Professional Development

The TLC hosts Selkirk Keep Teaching, where instructors can find videos, handouts and forums on instructional topics, the learning management system, educational technology and program-specific teaching information. It also houses links and recordings to the popular Teacher Talks.

The TLC also offers, at no cost to Selkirk College instructors, courses that are equivalent to the Provincial Instructor Diploma Program. These can be found in Selkirk College’s Open Studies courses and include the Delivery of Instruction Workshop (DIW 100), Evaluation of Learning Workshop (ELW 102), Instructional Media Workshop (IMW 101) and Instructional Strategies Workshop (ISW 103).

Steps to Apply

Workshops

Delivery of Instruction Workshop

The Delivery of Instruction Workshop provides a framework for instructors to plan, deliver and assess learning experiences, as well as three opportunities for each new or experienced instructor to deliver participatory lessons to their peers and reflect on the feedback.

The workshop is based on competency-based instruction, emphasizing experiential learning, a caring approach and growth-producing feedback.
 

  • Equivalent PIDP 3220
  • 2 credits

Dates
 

  • October 8-December 2, 2024

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Evaluation of Learning Workshop

The Evaluation of Learning Workshop (ELW) examines the practices that support the assessment and evaluation strategies used in education and training. The workshop allows instructors to develop the skills to design and implement a comprehensive set of assessment and evaluative measures intended to inform teaching practice and guide students toward success.

The workshop enables the participants to plan, construct and use traditional and authentic assessment and evaluation instruments that are appropriate and ethical to their teaching context.
 

  • Equivalent PIDP 3230
  • 2 credits

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Instructional Media Workshop

The Instructional Media Workshop helps instructors respond to teaching and learning issues by selecting and creating instructional media that enhance student learning. Open education makes education more affordable and adaptable. Instructors can take this course as a stand-alone course to enhance their teaching and learning abilities and as an equivalent to the Professional Instructor Diploma Program (PIDP) 3240 course Media Enhanced Learning.

The projects in the course can be applied to a current course or training module. The processes practiced in the course can be repeated in future applications.
 

  • Equivalent PIDP 3240
  • 2 credits

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Instructional Strategies Workshop

The Instructional Strategies Workshop will be taught in a fun and challenging online environment, addressing current topics in teaching and learning. Participants will use strategies and techniques that support the development of self-study skills and self-regulated learning, and spark student learning using a developmental lens. Strategies to engage students in how to think critically or creatively will be discussed, and the role of metacognition in learning will be explored.

Participants will be introduced to a trauma-informed approach when creating a safe classroom environment, and throughout the course participants, will practice aligning learning outcomes with learning strategies in their own courses, where applicable, to create a learning environment students can succeed in.
 

  • Equivalent PIDP 3250
  • 2 credits

Dates
 

  • December 9–December 20, 2024
  • October 21-November 29, 2025

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Past Events

2024 Teaching & Learning Conference

This three-day event, Get HIP’24, featured workshops on topics such as Beyond Barriers: Mobilizing UDL for Inclusive Excellence in High Impact Education, Successfully Incorporating High Impact Practices into the Curriculum, and Nontraditional Grading: High Impact Practice of the Future.

Workshops

  • Becoming a HIPster (High Impact Practitioner): Integrating AI with UDL Principles 
  • Student Panel on ePortfolios as a High Impact Practice
  • Collaborative Assignments: The Hospitality Restaurant Case Study
  • The Impact of International Micro-Experiences in Health Sciences’ Curricula
  • Students leading Students in Community Outreach Practicum Experiences
  • Building a Peace Program: Infusing High Impact Practices into Higher Education Curriculum on a Budget
  • International Student Connections through Global Connect 
  • Collaborative Assignments and Projects
  • Nontraditional Grading: High-Impact Practice of the Future
  • Enhancing Student Learning through Undergraduate Research at Spokane Community College
  • Writing-Intensive Precalculus
  • Belonging, Succeeding and Planning: The Advent and Impacts of a First-year Seminar Course at Spokane Falls Community College
2024 FLO MicroCourse: The Space Between Us—Navigating Boundaries in Post-Secondary Education

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2024: BCcampus Regional Roadshow

Explore the BCcampus Regional Roadshow at Selkirk College.

2023 Teaching & Learning Conference

This three-day event, Transformative Learning: Inclusive Technology, Tools & Strategies, featured workshops on topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), upgrade to Moodle 4.0, accessibility and student engagement.

Workshops

  •  A Meandering Journey: The Heartwork of Reconciliation and Decolonization in Post-Secondary Education
  • Four Types and Four Goals of Online Teaching Videos with Dr. Mike Wesch
  • Fast Five: Tips to Make Your Courses More Accessible with Lindsay Foster and Lindsey Morris
  • Empowering Educators in the Era of AI with Aras Balali Moghaddam
  • Curriculum Mapping with Allison Lutz and Aanyta Fahrenbruch
  • Teaching Writing in the World of AI/ChatGPT with Emily Jo Schwaller, University of Arizona
  • Student Partnership and Assessment with Rob Lowney, Dublin City University
  • Enabling Collaborative Learning with the Moodle Board Plugin with Gavin Hendrick, Brickfield Education Labs
  • The Art and Design of Feedback with Heather Fitzgerald, Emily Carr University of Art and Design
  • Application of the Enowkinwixw Methodology: Ethics and Protocols in the Transference of Traditional Knowledge with Speaker Marlowe Sam
  • CAPER BC—Accessible Course Materials: Reducing Barriers in the Classroom with Jennifer Welson
  • Smooth(er) Sailing: Easing the Transition from Moodle 3.x to Moodle 4.x with Jill Anderson
  • Making Courses Accessible with the Moodle Accessibility Toolkit with Gavin Henrick
  • Taking a Collaborative, Scaffolded Approach to the Research and Writing Process with Ken Laing and Kristen Murrell

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2022 Teaching & Learning Conference

This five-day event brought together members from the Selkirk College community and invited guests from other institutions in BC.

The agenda included two teaching and learning streams: "Ed Tech" and "What Drives Your Teaching?" Stream one included e-portfolios, H5P, Wikis, blogs, video editing and audio editing. Stream two included Indigenization, service learning, intrinsic motivation, UDL (Universal Design for Learning), academic integrity and social presence

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