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Join SFU faculty members Tara Holland, Alys D. Avalos-Rivera & Helene Love as they introduce evidence-informed strategies to foster an inclusive learning environment & support academic success at this year's Symposium. To register: sfu.ca/cee/events/sym… #SFUSTL

Congratulations to SFU university lecturer & associate dean, Sarah D. Johnson on receiving a 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award! Read more about her here: i.sfu.ca/FyCTEN Physgal² ⚛️ Simon Fraser University SFU Physics

Opening keynote speaker Bryan Dewsbury's research (Florida International University) has shown that inclusive and active teaching practices reduce outcome gaps and have lasting, long term impact on the performance of students. Learn more: sfu.ca/cee/events/sym… #SFUSTL

Another SFU Physics faculty member wins a teaching award! We are very glad to have so many excellent educators in our department. Congrats Sarah!

Learn specific ways that SFU instructors have integrated principles of anti-racist teaching and EDI into their classrooms at this year's Symposium on May 15. Find out more and register: i.sfu.ca/fEjvrV SFU History SFU Health Sciences SFU English SFU School of Computing Science #sfustl

How do I know if my teaching is inclusive? At the 2023 Symposium on May 15, keynote speaker Jaclyn J. Stewart will answer this question and discuss the rationale for measuring educational equity using qualitative and quantitative approaches. Register now: i.sfu.ca/fEjvrV

Join us on June 20 for a day-long virtual seminar where you will learn when and how interactive technologies like H5P can be used to enhance student learning and engagement in online and blended courses. Register here: i.sfu.ca/VaPQTu

Student perspective on Blended Learning: "The online components were a seamless extension of what we were doing in class." Great to have both student and faculty voices on our Blended Learning & Teaching panel today. Centre for Educational Excellence

SFU instructors have asked for resources that support their wellbeing and help reduce burnout. Join us for Designing Online Courses with Workload, Well-Being &; Engagement in Mind | Application Deadline Jun 23 sfu.lwcal.com/event/35153-1

Thank you for sharing great examples of how you structured your blended courses to support student learning, create collaboration space in class & gave yourself permission to experiment with new activities! @DaniJMurdoch S🍋rah W☕️lshaw, Tara Holland SFU Department of Geography and students!

Long vacations rarely cure burnout. They usually bring temporary relief. The frequency of time off from work matters more than the duration. 2 separate week-long vacations are more restorative than a 2-week trip. Regular breaks are vital to well-being. tedtalks.social/WLAdam

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Looking for examples of AI policies? List of examples from dozens of Universities available at the HSA AI Observatory compiled by Alex Usher and team #THEdigitalEU higheredstrategy.com/ai-observatory…

Appreciating the questions about data governance as part of the AI discussion at #THEdigitalEU as well as exploring other tools beyond chat GPT.

It's good feel excited and hopeful about something. Even if other people don't feel the same way about it. Why Optimism Matters:

OpenAI announces first partnership with Arizona State University- it will be fascinating to see what comes out of this partnerships. Appreciate that it includes a plan for managing IP and privacy for students and researchers cnb.cx/425QakS

Love the concrete, easy to implement inclusive teaching strategies in Viji and Kelly’s book - they also model them in all of their workshops- it was a privilege to see them work with our faculty!

Great collection of assignments that promote AI literacy and critical evaluation of AI tools among students @ the The AI Pedagogy Project at Harvard. “Rock Paper Scissors Code” “AI image mixing” and “Illustrate a Hoax”inspired many faculty! aipedagogy.org

Fantastic award for teams of innovative instructors working together to design creative learning experiences - Celebrating Educators at the STLHE with the D2L Innovation Award Co-Chairs youtu.be/DQdz9i4YwYM?fe… via YouTube