Aug
28
Thu
Accessibility Bites: Introduction to Web Accessibility
Aug 28 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Session Description

Web accessibility means making sure everyone can use your website, including people with disabilities. This brief session will introduce the basics of digital accessibility and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). We’ll cover common issues that make websites inaccessible and how this impacts real users. Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of what digital accessibility is and why it is essential. 

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the purpose of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 
  • Analyze audience needs and understand diverse user experiences, including that of people with disabilities 
  • Learn about common issues that make websites inaccessible
  • Identify potential website barriers and explore actionable ways to improve accessibility 

Schedule

  • Introductions and access information – 2 minutes
  • Key definitions – 5 minutes
  • Overview of the WCAG and common inaccessibility issues – 10 minutes
  • Understanding your audience – 5 minutes
  • Actionable items – 3 minutes
  • Q+A – 5 minutes

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This notice is to inform you that this session will be recorded, archived, and shared after the event. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation will be recorded and the recording will be made available publicly.

About the Facilitator

Nora Loyst (she/her) is an accessibility consultant with Untapped Accessibility who brings expertise in service delivery, facilitation, and community engagement. She is passionate about collaborating with community to translate accessibility planning into practice. Nora holds a B.A. in Health and Community Services from UVic and is currently completing her Masters in Leadership Studies. Her commitment to accessibility is guided by her own lived experience as a person with a disability and she is enriched by the varied perspectives and experiences of her friends, family, and community. 


This session is supported by Untapped Accessibility. Untapped Accessibility launched in October 2022 to support BC organizations comply with the Accessible British Columbia Act. A certified social enterprise, they have helped over 180 organizations reach beyond compliance and create more accessible organizations with comprehensive and innovative approaches to disability inclusion. They generate revenue for Open Door Social Services Society, supporting the non-profit’s mission to open doors to lifelong learning and career success for more people with disabilities. 


2025-26 Accessibility Bites Series

  1. Accessibility Bites: Introduction to Web Accessibility, August 28, 2025 
  2. Accessibility Bites: Supporting Post-Secondary Students with ADHD, September 25, 2025 
  3. Accessibility Bites: Let’s Talk about Learning Disabilities, October 30, 2025 
  4. Accessibility Bites: The Gift of Dyslexia, November 27, 2025 
  5. Accessibility Bites: Access Friction, December 11, 2025 
  6. Accessibility Bites: UDL 3.0 in Practice, January 29, 2026 
  7. Accessibility Bites: An Indigenous Lens on Disability Rights, February 26, 2026

For recordings and resources from previous Accessibility Bites workshops, visit the Accessibility Bites Pressbook

Sep
10
Wed
EdTech Sandbox Series: Choose Your Own Adventure! Dynamic Branching Scenarios and Game Maps With H5P and AI Tools
Sep 10 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

About the Session

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This hands-on workshop empowers learning designers and professors to create engaging, decision-based learning experiences using H5P’s branching scenario and game map features. Participants will explore how AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and NotebookLM can streamline scenario planning, dialogue generation, and feedback loops. No prior programming skills needed — just creativity and curiosity.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Design interactive branching scenarios aligned with pedagogical goals using H5P
  • Use AI tools to co-develop dialogue, storyline paths, and assessment logic efficiently

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About the Facilitators

Dr. Gabriela Kurtz

Gabriela Kurtz holds a PhD in Communication and Information, with award-winning research on gender and video games. She is an assistant professor at the University of the Fraser Valley where she champions empathetic, inclusive, and tech-forward pedagogy through active learning and experiential design.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Sana Jamil

Sana Jamil is an educational technologist with a PhD in Educational Technology and expertise in instructional design, leadership, and innovation. She leads curriculum development and experiential learning initiatives at University Canada West to support faculty training and program enhancement.

Together, Sana and Gabriela bring a powerful blend of strategy and creativity, making them the ideal team to guide educators in leveraging AI and H5P to design meaningful, learner-centered interactive experiences.

