Workshops and events

The Experiential Learning Institute: Assessment in Experiential Learning

The Experiential Learning Institute offers faculty and instructors an opportunity to engage deeply with a topic over the course of three weekly sessions. The focus of the Fall 2024 institute is assessment in experiential learning.

Participants must attend all three sessions to receive a certificate of completion. If you are not able to attend all the sessions you may register for individual sessions, but you will not receive a certificate of completion for The Experiential Learning Institute.

Sessions:

• Oct 1, 2024: Assessing Experiential Learning (led by Gera Villagran Becerra)
  What are effective ways of assessing experiential learning? How does assessment fit in the experiential learning cycle? In this workshop, we’ll explore best practices for assessing experiential learning. Participants will be challenged to take an experiential approach to assessment and reflect on the challenges it involves.
• Oct. 8, 2024: Beyond Reflection Papers: Innovative Strategies for Assessing Experiential Learning (led by Meaghan Ewharekuko)
  Have you heard about multi-stage assignments, two-stage exams and gamification as strategies to assess experiential learning? In this workshop we will explore novel methods and effective strategies for assessing different types of experiential learning within the classroom and beyond.
• Oct. 15, 2024: Assessing 21st Century Competencies (led by Janine Carmichael)
  How do you assess 21st century competencies like empathy, active listening, conflict resolution and innovation in experiential learning? In this workshop, we’ll explore strategies to assess these competencies and mitigate potential challenges. We’ll also learn how to use tools like the newly created UM Competencies Framework.

Dates and time: Tuesdays, October 1, October 8 and October 15, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Gerardo Villagran Becerra, Janine Carmichael and Meaghan Ewharekuko

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Open Educational Resources – What, How, Why (Part 2) 

The term open educational resources (OER) describes a wide range of materials in teaching and learning that are available for public use with an open license or in the public domain. Examples of OER include full courses, course modules, syllabi, textbooks, lectures, assessments, and datasets. In this workshop, participants will learn why OER are valuable, how to locate them, how to evaluate them using a rubric, and how to adapt and create them. The workshop does not assume prior experience with these topics.

Date and time: Thursday, October 17, 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Iwona Gniadek and Janice Winkler

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Small Shifts, Significant Gains: Transformative Teaching Strategies Series

Looking for ways to revitalize your teaching but don't have time for a big redesign? In Small Teaching James Lang argues that small changes in classroom techniques and activities can have big impacts on student learning. Drop in to any or all of these brown bag lunchtime chats to hear creative strategies from your faculty colleagues across the university.  Bring your questions and your lunch.  Leave with ideas you can implement right away in your courses!

Session Four, Lightning Presentations:

• Julie Pfeffer (Department of Restorative Dentistry) presents: Self-Directed Student Assessment - How to Maximize the Output/Input Ratio for Your Learners (and for Yourself!) 

• Sarah Cooper (Department of Architecture) presents: Shhhhhh: Using silence in teaching and learning

Date and time: Monday, October 21, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitator: Anna Nekola

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Cultivating Minds, Nurturing Hearts: Fostering Well-Being, Integrity, and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning

The University of Manitoba (UM) identified well-being as one of five core values in its 2024 -2029 strategic plan to “advance the personal and professional growth and academic success of our community members. Grounded in respect and compassion for each other and our community, we cultivate a supportive environment that embraces the values of mino-pimatisiwin (good life) and mino-ayawin (good health) (University of Manitoba, 2024, p. 4).

This raises important questions for educators: How do we approach teaching with care, compassion, and kindness? How do these pedagogies of care, compassion, and kindness align with other priorities in higher education (e.g., academic integrity, accessibility)?

In this interactive workshop, we will take a holistic approach to understanding pedagogies of well-being and how these pedagogies can be implemented to better support our students’ mental well-being without compromising academic standards. 

Date and time: Tuesday, October 29, 10:00 AM to 11:30 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitator: Lori Doan

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Teaching Skills Program: 'Effective Communication: How to Have Better Conversations with Your Students'

Embark on a journey of immersive learning and skill development in our comprehensive program designed to enhance communication strategies for instructors working in higher education. Over the course of the program, participants will explore effective communication techniques that are applicable to various educational contexts. Participants can practice these skills in a safe, judgement-free environment that incorporates role play as well as virtual reality simulations before applying them in teaching and learning environments.

The time commitment required would be approximately eight (8) hours between October 29 – Dec 10, 2024.

You must be available for all program components so that you can experience the program as intended. Please click the link below to learn more.

First Part:

Dates and time: Tuesday, October 29, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Ibiyemi Arowolo and James Plohman

Final Part:

Dates and time: Tuesday, December 10, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: Remote - Teams
Facilitators: Ibiyemi Arowolo and Anika Budhiraja

Register or learn more about the Effective Communication workshop

Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series

The Centre is excited to host the 2024-2025 Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series, a collection of six professional development opportunities related to academic integrity. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to individuals who register and attend all six sessions in this series. Visit the Manitoba Academic Integrity Network Speaker Series website for more details.

