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The annual CapU Teaching and Learning Symposium brings together faculty, students, staff, Elders and community members to engage in a variety of activities both online and in person.  At a time when many of us are being challenged in a multitude of ways and are navigating diverse layers of change, this year’s theme invites us to sit together and focus on our students, one another, and ourselves. It further nudges us to reflect on our own classroom experiences and explore the ways in which we carry out our learning, practice belonging, and dream of becoming.

Call for Proposals

Deadline: February 28th at 4:00 pm

We welcome proposals from individuals, teams, faculty-student partnerships, panels, and community partnerships (faculty, students, and organizations) for the following session formats.  We particularly welcome sessions that are based upon ongoing or completed SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) projects.

The planning committee’s intention is to create a space for sharing that is accessible to all faculty members and participants. If you are wondering how the theme of the symposium might fit with a teaching and learning activity or idea that you would like to share, an educational developer in the CTE would be happy to chat with you. Please book us via this link or email us at cte@capilanou.ca.

Session Formats:

• 5 min Seeding Session (Online)
• 15 min Table Conversation: Hosting a Table in a World Café Session (In-Person)
• 25 min Interactive Workshop (Online or In-Person)

Keynote Session:

Online | 9:30 am | April 29

Relational pedagogies in higher education: Connected practice for changing times.

Dr Karen Gravett is Associate Professor of Higher Education, and Head of Educational Research and Development at the Surrey Institute of Education at the University of Surrey, UK. Karen’s research focuses on the learning and teaching in higher education, and explores the areas of digital education, belonging, and relational pedagogies. She is Co-Director of the Language, Literacies and Learning research group, an editorial board member for the journal Learning, Media and Technology, and an Executive Editor for the journal, Teaching in Higher Education.

She is also a a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) and an Honorary Associate Professor for the Centre for Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University. Karen’s latest books are Reconceptualising Teaching in Higher Education, Critical Practice in Higher Education and Relational Pedagogies: Connections and Mattering in Higher Education.