Beyond the Chalkboard KPU Teaching & Learning Common

In episode five of Beyond the Chalkboard Season three, Dr. Gordon Cobb talks with Erika Balcombe from the Wilson School of Design and Dr. Lee Beavington from the Faculty of Science and Horticulture about interdepartmental collaborations taking place in their departments and the impact this approach to learning has on both students and faculty alike.

In episode four of Beyond the Chalkboard season three, Dr. Gordon Cobb talks with Dr. Seanna Takacs from the Teaching and Learning Commons and Sarah Duncan from the Faculty of Applied Communications about Mindfulness and its connection to the Universal Design for Learning.

For more information about the Universal Design for Learning you can visit Dr. Takacs’ blogsite at https://wordpress.kpu.ca/udl/ and the Pedagogy + Practice blog site at https://wordpress.kpu.ca/tlcommons/.

In episode three of Beyond the Chalkboard Season three, Dr. Gordon Cobb talks with Lesley McCannell and Monica Affleck from KPU’s School of  Business about their experiences as participants in the PebblePad Pilot Project.  Lesley and Monica discuss using PebblePad to create ePortfolios with their students.

In episode two of Beyond the Chalkboard Season three, Dr. Gordon Cobb talks with Janice Morris, an English instructor and in the Academic and Career Advancement department; and John Grant, an instructor of Applied Communications and Public Relations at KPU.  Janice and John were both attendees of the Teaching and Learning Commons Level Up workshop series.  Level Up is an intensive online learning experience created to provide faculty with opportunities to conceptualize online learning and design effective and engaging online courses.  Janice and John reflect upon their experiences with Level Up and its impact on their online teaching practices at KPU .  You won’t want to miss this emotional and thoughtful conversation about teaching in COVID times and the impact it has had on students and teachers alike.

In the first episode of Beyond the Chalkboard Season three, Dr. Gordon Cobb talks with Leeann Waddington, the Manager of Learning Technology  and Educational Media and Lisa Gedak, the Teaching and Learning  Technologies Strategist about the development of the Level Up workshops series at KPU.  Level Up is a faculty development series created to provide faculty with opportunities to explore the foundational elements to design effective and engaging online courses.  This offering has 5 modules that include a mix of synchronous and asynchronous learning.  Created specifically to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the immediate shift to online learning at KPU, Level Up provided a space for faculty to build relationships with colleagues and experience digital delivery at the same time.  Leeann and Lisa reflect upon the goals and considerations involved in designing Level Up and what they learned  throughout the process of delivering it to over 300 faculty members over 4 months.  You won’t want to miss this fast-paced conversation about teaching in COVID times and the impact of Level Up on the culture and community of KPU.

On this episode of Beyond the Chalkboard Dr. Gordon Cobb interviews Arley Cruthers, a member of faculty in the School of Business at KPU. Arley teaches applied communications and is a published author, world champion athlete, and an award winning academic. The conversation revolves  around the concept of storytelling and what a powerful teaching tool it can be, especially when one incorporates Ed Tech and a contemporary approach to teaching.

Season two is produced, recorded, edited and hosted by Dr. Gordon Cobb. Original music, including the opening theme - Technically Autumn - by Gordon Cobb.