Dear colleagues,

On the first four Mondays in November, BCcampus is hosting the Trades and Vocational Education Summit Series. The event description is as follows:

This summit series is designed to provide vocational education faculty opportunities to explore different avenues for their course design and delivery.


Session topics will include the following:

  • Design Thinking for TVET
  • Backwards Design Your Next Course
  • Authentic Assessments for TVET
  • Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching in TVET.

Each week will have a different keynote speaker followed by an interactive workshop session. Tim Carson, Sally Vinden, Nicki Rehn, and Lucy Griffiths will lead the sessions. On November 23, there will be a social from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM PT.

The summit events are from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. PST on November 2, November 9, November 16, and November 23. There is no cost to attend.

Please share widely within your networks.

Best,

Arianna Cheveldave

Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus

Email: acheveldave@bccampus.ca  •  ​LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave   •  Pronouns: She/her

I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), W̱SÁNEĆ, and Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.