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Members of the Faculty of Agriculture (faculty, staff, and graduate students) are invited to attend the second annual symposium on teaching/learning innovations in Agri-Education. Come learn that colleagues on our campus are doing. It promises to be a stimulating time of both sharing, discussion and PD!!

The morning starts off with coffee (plan to arrive 9:45 to sign in and get your coffee/tea). The day will feature 10 different innovations using a 6 minute ‘snapper’ format. There will be time to allow Q&A and more detailed discussion with the innovators after the presentations. Topics  include the Dal-AC Outdoor Classroom, Farm Centre Learning Exhibit, Youtube instructional videos and much more!

The Dean has graciously agreed to provide a working lunch for the first 50 registrants.

There are 15 spots remaining!  Please register by May 9th.
Questions: nancy.pitts@dal.ca

Schedule:

10:00 Welcome by Dr David Gray, Dean

Short Snappers #1:
10:15 -10:20 Industry Innovation: Bringing Agriculture to a Changing Demographic – Ashley Coffin
10:25-10:30 Farm Centre Exhibit – Jean Lynds
10:35-10:40 Positive Animal Training: The Science of Applied Behaviour Analysis - Lana Bos
10:45-10:50 Dal-AC Outdoor Classroom – Tracey MacKenzie
11:00 -11:05 Alpine Plant Display House – Shannon O’Connor & Simon Benetti

11:05 -11:55 Delving Deeper into the Details (Q&A with the Presenters)
12:00- 12:30 Light Lunch and Conversation; Cox 43

Short Snappers #2:
12:40 -12:45 Facebook Live Streaming – Janine Gray, Sarah Gatti-Yorke
12:50-12:55 Harnessing the Power of Youtube in the university classroom – Travis Esau
1:00-1:05 Use of Brightspace Competency Tool – Joye Sears
1:10-1:15 Problem-based Learning – Lord Abbey
1:20-1:25 Inclusion and Diversity in our Courses – Arthur Stevens

1:30-2:15 Delving Deeper into the Details (Q&A with the afternoon Presenters)
2:15 Wrap-up and next steps

Planning Group: Lori Parsons, Diane Dunlop, Jay Woodworth, Joye Sears, Linda Jack, Nancy Pitts, Sarah Gatti-Yorke