Schedule – NLC Dawson Creek

May 5, 2025

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

  Location: Room 106

  Elder Florence Johnston

  Coffee/tea service will be provided by Northern Lights College.

• Icebreakers (concurrent session) 9:45-10:45 a.m.

  Location: Room 200

  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.

• An Introduction to the AI Toolkit for Educators (concurrent session) 9:45-10:45 a.m.

  Location: Room 201

  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 activity(ies), gaining hands-on experience with GenAI integration strategies while exploring practical implementation steps.

• Break 10:45-11:00 a.m.

  Kindly note that refreshments are not provided.

• UDL Introduction (concurrent session) 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

  Location: Room 200

  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” https://udlguidelines.cast.org/
  Participants are asked to bring real-life course outlines to apply their learning with an immediate benefit.

• GenAI Tools: Designing Assessment As, Of, and For Learning (concurrent session) 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

  Location: Room 201

  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 engage in designing multi-layered assessment activities that promote student engagement and autonomy, using GenAI in an ethical and meaningful way.

• Lunch 12:00-1:00 p.m.

  Lunch will be provided by Northern Lights College.

• Game On (concurrent session) 1:00-2:30 p.m.

  Location: Room 200

  Facilitated by Selina McGinnis

  Selina is a Product and User Experience Designer in the tech industry, who has learned about how people engage with digital environments, including learning management systems, websites, apps, and even video games. Although ed tech and video games have vastly different audiences, they share many design principles that can have a drastic effect on the wellness and success of its users.

• Enhancing Human Elements in Designing Learning with Gen AI (concurrent session) 1:00-2:30 p.m.

  Location: Room 201

  Facilitated by Gwen Nguyen

  This workshop aims to empower educators who have some experience using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to integrate these technologies into their pedagogical practices, with a strong emphasis on amplifying human qualities like creativity, critical thinking, empathy, collaboration, and personalization in learning environments. Through interactive discussions, participants will explore human-centred and compassionate learning design approaches, examining real-world examples of GenAI implementation in education. The session will provide practical strategies for using GenAI to enrich these human qualities in designing meaning and effective learning experiences. Participants will leave with actionable insights and access to the BCcampus open educational resource: The Teaching and Learning with GenAI toolkit for Educators

• Break 2:30-2:45 p.m.

  Coffee/tea service will be provided by Northern Lights College.

• Facilitating Learning Online and In Person - Essentials 2:45-3:45 p.m.

  Location: Room 200

  Facilitated by Helena Prins and Gwen Nguyen

  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

• Social Gathering 4:00-6:00 p.m.

  Join us for a fun networking event at Post & Row Brewing Co. Food and drinks will be provided.

  Post & Row Brewing Co.
  801-102 Ave.