 

 


About the Series

Discover the BCcampus EdTech Sandbox Series consisting of workshops that empower 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.

Focus Areas for 2025-2026

  • The AI Sandbox: a space dedicated to experimenting with, and reviewing, artificial intelligence tools and applications in educational settings.
  • Other Learning Technologies: a space to explore, experiment, and review emerging learning technologies beyond AI, highlighting their potential impacts and practical applications.

In 90-minute 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.

EdTech Sandbox Series Sessions

  1. September 10, 2025 – Choose Your Own Adventure! Dynamic Branching Scenarios and Game Maps With H5P and AI Tools
  2. October 8, 2025 – The Intelligent Notebook: Become a Knowledge Expert With NotebookLM
  3. October 17, 2025 – Remote Proctoring Through an Ethical Lens: the Case Against Surveillance
  4. November 26, 2025  – Claude vs. ChatGPT: Choosing the Right AI for the Job
  5. January 21, 2025 – Build Your Own Teaching Bot: My Story of Creating CITE GPT as a Teaching Tool
  6. February 18, 2025 – Re-imagining the Past: Deepfake as a Tool for Creative Storytelling and Visual Literacy
Sep
25
Thu
Accessibility Bites: Supporting Post-Secondary Students with ADHD
Sep 25 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Session Description

This brief session will offer practical strategies for creating learning environments that support students with ADHD. You’ll learn how to reduce cognitive load to support executive functioning, explore multi-modal teaching methods, and discuss ways to build flexibility without sacrificing accountability. Whether you’re designing a course or working one-on-one with students, you’ll leave with tools to better meet their needs and help them thrive. 

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify key challenges faced by post-secondary students with ADHD 
  • Select multi-modal strategies to support diverse attention and learning needs 
  • Examine course elements that balance flexibility and accountability to promote student success 

Schedule

  • Introductions and access information – 5 minutes 
  • Key definitions – 5 minutes 
  • Overview of multi-modal learning and cognitive load – 10 minutes 
  • Building in both flexibility and accountability – 5 minutes 
  • Wrap-up and ongoing learning: access statements – 5 minutes 

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This notice is to inform you that this session will be recorded, archived, and shared after the event. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation will be recorded and the recording will be made available publicly.

About the Facilitator

Meg Ingram (they/them) is a multiply-disabled accessibility advocate with a passion for project management, planning coordination, and equitable education. Drawing from their background working in both higher education and social services, they have a deep passion for carving out accessible processes and building meaningful relationships within and across sectors. Meg holds an M.A. in Sociology, with a focus in disability studies, from Queen’s University, and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Victoria. 


This session is supported by Untapped Accessibility. Untapped Accessibility launched in October 2022 to support BC organizations comply with the Accessible British Columbia Act. A certified social enterprise, they have helped over 180 organizations reach beyond compliance and create more accessible organizations with comprehensive and innovative approaches to disability inclusion. They generate revenue for Open Door Social Services Society, supporting the non-profit’s mission to open doors to lifelong learning and career success for more people with disabilities. 


2025-26 Accessibility Bites Series

  1. Accessibility Bites: Introduction to Web Accessibility, August 28, 2025 
  2. Accessibility Bites: Supporting Post-Secondary Students with ADHD, September 25, 2025 
  3. Accessibility Bites: Let’s Talk about Learning Disabilities, October 30, 2025 
  4. Accessibility Bites: The Gift of Dyslexia, November 27, 2025 
  5. Accessibility Bites: Access Friction, December 11, 2025 
  6. Accessibility Bites: UDL 3.0 in Practice, January 29, 2026 
  7. Accessibility Bites: An Indigenous Lens on Disability Rights, February 26, 2026

For recordings and resources from previous Accessibility Bites workshops, visit the Accessibility Bites Pressbook

Oct
8
Wed
EdTech Sandbox Series: The Intelligent Notebook: Become a Knowledge Expert With NotebookLM
Oct 8 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

About the Session

Dive into the future of educational research and resource management with NotebookLM. This hands-on workshop is designed to empower educators with the tools and techniques to utilize NotebookLM as a resource tool, research assistant, and source organizer. Together, we’ll explore how to effectively upload, analyze, and synthesize information from diverse sources, transforming raw data into actionable insights. Beyond efficiency, we’ll delve into how NotebookLM can transform the student experience by fostering deeper learning, critical thinking, and research skills.

