BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d573a1dc DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241029T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241029T120000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/instructo r-feedback-session-development-disability-affinity SUMMARY:Instructor Feedback Session on the Development of the Disability\nA ffinity Program CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:As the University of Waterloo strives to advance accessibility and\ndisability inclusion on our campuses\, consultation and community\nen gagement play a key role in amplifying the equity-denied voices.\nWhere th e previous Accessibility Advisory Panel focused primarily on\ncommunity en gagement through one-way communication\, the newly proposed\nDisability Af finity Program seeks to build community space for\nstudents\, staff\, and faculty with disabilities or neurodivergence to\nfacilitate more authentic consultation opportunities.\n\nIn this session\, instructors are invited to share their ideas and\nfeedback on the development of the Disability Af finity Program as a\npotential\, future space for instructors with disabil ities to seek\nmentorship\, peer support\, networking\, and knowledge exch ange. DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d5741735 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241028T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241028T140000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/innovativ e-partnerships-bringing-wil-classroom SUMMARY:Innovative Partnerships: Bringing WIL into the Classroom CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:In this session\, faculty will be shown how work-integrated lea rning\ncan be used to create meaningful learning experiences for Waterloo\ nstudents through engagement with industry or community partners in WIL\n6 11: Interdisciplinary Community/Industry Research Project.   DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d57433c2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241021 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241026 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/ctes-inst ructional-innovations-week SUMMARY:CTE's Instructional Innovations Week CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Teaching Excellence is hosting Instructional\nIn novations Week from October 21-25\, 2024 in collaboration with\nfaculty me mbers\, ASU staff\, and special guests from the University of\nEdinburgh. X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d574456c DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241025T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241025T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/open-chat s-faculty-engineering-preparing-january-2025-aoda SUMMARY:Open Chats with the Faculty of Engineering: Preparing for January\n 2025: AODA compliance and other Ministry directives CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:OPEN CHATS WITH THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING: PREPARING FOR JANU ARY\n2025: AODA COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MINISTRY DIRECTIVES\n\nThis Open Chat will focus on AODA compliance\, sharing updates about\nthe current state at the University of Waterloo in Engineering and\nSTEM courses\, as well a s discussing the new Ministry directive to\ninclude cost of teaching mater ials in course outlines. Intended\nprimarily for those teaching engineerin g courses\, but open to anyone. DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d5745775 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241017T093000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241017T120000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/accessibl e-education-day-2-october-17th SUMMARY:Accessible Education Day 2: October 17th CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Teaching Innovation Incubator\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/teach ing-incubator/] is hosting a two-day event\nto encourage dialogue and sho wcase the work taking place at the\nUniversity of Waterloo to make educati on accessible for all of our\nlearners.\n\nAcross these two days\, session s will dive into the heart of the work\nbeing done on accessible education at Waterloo and explore how it\nbenefits our students\, staff\, and facul ty. You'll have the chance to\nlearn more about Waterloo's commitment to a ccessible education and the\nefforts taking place across our campus to sup port instructors and\nstudents in achieving accessible education. DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d5746409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241016T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241016T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/accessibl e-education-day-1-october-16th SUMMARY:Accessible Education Day 1: October 16th CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Teaching Innovation Incubator\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/teach ing-incubator/] is hosting a two-day event\nto encourage dialogue and sho wcase the work taking place at the\nUniversity of Waterloo to make educati on accessible for all of our\nlearners.