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Research Speaker Series – A Participatory Design–Based Approach to Creating Design Principles for K–12 Online Learning in Canada

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Oct 31 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Session Description:

Design principles in education help improve practice and help educators design better ways of doing things. They are not rigid rules or fixed templates; they are flexible, evolving, and iterative, and they provide a foundation of shared understanding to guide and inform whatever comes next. In February 2021 the Canadian eLearning Network began engaging educators across Canada in facilitated conversations about teaching in online learning environments. This expanded into a three-phased research project focused on understanding the lived experiences of online educators and those who came to online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. This session will showcase the shared learnings from three years of conversations with Canadian K–12 educators, discuss Design Principles for K–12 Online Learning (Crichton & Childs, 2023), talk about participatory design–based research and its value for emerging collective wisdom, and provide participants with tools to create participatory design–based research projects.

Facilitator:

Dr. Elizabeth Childs (she/her) is a professor and program head in the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University. She is interested in the design, creation, and implementation of flexible learning environments that incorporate technologies and provide learners with increased choice, flexibility, and opportunities. Dr. Childs’s research interests include online and blended learning, openness and open pedagogy, online learning communities and digital habitats, design thinking, and participatory design approaches.

About This Series:

The BCcampus Fall 2023 Research Speaker Series offers participants and presenters an opportunity to learn and share knowledge and advocacy on research methods, approaches, and pedagogies when it comes to accessibility, access, Indigenous engagement, and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in teaching and learning. These livestream webinars, which take place one Tuesday every month from September to December, will allow you to learn and ask questions about new research directly from the researchers involved.

Learning Outcomes:

Broaden your knowledge and research skills in the B.C. post-secondary context.
Learn about Indigenization, EDI, decolonization, and accessibility in research.
Be inspired to participate in research communities of practice or explore the themes in your work.
Connect with academics and community members who share your interests.

Register now!

Please Note: This session will be recorded, captioned, and made available publicly on BCcampus.ca after the event. You do not need to register to view the recording after the event.

Other Events in This Series:

Session Description:

Centring intersectional equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in research practices and approaches is one requirement for practitioners to advance critical knowledge and understandings that practically challenge the current local and global structural barriers that marginalize and limit access and participation for many in educational scholarly communities.

By the end of the session, participants will:

Understand the goals of intersectional EDI as an action-oriented community advocacy and change program.
Critically reflect on the intersections of EDI and their research practices.
Courageously question how much their research aligns with intersectional EDI principles.
Learn how to centre intersectional EDI principles in their research.

Facilitator:

Dr. Moussa Magassa (he/him) is the associate vice-president of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Mount Royal University in Calgary, where he leads the development of institutional EDI strategies, policies, and programs that centre the experiences of equity-deserving individuals. Dr. Magassa’s approach to EDI is rooted in an intersectional and trauma-informed framework that draws on the lived experiences and voices of equity-deserving people and their allies. Previously, he worked as the principal strategist, Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-racism Education, and Community Engagement at UVic. Dr. Magassa is also associate faculty in the UVic Social Justice Studies Program and the Master of Arts in Global Leadership at Royal Roads University. He also works as an instructor in the UVic Intercultural Studies and Practice Program and at the UBC Centre for Intercultural Communication. He holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction (UVic) with special focus on critical race theory, anti-racism, Islamophobia, and human rights education, an MA in human security and peacebuilding from Royal Roads University, a BA (Hons) in conflict resolution and peace studies from Kwazulu Natal University, South Africa, and various advanced certifications in human rights and humanitarian law, conflict mediation, and intercultural competency development.

More About This Series:

The BCcampus Fall 2023 Research Speaker Series offers participants and presenters an opportunity to learn and share knowledge and advocacy on research methods, approaches, and pedagogies when it comes to accessibility, access, Indigenous engagement, and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in teaching and learning. These livestream webinars, which take place one Tuesday every month from September to December, will allow you to learn and ask questions about new research directly from the researchers involved.

Learning Outcomes:

Broaden your knowledge and research skills in the B.C. post-secondary context.
Learn about Indigenization, EDI, decolonization, and accessibility in research.
Be inspired to participate in research communities of practice or explore the themes in your work.
Connect with academics and community members who share your interests.

Register now!

Please Note: This session will be recorded, captioned, and made available publicly on BCcampus.ca after the event. You do not need to register to view the recording after the event.

Other Events in This Series:

Session Description:

In this seminar Dr. Jane Seale will describe and evaluate a range of creative methods to capture the experiences of people with disabilities in research in ways that are inclusive and meaningful. The methods include memory boxes, sculpture, body-mapping, and i-poems, which Dr. Seale has used with adults with sensory and intellectual impairments and university students with disabilities in formal and informal educational contexts. In reflecting on the success of these methods, Dr. Seale will consider the extent to which participants with disabilities were able to shape and adapt the methods to meet their own goals and evaluate what researchers can learn when using these methods that they might not learn from other approaches.

Facilitator:

Dr. Jane Seale (she/her) is a professor of education in the Faculty of Wellness, Education and Language Studies at the Open University in England. Dr. Seale’s teaching and research interests lie at the intersections between disability, technology, and inclusion. A particular focus of her work is the development and evaluation of methods that promote voice and empowerment for marginalized groups, including university students and adults with intellectual disabilities

More About This Series:

The BCcampus Fall 2023 Research Speaker Series offers participants and presenters an opportunity to learn and share knowledge and advocacy on research methods, approaches, and pedagogies when it comes to accessibility, access, Indigenous engagement, and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in teaching and learning. These livestream webinars, which take place one Tuesday every month from September to December, will allow you to learn and ask questions about new research directly from the researchers involved.

Learning Outcomes:

Broaden your knowledge and research skills in the B.C. post-secondary context.
Learn about Indigenization, EDI, decolonization, and accessibility in research.
Be inspired to participate in research communities of practice or explore the themes in your work.
Connect with academics and community members who share your interests.

Register now!

Please Note: This session will be recorded, captioned, and made available publicly on BCcampus.ca after the event. You do not need to register to view the recording after the event.