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By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Setup and navigate NotebookLM
  • Upload and organize diverse types of source materials
  • Utilize NotebookLM’s AI-powered analysis tools to extract information
  • Use NotebookLM to synthesize information and create resources
  • Integrate NotebookLM into the student learning experience
  • Create prompts to ask NotebookLM to perform specific tasks

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About the Facilitator

 

Driven by a passion for empowering educators, Robin Leung (he/him) is an educational media strategist and ed tech guru who champions meaningful media and learner-created content. He’s a go-to resource for navigating the ever-evolving landscape of educational technology. Robin’s adventurous spirit extends beyond the classroom; he’s an avid traveler and food lover, always ready to share a new journey.

 

 

 


About the Series

Discover the BCcampus EdTech Sandbox Series consisting of workshops that empower 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.

Focus Areas for 2025-2026

  • The AI Sandbox: a space dedicated to experimenting with, and reviewing, artificial intelligence tools and applications in educational settings.
  • Other Learning Technologies: a space to explore, experiment, and review emerging learning technologies beyond AI, highlighting their potential impacts and practical applications.

In 90-minute 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.

EdTech Sandbox Series Sessions

  1. September 10, 2025 – Choose Your Own Adventure! Dynamic Branching Scenarios and Game Maps With H5P and AI Tools
  2. October 8, 2025 – The Intelligent Notebook: Become a Knowledge Expert With NotebookLM
  3. October 17, 2025 – Remote Proctoring Through an Ethical Lens: the Case Against Surveillance
  4. November 26, 2025  – Claude vs. ChatGPT: Choosing the Right AI for the Job
  5. January 21, 2025 – Build Your Own Teaching Bot: My Story of Creating CITE GPT as a Teaching Tool
  6. February 18, 2025 – Re-imagining the Past: Deepfake as a Tool for Creative Storytelling and Visual Literacy
Oct
30
Thu
Accessibility Bites: Let’s Talk about Learning Disabilities
Oct 30 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Session Description

Millions of Canadian learners are affected by learning disabilities, yet these challenges often go misunderstood, leading to poorer educational outcomes and repeated negative experiences. This session will provide a brief overview of learning disabilities, how they commonly show up in classroom settings, and evidence-based strategies for supporting these learners. 

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This notice is to inform you that this session will be recorded, archived, and shared after the event. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation will be recorded and the recording will be made available publicly.

About the Facilitator

Dr. Jennifer Fane

Dr. Jennifer Fane (she/her) is the Lead Research Associate in the Education and Skills knowledge area at The Conference Board of Canada. She holds an interdisciplinary PhD in education, public health, and social policy from Flinders University, South Australia. She started her career as a classroom teacher and has worked as a teacher, professor, and educational researcher in the birth-to-five, K-12, and post-secondary systems in Canada and Australia for over 18 years. Prior to joining the Conference Board, Jennifer was the Director of Education at the Learning Disabilities Society of Greater Vancouver, supporting neurodivergent learners ages three-to-adult across BC. Jennifer brings a passion for translating research into practice to her work at the Board.

 


This session is supported by The Conference Board of Canada. 

The Conference Board of Canada is an independent, not-for-profit research organization  whose goal is to equip Canadian leaders and decision makers with the integrated and independent research required to enable them to tackle society’s greatest challenges. This session presents research conducted in partnership with the Future Skills Centre on the neuroinclusivity of Canadian post-secondary education. 