\n\nAcross these two days\, session s will dive into the heart of the work\nbeing done on accessible education at Waterloo and explore how it\nbenefits our students\, staff\, and facul ty. You'll have the chance to\nlearn more about Waterloo's commitment to a ccessible education and the\nefforts taking place across our campus to sup port instructors and\nstudents in achieving accessible education. DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d5747002 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241031T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241031T103000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/advancing -work-integrated-learning-insights-work-learn SUMMARY:Advancing Work-Integrated Learning: Insights from the Work-Learn\nI nstitute CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Work-Learn (WxL) is the only research unit in the world dedicat ed to\nthe study and advancement of work-integrated learning (WIL)\, such as\nco-operative education experiences. Participants in this session will\ nreceive an introduction to who we are at WxL and how WxL has advanced\nWI L at the University of Waterloo and beyond. This session will\ninclude ins ights into our recent research projects\, consulting work\,\nand education initiatives. As much as possible\, the importance and\nvalue of this work will be presented from a variety of lenses – we\naim to highlight how w e support all our stakeholders including\nstudents\, faculty\, community a nd employee partners\, various levels of\ngovernment\, and the national an d international WIL communities. We\nwill share findings and insights on t opics such as the faculty\ndifferences that emerged from our Gen Z researc h\, accessibility and\naccommodations in WIL for students from equity-dese rving groups\, and\nthe role of student-faculty partnerships in enhancing teaching and\nlearning. Additionally\, we will share some of our upcoming education\ninitiatives\, such as our training certificate program that is in\ndevelopment\, geared towards WIL supervisors. DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d5747ba9 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241024T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241024T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/student-l ed-individually-created-course-slicc-instructor SUMMARY:Student Led Individually Created Course (SLICC) Instructor Workshop :\nIntroduction to the SLICC Framework CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:LOCATION: TBD\n\nFACILITATORS: Dr. Simon C. Riley\n[https:// www.ed.ac.uk/profile/scriley] and Katherine Lithgow\n[https://uwaterloo. ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/profiles/katherine-lithgow] \n\nJoin D r. Simon C. Riley\n[https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/scriley] (University of Edinburgh) for\nan interactive workshop on the S\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/c entre-for-teaching-excellence/areas-support/integrative-learning/student-l ed-individually-created-courses-sliccs]tudent-Led\nIndividually Created Co urse (SLICC)\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/areas-s upport/integrative-learning/student-led-individually-created-courses-slicc s] framework\,\nan approach to self-directed experiential learning develo ped at the\nUniversity of Edinburgh. Discover how this innovative approach allows\nstudents to design their own learning experiences\, fostering cri tical\nthinking\, creativity\, and reflective practice. Simon will share\n practical insights on implementing SLICCs\, discuss their impact at the\nU niversity of Edinburgh\, and share how including the SLICC framework\ncoul d further benefit the University of Waterloo. DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d57487ab DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241023T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241023T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/3-steps-i nclusive-and-equitable-edtech-including-genai SUMMARY:3 Steps to Inclusive and Equitable EdTech including GenAI CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:LOCATION: MC2036\n\nFACILITATORS: Tonya Elliott\n[https://uwa terloo.ca/extended-learning/contacts/tonya-elliott]\n\nOne of the guiding principles of Waterloo's Educational Technology's\nGovernance groups is \" Provide inclusive and equitable access\"\, but\nwhat does that mean in pra ctice? Join us for a presentation and\ndiscussion about how the EdTech Adv isory group has put this principle\ninto action and hear from members of t he Centre for Extended Learning\n(CEL) who have used the same approach in their response to the\nemergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Ge nAI). DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f35d574934f DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241021T143000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241021T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/events/lite-gran t-showcase LOCATION:MC - Mathematics & Computer Building 200 University Avenue West MC 2036 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:LITE Grant Showcase CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:LOCATION: MC2036\n\nFACILITATORS: Brianna Bennett\n[https://u waterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/profiles/brianna-bennett] and  Annik\nBilodeau\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/pr ofiles/annik-bilodeau]\n\nCome hear presentations from colleagues at the U niversity of Waterloo\nwho are conducting their own scholarship of teac hing and learning\n(SoTL) research\, developing or piloting innovations f or the\nclassroom supported with funding from the Learning Innovation an d\nTeaching Enhancement (LITE) grant program! \n\nDuring this session\, r esearchers from the Stratford School of\nInteraction Design and Business (Faculty of Arts) and the Faculty of\nScience will present preliminary res ults. Each presentation will be\nfollowed by a 10-minute showcase of the technology or learning\nformat used in the studies\, allowing particip ants to experiment\nwith (VR) or experience (circle pedagogy) these innov ations.   DTSTAMP:20260430T134703Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR