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DiscoTech ’23

October 12 @ 9:00 am - October 13 @ 1:00 pm

DISCOvering TECHnology is a playful twist on a learning symposium. DiscoTech ‘23 is an opportunity for faculty to learn from and share pedagogical insights online or in the smart classroom. We invite instructors from Lethbridge, Selkirk, and Spokane Community College to join College of the Rockies from faculties from all over the East Kootenay to meet in Cranbrook and virtually.

This symposium is free to attend but we do require you to pre-register. Online Registration Form

Lineup of Speakers for DiscoTech ’23

Keynote Speakers

Mike McCready, Lethbridge College START Lab, Lethbridge Mike McCready is a renowned scholar in the field of extended reality. He will discuss how faculty can tap into the power of extended reality for authentic, powerful learning. Tyler Heaton, Lethbridge College START Lab, Lethbridge Tyler Heaton is a spatial media and technologies instructor, technician, and researcher who is passionate about the transformational potential of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality applications.

Guest Speakers (see the end of the post for full descriptions of sessions)

Julia Kiernan, Lawrence Technological University, Detroit Meehae Song, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby

Presenters

Sharon Demaine, Office Administration, “Humanizing your Online Courses with Kaltura”  Nathan Dueck, Caley Ehnes, University Studies – Panelists on “Coffee with ChatGPT” Kelly Fyke, Centre for Innovation, Teaching and Learning Jennifer Girvin, Health/Health and Human Services Simulation Nicholas Kinar, University Studies Shaun Longstreet, Centre for Innovation, Dean Kyle Stooshnov, Centre for Innovation, eLearning Samantha Twietmeyer Centre for Innovation, eLearning John White, Automotive Program Heather Wik, Child, Youth, and Family Studies

Keynote Talk: Michael McCready – “The Future of Education is Spatial”

Join McCready and Heaton for hands-on demonstrations of VR headsets and discussions on how to incorporate these tools in the curriculum.
Our keynote speakers Michael McCready and Tyler Heaton from Lethbridge College’s Spatial Technologies Applied Research & Training (START) for a presentation titled, “The Future of Education is Spatial”. Mike is an educator and researcher with a focus on immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality. He has over 20 years of development experience. Tyler is a spatial media and technologies instructor, technician and researcher with a background in digital media production and immersive narrative in virtual reality experiences. After the keynote, they will lead a demonstration session using immersive experiences with VR headsets. This will be an interactive session where participants can try the equipment, experience the effectiveness of immersive learning, and ask questions about immersive learning applications.

Guest Speaker: Meehae Song

How to Leverage VR for Education and Beyond XR (eXtended Reality) Technology has become an effective medium for many applications, fields from medicine to simulations to education. With technology becoming more accessible and cost-effective, we can now have educators, artists and students start to explore this medium through a variety of apps to start thinking about how we can best leverage XR for different application fields. This session presents how Song uses XR to teach, prototype, and collaborate with students, educators as well as industry professionals. She will showcase ShapesXR and Unity3D demonstrating use of the Meta Quest 2 VR Headset.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Julia Kiernan

Rhetorical Listening in Technological Landscapes: Foregrounding Voices that are not our Own  This session focuses on environmental justice, decolonization, and magical realism via a discussion of the development of an educational video game: Land of the Three Fires. I share some of the pedagogical moves I employ to invite students into these often messy conversations and emphasize Kristina Ratcliffe’s theory of rhetorical listening, which is informed by theories of linguistic racism, anti-racist pedagogy, and intersectionality. (NOTE this session corresponds to Pathways to Indigenization #1, #2, and #3) All are welcome to attend each event and we encourage everyone to register ahead of time for coffee, snacks and a boxed lunch. Teams link will be sent to registered virtual attendees

Guest Speaker: Dr. Julia Kiernan

Closing Session: Enacting Sustainability & Stewardship: At the Intersection of Environmental Justice, Social Media, & Tourism This session examines how far away, out-of-reach landscapes are, via the propagation of associated imagery on social media platforms, important sites of analysis—particularly regarding tourism and travel narratives. To date, little attention has been paid to social media’s impacts on the natural world. Using the lenses of natureculture and solastalgia this session unpacks how nature, as depicted through social media platforms, provokes a range of human-centered emotions that strategically avoid connecting human- and nature-centered distress.

Schedule

DISCOTECH DAY 1 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12th Locations: Lecture Theatre KC 250, Flexible Learning Lab (KC 131), Classroom (KC 189/190) and in the Kootenay Campus Front Foyer

 
Time Location Title and Speaker
9:15-9:45 Foyer Coffee for registered guests
9:45-10:00 Foyer Welcome
10:00-11:00 Foyer Poster Session: The COTR Online Experience – K. Fyke, CITL Kelly presents a pre-built Moodle course template that faculty can easily adopt for their own courses. The template is evidenced-based and includes a wide range of Universal Design for Learning elements. Poster Session: Preparing Students Online for EV Maintenance – J. White, Automotive John can talk about how he prepares automotive students for face-to-face hands-on course work first through online activities.
10:00-10:30 KC 189 How to Leverage VR for Education and Beyond – M. Song, Simon Fraser University
10:30-11:00 KC 190 3D Printing the World: Innovative Fabrication for Education and Entrepreneurs – Lucy Adams, COTR Idea Lab
11:00-11:45 Foyer Poster Session: Integrating an Educational Electronic Health Record to Enhance Student Learning – J. Girvin, Health
11:00-11:45 KC 189 Rhetorical Listening in Technological Landscapes: Foregrounding Voices that are not our Own – J. Kiernan, Lawrence Technological University
11:30-12:00 KC 190 Humanizing Online Courses using Video – S. Demaine, OFAD
12:00-1:00 Foyer Boxed lunches for registered guests; (Poster session continues)
1:00-2:00 KC 250 Lecture Theatre Keynote The Future of Education is Spatial, M. McCready, Lethbridge College
2:00-3:30 KC 131 Flex Learning Lab Virtual Reality Demonstrations, M. Song, Simon Fraser University
4:00-6:00 P KC 250 Screening of Xanadu (all welcome)
     

DISCOTECH DAY 2, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12th Locations: Lecture Theatre KC 250, Flexible Learning Lab (KC 131), Classroom (KC 189/190) and in the Kootenay Campus Front Foyer

 
Time Location Title and Speaker
9:15-9:45 Foyer Coffee for registered guests
9:45-10:00 Foyer A Discourse on Disco, K. Stooshnov, CITL
10:00-11:00 Foyer Poster Session: “The COTR Online Experience” – K. Fyke, CITL Poster Session: Preparing Students Online for EV Maintenance – J. White, Automotive
10:00-10:45 Flexible Learning Lab Coffee with ChatGPT – C. Ehnes, N. Dueck, University Studies; K, Fyke, S. Longstreet, CITL
10:00-10:30 KC 189 Teaching Introductory Postsecondary Physical Geography using Electronic Circuits, Data Processing & Online Collaboration Tools – N. Kinar
10:30-11:15 KC 190 Enacting Sustainability & Stewardship: At the Intersection of Environmental Justice, Social Media, & Tourism – J Kiernan, Lawrence Technological University
11:00-11:45 Flexible Learning Lab Hands-on: Using Google Cardboard for Low-Entry VR Experiences – S. Longstreet, CITL In this session, participants will learn several avenues to introduce AR/VR at a low-cost point using many open source platforms. Please bring your cell-phone. Participants will receive a Google Cardboard to take away with them.
11:00-12:00 Foyer Learn H5P workshop – S. Twietmeyer, CITL Participants will come away with ability to create interactive videos for students using open-source H5P platform.
12:00-1:00 Foyer Closing Event
Please complete our Online Registration Form to let us know which dates and times you will be attending.

Details

Start:
October 12 @ 9:00 am
End:
October 13 @ 1:00 pm
Website:
https://forms.cotr.bc.ca/discotech-23-online-registration/

Organizer

College of the Rockies Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning

Venue

College of The Rockies Cranbrook Campus
2700 College Way
Cranbrook, BC V1C 5L7 Canada + Google Map