Thank you Jennifer for including our recognition.

She:kon, Aanii, Boozoo Tansi, Erin Hodson from Wilfrid Laurier University. Located on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples. Located on the Haldimand tract, 6 miles on either side from its source to its mouth promised to the Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) people.

Mohawk College is situated on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabeg Nations, within the lands protected by the Dish with One Spoon wampum agreement, and is currently home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island.

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Rumie - https://dmz.ryerson.ca/success_stories/rumie/

Mary thank you for your commitment and your sharing

Yes, thank you!

I believe without technology the campuses would not be closed. It wouldn't be as pervasive in our society.

Right... even in a relatively up to date facility... I have never LOVED the classroom setup! Many barriers and limitations.

I worry so much about accessibility with the current situation. Students need to learn skills to be able to function well in the current "classroom" and our K12 system does not prepare students to do so. I also think a bout instructors overwhelming learners with content, which we are seeing happen, just because they are online. So instructors need to get guidance as well. Many things to bring up here..

Hello! Sarah McKinnon from NSCAD in Halifax.

“We are not all having the same pandemic” - really spoke to me.

Yes Lindsay. I've been having this discussion with a lot of people in my life, including my students.

Agreed. Everyone—including our PM—has to stop saying “we’re all in this together”; that is pure fiction.

100% agree! We oftentimes fall into the cognitive biases that everyone is living the same life we are. It’s hard to put ourselves in other people’s shoes, so to speak.

University of Auckland

Thank you!

All of the panelists have spoken to the critical importance of cultivating community connections within our colleges and universities to engage with the changes that the pandemic has brought to postsecondary education. However, I am wondering about how well we are inviting our students into our reflective activities and communal conversations about teaching, learning and assessment. Can the panelists comment on how we might better welcome our students into these important conversations respectfully, safely and productively?

Love the image of Bloom’s X technology! Thank you for sharing

Bhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dmA1VwI8OyV1ITeSyE4LvlEzbZZM_ndMWINbhW9k4Bw/edit#slide=id.ga3a166cf46_0_380onnie’s slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dmA1VwI8OyV1ITeSyE4LvlEzbZZM_ndMWINbhW9k4Bw/edit#slide=id.ga3a166cf46_0_380

Thanks Bonnie!

Thank you to all the panelists for sharing!

Having Community of practices are more important these days to share ideas.

I teach a skilled trade {plumbing), it can be taught online. The impossible is possible.

This ‘new normal’ might not be as temporary as we think… placements and ways of engaging in this moment might be more relevant than we realize!

Just a comment - many faculty feel somewhat like our students in this environment - that there is a firehose of information/tools/strategies/ etc., and we're equipped with teaspoons to manage the water. There are significant challenges for faculty in terms of technology - I've experienced an assumption that the playing field is equitable for faculty and it isn't. Just some observations that present very real challenges.

While post-secondary institutions can move forward in the way that we are, there are external influences such as accrediting bodies and professional organizations, who dictate learning objectives for our graduates. They need to be brought into the conversation.

There should be definitely less students in each class for quality education to be really of quality. I totally agree!

I agree, Amanda

Thanks for asking that question. I wrote down a similar question as soon as Natasha started her talk and mentioned her point #1: ‘interdependence’; that is, are students typically included in discussions of revisioning our teaching-learning strategies? My sense is that we don’t include them as much as we should, particularly given they are the reason we’re doing what we do (another irony in the academy!).

Exactly, Charles.

As I listen to the various panel members, as educators we need a paradyme shift in our thinking or need to reframe our thinking to more of a focus on the rewarding the "process" of each student's learning vs the "assigning of grades" based on traditional assessments of what learning has occurred from our own lens …. vs providing more opportunities for student focused Authentic assessments of their own learning.

Bonnie, that’s exactly what my question was about in terms of objectives and outcomes. They must be the driver.

Thanks for the excellent discussion and the thought-provoking ideas presented by all of the panellists.

Thank you for all the great discussion!

Thanks all for joining us!

Thanks to the panelists and for those who organized this. Very interesting.

Thank you everyone. This was very informative.

Thank you so much to panelists and organizers for this excellent discussion!

Thank you Jean... good event