LIMITED Grand Villa 1 Ballroom (Second Floor)Dr. Cindy Xin

5:00pm PDT

Night Carnival Grand Villa 3 Ballroom (Second Floor)

7:30am PDT

Breakfast (7:30 - 9:00) - All sessions start at 9:00 am, clear out by 8:45 am Pre-Function Area In Front of Grand Villa 1 and 3 Ballrooms

9:00am PDT

BC Digital Learning Resources Network (DLRN): An Opportunity for Sector-wide Collaboration (9:00 - 12:00)LIMITED Carrera Conference Room (Third Floor)Mary Burgess • Stephanie Chu • Sal Ferreras • Michelle Lamberson • Shirley Lew • Lynne Masse-Danes • Mark McLaughlin • David Porter • Debbie Schachter Turning Backpacks to Briefcases: Career Experiential Education in the Classroom (9:00 - 9:50)LIMITED Venezia Conference Room (Second Floor)Candy Ho

10:45am PDT

The Student Experience Through the Lens of your Post-secondary’s Digital Personae: Are We Welcoming or Alienating Diversity? (10:45 - 12:00) (Area 3B)LIMITED Grand Villa 3 Ballroom (Second Floor)Zaa Derik Joseph • Shannon Kelly • Yearin Kim

12:00pm PDT

BC Teaching and Learning Council (BCTLC) Lunch & Spring Meeting Festival Reflection (12:00 - 4:00)LIMITED Veranda + Portico Conference Rooms (Combined - Third Floor)Peter Arthur • Stephanie Chu • Vivian Forssman • Sybil Harrison • Liesel Knaack • Tannis Morgan • Theresa Southam • Maureen Wideman