2025-26 Accessibility Bites Series

  1. Accessibility Bites: Introduction to Web Accessibility, August 28, 2025 
  2. Accessibility Bites: Supporting Post-Secondary Students with ADHD, September 25, 2025 
  3. Accessibility Bites: Let’s Talk about Learning Disabilities, October 30, 2025 
  4. Accessibility Bites: The Gift of Dyslexia, November 27, 2025 
  5. Accessibility Bites: Access Friction, December 11, 2025 
  6. Accessibility Bites: UDL 3.0 in Practice, January 29, 2026 
  7. Accessibility Bites: An Indigenous Lens on Disability Rights, February 26, 2026

For recordings and resources from previous Accessibility Bites workshops, visit the Accessibility Bites Pressbook

Nov
26
Wed
EdTech Sandbox Series: Claude vs. ChatGPT: Choosing the Right AI for the Job
Nov 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

About the Session

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This hands-on session is designed to help post-secondary educators explore and compare two of the most widely used AI tools for teaching and learning. Participants will test both Claude and ChatGPT using the same prompts and tasks to observe the differences in tone, depth, and usability, and reflect on how each tool might support their own teaching context.

This session emphasizes practical application and critical evaluation. Educators will learn how to write better prompts, assess AI-generated content, and decide which tool is more effective for different academic tasks such as creating course content, crafting rubrics, and providing student feedback.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

  • Describe key differences between Claude and ChatGPT in how they respond to prompts
  • Use both tools to complete common teaching tasks
  • Apply prompt engineering strategies to improve AI output
  • Evaluate which tool is better suited to their specific teaching and learning goals

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About the Facilitator

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Adina Gray is a faculty member at Thompson Rivers University and an internationally recognized AI educator. Her current work explores how generative AI can transform teaching, learning, and research in higher education. She is particularly interested in AI literacy, ethical and responsible AI use, and supporting faculty development through practical, hands-on training. Through initiatives like founding and chairing the GenAI Innovation Group and leading events such as the 2025 GenAI Summit, she has championed AI literacy as a critical skill for educators and students. Adina was selected as a 2025 AI Innovator Fellow at the ASU+GSV AI Show (San Diego, April 2025), named a finalist for the 2025 AI Innovator of the Year Award by Women in AI North America, and received the TRU Instructional Innovation Grant in AI along with four consecutive Decanal Grants for Innovative Teaching and Experiential Learning.


About the Series

Discover the BCcampus EdTech Sandbox Series consisting of workshops that empower 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.

Focus Areas for 2025-2026

  • The AI Sandbox: a space dedicated to experimenting with, and reviewing, artificial intelligence tools and applications in educational settings.
  • Other Learning Technologies: a space to explore, experiment, and review emerging learning technologies beyond AI, highlighting their potential impacts and practical applications.

In 90-minute 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.

EdTech Sandbox Series Sessions

  1. September 10, 2025 – Choose Your Own Adventure! Dynamic Branching Scenarios and Game Maps With H5P and AI Tools
  2. October 8, 2025 – The Intelligent Notebook: Become a Knowledge Expert With NotebookLM
  3. October 17, 2025 – Remote Proctoring Through an Ethical Lens: the Case Against Surveillance
  4. November 26, 2025  – Claude vs. ChatGPT: Choosing the Right AI for the Job
  5. January 21, 2025 – Build Your Own Teaching Bot: My Story of Creating CITE GPT as a Teaching Tool
  6. February 18, 2025 – Re-imagining the Past: Deepfake as a Tool for Creative Storytelling and Visual Literacy
Nov
27
Thu
Accessibility Bites: The Gift of Dyslexia
Nov 27 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Accessibility Bites: The Gift of Dyslexia

Session Description

A large number of learners think differently than traditional educational methods account for. They are often labelled as having learning disabilities, when in reality, their differences reflect unique strengths, not deficits.

In this session, Sue will share insights from her hands-on experience working with creative, inventive, and highly capable learners who are frequently misunderstood. Educators will gain a deeper understanding of these diverse thinkers and explore ways to better support their unique strengths in educational settings.

