Author: margueritekoole

Assistant Professor, Educational Technology & Design, College of Education, University of Saskatchwan (and honorary "geek").
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Hi everyone,

A large conference is going to take place in Saskatoon this year: The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)

Links to an external site.. June 10–13, 2025 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for the 2025 STLHE Annual Conference at TCU Place.

The cool thing:

We invite all full-time college and university students to apply to the STLHE bursary fund to receive financial assistance to attend the 2025 STLHE conference. Students presenting at the conference will receive priority funding. The precise amount of each bursary award will depend on the number of successful applications.

To apply for the fund, please complete this form and submit it by March 28, 2025. You will be notified by Friday, April 11, 2025, and must register for the conference using the code provided to apply the bursary amount awarded to your registration costs. Only students who attend the conference are eligible to receive a bursary.

To apply for the fund, please complete the form: https://www.stlhe.ca/conferences/2025-stlhe-conference/2025-stlhe-annual-conference-student-bursary/

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#OTESSA25 Conference

Call for Co-chairs

OTESSA is seeking Co-chairs for any one of our co-located conference sites, including 1) the Congress 2025 Conference at George Brown College in Toronto, hosted by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2) one of our co-located sites that are not a part of Congress, or 3) our fully online site (with options from different time zone sites). We welcome diverse representation across fields like educational technology, open education, and more. Co-chairs will help recommend keynotes, oversee peer review, and plan the program, supported by a conference manager and committee.

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Call for Papers

Special Issue on Highlights of Graduate Projects

We invite interested authors to submit graduate project highlights for publication in our upcoming annual series, which will showcase exceptional work from project-based (non-thesis/dissertation) programs. High-quality projects will be considered for inclusion in the OTESSA Journal, indexed in prestigious databases like ERIC and EBSCO Education Ultimate. Submissions from authors belonging to structurally marginalized groups are strongly encouraged.

The issue will be published as a two-page highlight with a hyperlink to the full project stored in your institution’s repository.

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Call for Papers (CFP) Special Issue on Highlights of Graduate Projects

Have you done a project? Do you want to share it with the academic community across Canada and around the world?

The Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association( OTESSA) . . .

. . .  is inviting interested authors to submit graduate project highlights for publication in our upcoming annual series, which will showcase exceptional work from project-based (non-thesis/dissertation) programs. High-quality projects will be considered for inclusion in the OTESSA Journal, indexed in prestigious databases like ERIC and EBSCO Education Ultimate. Submissions from authors belonging to structurally marginalized groups are strongly encouraged.

The issue will be published as a two-page highlight with a hyperlink to the full project stored in your institution’s repository.
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189. Crafting an Unforgettable Job Talk w/ Dr. Andres De Los Reyes (Podcast)

“Of course, we’re talking about the dreaded ‘job talk!’ When a department hires a new faculty member, the search committee might review hundreds of applications, and invite just the four or five best candidates to host a seminar describing their work.”

To listen, click here:  https://hellophd.com/2023/02/189-crafting-an-unforgettable-job-talk-w-dr-andres-de-los-reyes/

From “Hello PhD” Podcast.

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AN ONLINE PROGRAM TO ENHANCE EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN NIGERIA

The College of Health Sciences at Obafemi Awolowo University is in the process of establishing a Centre for Health Professions Education. As part of establishing the Centre, the College hopes to collaborate with AWB volunteers to develop a set of three online professional development courses for faculty in: Teaching in the Health Professions, Fundamentals in University Teaching and Learning, and Research in Health Professions.

A volunteer with expertise in educational development has already been identified for the project. AWB is looking for a volunteer with particular expertise in medical education to join with the faculty and volunteer team to participate both in the needs assessment and environmental scan as well as the content development and pilot delivery phases of the courses.

We are looking for 1 or more volunteers.

Ideally, we are seeking a volunteer with a master’s degree in Medical Education or equivalent education and relevant experience. Applicants with extensive knowledge and practical experience in curriculum development are particularly desirable for this assignment.

Application deadline: December 20, 2022

Click here for more information and who to contact

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Attributes of a successful Learning Technologist

Edited by Rachel Heyes
September 20, 2022 11:00 am

By Dr Pedro Elston, Head of eLearning at Queen Mary University of London
Why empathy and initiative are desirable skills for eLearning

Over the past few years, there has been increasing demand for Learning Technologists, and we’ve seen a lot more applications from people entering the field for the first time.

To read: https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2022/09/attributes-of-a-successful-learning-technologist/