About the Series:

Discover the BCcampus EdTech Sandbox Series, workshops empowering educators, learning designers, and graduate students in B.C.’s post-secondary institutions to explore, experiment with, and evaluate cutting-edge tools for enhancing teaching excellence and student success. Aligned with the B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework, this program emphasizes a support technology perspective, encouraging open-mindedness, curiosity, troubleshooting skills, and the selection of appropriate tools for work and study.

To see all events in the series, including past events, please visit EdTech Sandbox Series.

Focus Areas for 2024-2025:  

• The AI Sandbox: A space dedicated to experimenting with, and reviewing, artificial intelligence (AI)-based learning technologies. 
• The No-Go EdTech Sandbox: A space aimed at examining learning technologies educators, students, and staff should avoid using in teaching and learning, and why.  

In these two-hour live streamed webinars, expert leaders will introduce and demonstrate cutting-edge, open, and free, or low-cost educational technology tools.  

By actively participating in these sandbox sessions, participants will experiment with tools, work with fellow educators to review features of the tools, gain insights into teaching activities, and discover ways to integrate these tools into courses.  

Recordings of the presentations and reviews of the tools will be available on our website following the event. 

About the Session:

A dynamic and interactive two-hour webinar is designed to introduce educators to Animaker, a free and intuitive tool for creating engaging animations. In this session, you will learn everything you need to get started with Animaker, from signing up to create your first animation, to exploring its key features. The session includes a fun scavenger hunt to explore Animaker’s functionality, opportunities to collaborate with peers and share animation ideas, and hands-on practice building animations to foster a dynamic learning community. Whether you are a seasoned tech user or a complete novice, this webinar will provide the skills and confidence needed to bring animations into your classroom. 

Registration coming soon!

This session will be recorded, archived, and made available publicly on BCcampus.ca. By participating in this session, you acknowledge you are aware your participation will be recorded and the recording will be openly available.

About the Facilitators:

Maryam Safa Schneider (she/her) has been an educator for over 16 years and a researcher and course designer in Vancouver for about four years . With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from the University of British Columbia, a Master of Liberal Arts in Psychology from Harvard Extension School, and several educational certificates, she seamlessly blends her passions for art, education, and mental health.  

She serves as an assistant professor at University Canada West, teaching general psychology and communication to undergraduate students. Additionally, she is an adjunct professor and thesis advisor at Adler University, where she teaches applied psychology courses, such as diversity and current issues in psychological sciences, to graduate students. Maryam teaches in-person, hybrid, and online (synchronous and asynchronous) classes. As a lifelong learner, she recently began her doctoral studies in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Adler University.