Agenda

In this session, we’ll explore:

  • The three core components underlying a wide range of learning challenges
  • Tools and strategies that help learners overcome these challenges
  • How learning challenges can manifest in adult life
  • What can be done to prevent or correct these challenges early on
  • Practical strategies to support those working with adults who face learning barriers

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About the Facilitator

Sue Blyth Hall is dyslexic and so is her son. She is a Davis® Facilitator who has been working with children and adults for over twenty-seven years and has never yet found anyone to be learning disabled; some people just learn differently from the way they are taught. She is the Founder of The Whole Dyslexic Society, a TEDx Speaker (2021), Author of Fish Don’t Climb Trees, and producer of the documentary WHO KNEW Dyslexia is a Way of Thinking (2025).
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he works with children and adults, who all share the “Gift of Dyslexia” and sees it manifesting in many areas: reading, spelling, paying attention, math, co-ordination, printing, and more. She works tirelessly to improve the understanding and awareness of what dyslexia is, how it arises, ways to correct associated challenges, and even more: ways that these so-called learning disabilities can be prevented. 


2025-26 Accessibility Bites Series

  1. Accessibility Bites: Introduction to Web Accessibility, August 28, 2025 
  2. Accessibility Bites: Supporting Post-Secondary Students with ADHD, September 25, 2025 
  3. Accessibility Bites: Let’s Talk about Learning Disabilities, October 30, 2025 
  4. Accessibility Bites: The Gift of Dyslexia, November 27, 2025 
  5. Accessibility Bites: Access Friction, December 11, 2025 
  6. Accessibility Bites: UDL 3.0 in Practice, January 29, 2026 
  7. Accessibility Bites: An Indigenous Lens on Disability Rights, February 26, 2026

For recordings and resources from previous Accessibility Bites workshops, visit the Accessibility Bites Pressbook

Dec
11
Thu
Accessibility Bites: Access Friction
Dec 11 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Accessibility Bites: Access Friction

Session Description

In this interactive session we will explore the concept of Access Frictionthe idea that no course can fully anticipate every learner’s needsand how this limitation opens space for more collaborative and even improvisatory approaches to course design and delivery. 

Using a hypothetical case study where access supports both include and exclude specific learners, we will frame Access Friction as an invitation to create deeply inclusive learning environments. Together we will develop responses to the multiple learning needs highlighted in the case, setting aside fixed learning outcomes to embrace learning as a process of experimentation and responsive design.

What to bring (optional): Examples of access friction from your own teaching and learning experience for group discussion. 

Agenda

  1. Overview of Access Friction using definitions by disabled researchers, educators, and activists
  2. Use Zoom’s synchronous collaboration tools to respond to a hypothetical case study of Access Friction
  3. Discussion, reflections, and questions

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This notice is to inform you that this session will be recorded, archived, and shared after the event. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation will be recorded and the recording will be made available publicly.

About the Facilitator

Stefan Sunandan Honisch (he/him) is a disabled researcher, educator, and musician. He is a sessional instructor in Theatre Studies, and a Scholar-in-Residence at St. John’s College, on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Musqueam Nation, on which the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus is situated. Honisch has also previously worked for the BC Public Service Agency’s Learning Centre. 


2025-26 Accessibility Bites Series

  1. Accessibility Bites: Introduction to Web Accessibility, August 28, 2025 
  2. Accessibility Bites: Supporting Post-Secondary Students with ADHD, September 25, 2025 
  3. Accessibility Bites: Let’s Talk about Learning Disabilities, October 30, 2025 
  4. Accessibility Bites: The Gift of Dyslexia, November 27, 2025 
  5. Accessibility Bites: Access Friction, December 11, 2025 
  6. Accessibility Bites: UDL 3.0 in Practice, January 29, 2026 
  7. Accessibility Bites: An Indigenous Lens on Disability Rights, February 26, 2026

For recordings and resources from previous Accessibility Bites workshops, visit the Accessibility Bites Pressbook

Jan
29
Thu
Accessibility Bites: UDL 3.0 in Practice
Jan 29 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Accessibility Bites: UDL 3.0 in Practice

Session Description

Are you familiar with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and trying out some ideas? Are you interested in accessible pedagogy? Interested in upping your UDL game? Join us for ideas on extending your UDL-based teaching practices using the new UDL 3.0 guidelines. 

