This is the archives page for the Festival of Learning 2018 which took place on May 28 – 30, 2018 in Vancouver, B.C.
Festival Theme – Higher Education: Handle with Care
How does care manifest – or fail to manifest – in our practices, policies, structures, spaces, technologies and pedagogies? How could we be better caretakers and caregivers in the context of post-secondary education and in service of student learning?
Inclusive by design
An important driver for the planning of the event was inclusion – ensuring that everyone can attend #FoL18. Inclusion was obvious in the details. Here are a few items we included:
- Deep discounts for early-bird registrants, students, speakers, and volunteers
- Free childcare
- Wheelchair accessibility with preferred seating in the most accessible areas of each room
- Option to add pronoun ribbons to your conference badge
- All-gender washrooms
- Healthy meal choices for all
Self-care
At #FoL18, there was a superb selection of session formats, learning experiences, unique spaces, and phenomenally useful social and networking events, as well as new components, such as:
- Complimentary childcare via Nannies on Call
- Yoga breaks
- Meditation sessions
- An appreciation station to write a note of thanks to the important people in your life
FoL18 archives:
Festival of Learning 2018 Schedule
Festival of Learning 2018 Social Media Toolkit
Presentation slides
Event photos
Video
- Festival of Learning 2018 Keynote Speaker – Monique Gray Smith
- Festival of Learning 2018 Keynote Speaker – Jesse Stommel
#VizNotes courtesy of Giulia Forsythe
- Jesse Stommel on Centering Teaching
- Jonny Morris on Thriving in Post-Secondary Education
Blog posts
- Building Relationships at Festival of Learning 2018 – BCcampus
- Visualizing #FoL18 with TAGS –
- #thebestconferenceever – recap from Douglas Educators Network
- Rethinking Why and How I Attend Conferences – by Amelia Horsburgh, PhD
- Virtually Connecting with #FoL18
FoL16 archives:
The Festival of Learning 2016 was a collaboration of existing groups and annual events hosted together for the first time during an exciting four-day festival experience, June 6–9, 2016.
This post-secondary education event hosted more than 400 delegates, offering a variety of session formats, learning experiences, unique spaces, as well as social and networking events.
Schedule
Presentation slides
Event photos
Blog posts
- Festival of Learning: Celebrating Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
- Festival of Learning: Getting ready
- The Festival of Learning celebrates the higher education community
- Celebrating the Festival of Learning
- Carnference
- Social media profiles: Best practices for mastering your digital footprint