Schedule – College of New Caledonia

College of New Caledonia, Prince George Campus, 3330 22nd Avenue, Prince George, B.C.

Gathering Place, Main Building

Day 1 - April 30, 2025

  • Welcome and Opening Remarks 9:00-9:45 a.m.

    Location: The Gathering Place

    Elder Darlene McIntosh

    Coffee/tea service will be provided

  • Facilitating Learning Online & In Person – Essentials 9:45-10:45 a.m.

    Location: Room 1-308A/B

    Facilitated by Gwen Nguyen and Helena Prins

    The way you design and facilitate your course significantly impacts students’ success and learning. Whether you teach in person or online, this workshop will invite you to explore key elements of course design and delivery, including:
    - Building community
    - Inclusive teaching
    - Responsive facilitation
    - Collaboration
    - Reflective Practice

  • Break 10:45-11:00 a.m.

    Kindly note that refreshments are not provided.

  • An Introduction to the AI Toolkit for Educators 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

    Location: Room 1-308A/B

    Facilitated by Gwen Nguyen

    In this introductory workshop, participants will be introduced to the GenAI in Teaching and Learning Toolkit, designed to support educators in understanding and integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools within their teaching practice. The session will begin with an introduction to GenAI literacy skills required for teaching and learning, addressing both pedagogical opportunities and ethical considerations in educational contexts. Through guided practice, participants will then engage with selected toolkit activiti(es), gaining hands-on experience with GenAI integration strategies while exploring practical implementation steps.

  • Lunch Break 12:00-1:00 p.m.

    Kindly note that lunch is not provided.

    The College of New Caledonia Prince George campus features a variety of dine-in and take-out food options, including a cafeteria with a variety of muffins, scones, pastries, chocolate bars and chips, coffee, tea, water, sandwiches, soup, and cold drinks. A microwave is available for use.

  • UDL in Practice (intermediate) 1:00-2:30 p.m.

    Location: Room 1-308A/B

    Facilitated by Helena Prins

    Universal Design for Learning guidelines “...offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that ALL learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities.”

    Participants are asked to bring real-life course outlines to apply their learning with an immediate benefit.

  • Break 2:30-2:45 p.m.

    Refreshments and snacks will be provided.

  • Designing for Neurodiversity 2:45-3:45 p.m.

    Location: Room 1-308A/B

    Facilitated by Britt Dzioba and Helena Prins

    This workshop provides an overview of neurodiversity and how it impacts learning. We will discuss strategies to create learning environments that support neurodiverse learners and centres compassion.

  • Social Gathering 4:00-6:00 p.m.

    Join us for a fun networking event at CrossRoads Brewing & Distillery!

    Food and drinks will be provided.

    CrossRoads Brewing & Distillery, Downtown location, 508 George St.

Day 2 - May 1, 2025

  • Welcome and Opening Remarks 9:00-9:30 a.m.

    Location: The Gathering Place

    Coffee/tea service will be provided.

  • Take the Digital Literacy Challenge! How to Incorporate Digital Literacy into your Course 9:30-11:00 a.m.

    Location: Room 1-308A/B

    Facilitated by Britt Dzioba

    Participants will be introduced to the provincial Digital Literacy Framework and invited to choose from a collection of hands-on activities (DL challenges) to try out. Participants will consider how to integrate digital literacy concepts and resources into course design.

  • Break 11:00-11:15 a.m.

    Kindly note that refreshments are not provided.

  • Icebreakers 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

    Location: Room 1-308A/B

    Facilitated by Helena Prins

    An icebreaker is an activity or game designed to welcome attendees and warm up the conversation among participants in a meeting, classroom setting, team-building session, or other activity. Any event that requires people to comfortably interact with each other is an opportunity for an icebreaker. We’ll focus on the post-secondary classroom setting, both online and face to face. We’ll introduce you to a few “low-risk” icebreakers and provide an opportunity for participants to share some of their favourite tried-and-tested icebreakers with peers.

  • Lunch 12:15-1:00 p.m.

    Kindly note that lunch is not provided.

    The College of New Caledonia Prince George campus features a variety of dine-in and take-out food options, including a cafeteria with a variety of muffins, scones, pastries, chocolate bars and chips, coffee, tea, water, sandwiches, soup, and cold drinks. A microwave is available for use.

  • Threading Equity through Open Educational Resources 1:00-2:30 p.m.

    Location: Room 1-308A/B

    Facilitated by Josie Gray

    Creating OER with equity at its core requires intention and planning. Without this foresight, there is a risk of perpetuating biases and harm that exist both in the field of study and society at large. This includes the potential for inaccessible content, offensive language, harmful stereotypes, and the undue promotion of dominant cultural norms, knowledge, and identities (such as white, abled, male, cisgender, heterosexual, etc.)

  • Break 2:30-2:45 p.m.

    Refreshments and snacks will be provided.

  • GenAI Tools: Designing Assessment As, Of, and For Learning 2:45-3:45 p.m.

    Location: Room 1-308A/B

    Facilitated by Gwen Nguyen

    As educators increasingly adopt GenAI tools, there’s a pressing need to reimagine assessment practices that maintain academic integrity while leveraging GenAI’s possibilities. This interactive session explores how GenAI can enhance assessment across three dimensions: as, of, and for learning. We will begin by discussing the theoretical foundations of various assessment types and how they intersect with GenAI tools.

    Following this, there will be practical demonstrations of tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Diffit, and Slidesgo, showing how they can create dynamic assessments. Participants will actively engage in designing multi-layered assessment activities that promote student engagement and autonomy, utilizing GenAI in an ethical and meaningful way.

  • Closing Remarks 3:45-4:00 p.m.