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This notice is to inform you that this session will be recorded, archived, and shared after the event. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation will be recorded and the recording will be made available publicly.

About the Facilitator

Your facilitator for this session is Dr. Seanna Takacs. 

Seanna is Practice Lead in Accessibility Services at KPU. She consults on UDL and accessible pedagogy for post-secondary institutions in British Columbia and is Co-chair for the Accessibility and Inclusion Community of Practice for Canadian Association of College & University Student Services (CACUSS). 


2025-26 Accessibility Bites Series

  1. Accessibility Bites: Introduction to Web Accessibility, August 28, 2025 
  2. Accessibility Bites: Supporting Post-Secondary Students with ADHD, September 25, 2025 
  3. Accessibility Bites: Let’s Talk about Learning Disabilities, October 30, 2025 
  4. Accessibility Bites: The Gift of Dyslexia, November 27, 2025 
  5. Accessibility Bites: Access Friction, December 11, 2025 
  6. Accessibility Bites: UDL 3.0 in Practice, January 29, 2026 
  7. Accessibility Bites: An Indigenous Lens on Disability Rights, February 26, 2026

For recordings and resources from previous Accessibility Bites workshops, visit the Accessibility Bites Pressbook

Feb
18
Wed
EdTech Sandbox Series: Re-imagining the Past: Deepfake as a Tool for Creative Storytelling and Visual Literacy
Feb 18 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

About the Session

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We will explore the creative and educational potential of deepfake technology. Through guided analysis, collaborative storytelling, and ethical reflection, participants will critically examine how AI-generated media can enhance historical representation and artistic narratives. Learning objectives include: understanding the dual-use nature of deepfakes; applying visual and media literacy principles; exploring ethical frameworks for emerging technologies; and fostering creative thinking through speculative media design. The aim is for participants to leave with a nuanced view of deepfakes, recognizing both their risks and transformative possibilities in education, art, and public history.

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Maryam Safa Schneider

This notice is to inform you that this session will be recorded, archived, and shared after the event. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation will be recorded and the recording will be made available publicly.

About the Facilitator

Maryam Safa Schneider is an educator, researcher, and learning designer with over 17 years of experience in the field of education. She currently teaches psychology and communication at University Canada West. With a background in visual arts and liberal arts psychology, Maryam brings an interdisciplinary lens to digital storytelling, ethical technology use, and creative pedagogy. Her work explores how emerging media, such as deepfakes, can be critically and constructively integrated into teaching and learning.


About the Series

Discover the BCcampus EdTech Sandbox Series consisting of workshops that empower 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.

Focus Areas for 2025-2026

  • The AI Sandbox: a space dedicated to experimenting with, and reviewing, artificial intelligence tools and applications in educational settings.
  • Other Learning Technologies: a space to explore, experiment, and review emerging learning technologies beyond AI, highlighting their potential impacts and practical applications.

In 90-minute 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.

EdTech Sandbox Series Sessions

  1. September 10, 2025 – Choose Your Own Adventure! Dynamic Branching Scenarios and Game Maps With H5P and AI Tools
  2. October 8, 2025 – The Intelligent Notebook: Become a Knowledge Expert With NotebookLM
  3. October 17, 2025 – Remote Proctoring Through an Ethical Lens: the Case Against Surveillance
  4. November 26, 2025  – Claude vs. ChatGPT: Choosing the Right AI for the Job
  5. January 21, 2025 – Build Your Own Teaching Bot: My Story of Creating CITE GPT as a Teaching Tool
  6. February 18, 2025 – Re-imagining the Past: Deepfake as a Tool for Creative Storytelling and Visual Literacy