Day 1 sessions at #OTESSA24 🔥🔥🔥 - Tech integrated assessment - Cultural Historical Activity Theory x AI - Learning modality preferences data - Digital literacy development - Blended design in Healthcare training - Ss exp. of relatedness in BL course - Open LD x inquiry Ed

Day 2 at OTESSA (last week): Introducing my talk on Blended Learning at SFU starting with ‘first words’, explaining my background as a Mixed-blood Métis, a first gen university graduate in my family, and how that shapes my positionality. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #blendedlearning

Are you passionate about #EdTech? Join OTESSA to connect with innovators shaping the future of education. Access exclusive resources, events, and a network dedicated to tech-enhanced #learning. 🔗 otessa.org/membershipinfo/

As the 2024-25 academic year begins, here are some thoughts on GenAI & education. A bit of a long read, but something that has been on my mind for a while. There is so much more to the AI conversation... Thoughts? #genAI #artificalintelligence #education educreating.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/gen…

📣 Call for Proposals: #OTESSA25 Conference 📣 Share your insights on #EdTech, #OpenPractices, and more. Present online or on-site. Details: otessa.org/news/call-for-… #SOTL #OpenEd #PSE #HigherEd #OER #OEP

“Students need to grapple with what kind of world they want to live in, & using GenAI to quickly produce an assignment is not simply a question of pedagogical value in relation to some abstract notion of developing future skills for a professional career.” educreating.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/gen…

🔎Check out today's Online Learning News. Read about navigating the challenges of OER, our October webinars, & developing policy re AI. Don’t forget blogs by Drs. Philippa Hardman & Tony Bates, & this week’s must-read book. 📖🎥🖥️ 👉 ow.ly/4VWo50TBsSQ #EdChat #EdTech

[Participate now] The CDLRA Fall Pan-Canadian Survey Closes soon - mailchi.mp/cdlra-acrfl/20…

The latest IJEI article is out: “ChatGPT versus human essayists: an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence for authorship and academic integrity in the humanities” by Revell et al. #AcademicIntegrity #ArtificialIntelligence edintegrity.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.10…

Monitoring…. #GenAI #copyright

Congratulations to SFU Indigenous Studies Professor Deanna Reder! “Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition: Cree and Métis âcimisowina” has won a 2024 Canada Prize from Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences! #CanadaPrizes

SFU Criminology is hiring a tenure-track faculty member focusing on Indigenous Peoples & Criminal Justice System Issues. Candidates must have research and teaching interests in this area. More info & how to apply: buff.ly/4hkPka9 #Hiring #CriminologyJobs #FacultyJobs

🎙️ Episode 59 Preview Join Amanda Wallace & Eilidh Singh, EAL consultants from Centre for Educational Excellence, as they share tools for linguistically responsive teaching & highlight multilingual students' repertoires as assets in learning. 🎧 Full episode: Jan. 29. 🔗 bit.ly/IdeasPodcastSFU

Big congratulations to CEE's Eilidh Singh & Amanda Wallace on their contributions to Language, Culture, and Education in an Internationalizing University! You can hear more from them at the book launch event on Feb 13 hosted by SFU Faculty of Education. Details here: tinyurl.com/yeyjdeka

What languages do you know? From Feb 24-Mar 1, celebrate Multilingual Week, SFU’s annual global connection on campus. Embrace diversity. Break barriers. Build connections. See you there! Everyone is invited. All events are free. sfu.ca/wll/mlw

The Fraser River is unique among the world’s great rivers – a huge, relatively natural, undammed, mountain river running through a dense urban area. But a lack of monitoring and poor management could threaten much of what makes the Fraser special, warn SFU experts.

.Simon Fraser University's high-performance supercomputer—the largest in Canada—is nearing the final phase of its $80M upgrade! By April under its new name, Fir, researchers & industry partners will use it to drive even more breakthroughs in AI, clean tech & beyond. ow.ly/Zxzh50V9VQc

Meet the nine individuals receiving honorary degrees from SFU this year. We’re proud to bestow the university’s highest honour on these deserving recipients, who have all made exceptional contributions in their fields and inspire the class of 2025. sfu.ca/sfunews/storie…

#Canada is the happiest country in the G7, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report edited by SFU Psychology professor Lara Aknin. #InternationalDayofHapppiness #SFUPsychology ow.ly/sOMJ50VlVhR

The Skoden Indigenous Film Festival is April 11 at #SFU's Burnaby campus. 📽️ There's two free screenings of various films created by Indigenous filmmakers from across Turtle Island. Get your free tickets here: ow.ly/q1G650VwRUt.