Our annual conference is coming up quickly - the call for proposals is open now (closing Feb 3, 2017 - less than a month away!). This is one of the things I'm most proud about. This conference has grown from a small, mostly-internal thing, to an incredible and deep conference with an amazing community vibe. It's now drawing participants and presenters from across Canada, and has a surprising number of international participants as well. This has become my one must-go-to event each year (which is handy, considering I work in the building and help to organize and run it) - and I would easily rank it as one of the top conference experiences I've ever had.
I'm looking forward to this year's conference - May 2-3 2017 at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Calgary. The theme is "Conversations that matter", and we're planning some really interesting things to happen throughout the conference.
Day 1 will begin with a welcome from Dru Marshall, and then an opening plenary that will include Dawn Johnston, Leslie Reid, and Jennifer Lock (all absolute rock star Associate Deans Teaching and Learning), followed by a day of awesome sessions and a digital poster session - last year's poster session was the most active and engaged I've ever seen at a conference.
Day 2 starts with a keynote by Katarina MÃ¥rtensson, from Lund University, Sweden. Katarina's work has formed a strong part of the community model we've designed the Taylor Institute around, and it will be great to have her on campus. Then, more awesome sessions for the rest of the day.
You should come!
