About the Event

Sharing facilitation strategies. Growing together.

You are invited to join our first ever “FLO Pod” (Practices of Online Development), a peer-led community of practice for FLO (Facilitating Learning Online) participants.

Building and expanding on the work of Matty Hillman’s BCcampus research fellowship, we invite you to join the BCcampus Trauma-Informed Post Secondary Community of Practice (CoP). Using the Trauma-Informed principles (Carello, 2021) as a foundation, each CoP/Pod meeting will provide space for information and discussion on trauma-informed teaching practices and perspectives.

As the Pod matures, we hope that hosting responsibilities will rotate among the members. This aligns with Wenger’s (1998) concept of a thriving CoP, where mutual engagement,shared responsibility, and the co-construction of knowledge are central. Inspired by models like the POD Network, the FLO Pod is uniquely focused on peer-led online facilitation, i.e., a peer-led space to grow. This is an open Pod, meaning participants can join any sessions that work for them, however, in order to build a supportive and cohesive group, we strongly encourage you to schedule the meetings in your calendar and attend as many as possible.

Sessions

Synchronous sessions will be held from 1:00–3:00 p.m. PST on the following Mondays:
– September 22
– October 6
– October 27
– November 17
– December 1

Registration Coming Soon

These sessions will not be recorded.
Registrants will be asked to create a SCoPE (Moodle account) where Pod resources will be shared.

References  

Carello, J. (2020). TITL general principles 3.20. Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning
Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge University Press.

About the Facilitator

Matty Hillman is a counsellor, instructor, and educational developer at Selkirk College in the beautiful Kootenay region of B.C., the traditional territory of the Sinixt people. His research interests include sexual violence prevention and response on post-secondary campuses, trauma-informed post-secondary education, and radical youth work. Matty is a regular contributor to various BCcampus projects. As a muralist, he is especially interested in the intersection of youth work and public art, exploring the opportunity these complementary practices create for empowerment, community building, and social justice advancements.