Session 1: Harden up - Rethinking approaches to misconduct, detection and assurance of learning

Most current approaches to academic integrity rely upon a singular view of students and their learning. These approaches also rely on several assumptions about students, their commitment to learning, and our capacities to detect when learning has not occurred. In this talk, Kane will explore some of these assumptions and discuss alternatives for current approaches to misconduct and assessment design.

Date and time: Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Special presenter: Dr. Kane Murdoch, Head of Complaints, Appeals and Misconduct at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia

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Experiential Learning Community of Practice Monthly Meeting - Partnerships 101

The Experiential Learning Community of Practice is a growing network of UM faculty, instructors, and staff passionate about experiential education.

Monthly meetings

Join our monthly meetings to build relationships with other CoP members, explore best practices and innovations, and participate in engaging conversations.

Partnerships 101

At this session, we'll chat about challenges and best practices for finding industry and community partners for experiential learning. Join us to share your own experience in this area, hear perspectives from colleagues in other faculties and programs, and learn tips to get started building your own partnerships.

Date and time: Wednesday, October 30, 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Gerardo Villagran Becerra, and Meaghan Ewharekuko

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Experiential Learning Community of Practice Monthly Meeting - The Gathering

The Experiential Learning Community of Practice is a growing network of UM faculty, instructors, and staff passionate about experiential education.

Monthly meetings

Join our monthly meetings to build relationships with other CoP members, explore best practices and innovations, and participate in engaging conversations.

The Experiential Learning Gathering

Our CoP meets in person twice each academic year. Join The Gathering to spend “real” quality time with other members of our community. Everyone is welcome at this casual networking event. Grab a coffee, enjoy good conversation, and hear the latest experiential learning happenings at UM!

Date and time: Tuesday, November 5, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Rm 108 - St. John's College (92 Dysart Road)
Facilitators: Gerardo Villagran Becerra, and Meaghan Ewharekuko

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Better Together 2024

Better Together is not a conference, symposium or lecture. It is an experiential learning environment, and everyone is welcome! Together we’ll learn, practice and be inspired about how to apply an entrepreneurial mindset to real campus challenges at UM.

Please visit the Better Together website for more event information.

Dates and times: 

• Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 1:00 - 4:00 pm and
• Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location: Multi-Purpose Room, 2nd Floor, UMSU University Centre
Facilitator: Janine Carmichael

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Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium Series: Session 1

The 2024/25 Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium Series shares the important work of University of Manitoba scholars and educators, whose research sheds light on student support needs, barriers to support seeking, and strategies for supporting students’ learning. Over a series of three research talks, faculty, instructors, and support staff will learn from and with each other about supporting diverse learners. Each talk will be followed by a discussion period and refreshments.

Session 1:

Not Left to Write: Reflections on Integrating Writing Tutors in the Undergraduate Classroom

For the past ten years, Dr. Kenneth MacKendrick (Religion Dept) and Kathy Block (Academic Learning Centre, ALC) have integrated ALC peer writing tutors in his undergraduate Religion classes. The goal has been to lower student anxiety about writing, increase student engagement, and build skills for clear communication in writing. Accessing grants such as the TLIF and TLEF, they have integrated peer tutors into the writing process for specific course assignments in classes with large enrolments, creating opportunities for students to talk about their ideas and drafts with experienced UofM students who are not evaluating their work. Each initiative has included an assessment in which students provide their feedback on the experience. In this colloquium, Ken and Kathy will share what they have learned about the impact of integrating writing tutors in the classroom, both for students and professors. Their observations will be based on their joint projects as well as other similar ALC course-specific initiatives.

Date and time: Wednesday, November 13, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Room 108 - St. John's College (92 Dysart Road)
Facilitator: Matthew Quesnel

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Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series

The Centre is excited to host the 2024-2025 Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series, a collection of six professional development opportunities related to academic integrity. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to individuals who register and attend all six sessions in this series. Visit the Manitoba Academic Integrity Network Speaker Series website for more details.

Session 2: The New Frontier of Academic Integrity: Postplagiarism and Its Implications  

As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) increasingly permeates post-secondary education, traditional notions of plagiarism, authorship, and creativity are being profoundly challenged. This session explores the concept of postplagiarism, a paradigm shift that acknowledges the hybridization of human and AI-generated content. Based on a quantitative study involving students from multiple countries, the session will share students' perceptions of postplagiarism, focusing on their acceptance of hybrid writing, the evolving role of creativity, and the necessity of redefining academic integrity in this new context. Attendees will gain insights into the implications of these shifts for educational policy and practice and the need for institutions to rethink their academic integrity frameworks in the face of rapid technological advancements. 

Date and time: November 20, 2024, 9:00 AM to 9:55 AM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Special presenter: Dr. Rahul Kumar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Brock University

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Peer-peer Learning

Peer-peer interaction, whether it be through case studies, group projects, discussions, or collaborative reports, is purported to result in engaging and effective learning. What characteristics make it so? Characterize your current peer-peer learning activities and explore two instructor-tested activities that might apply to your context.  Strategies to address challenges of your peer-peer learning experiences, whether they be online or face-to-face, will be shared.

Date and time: Thursday, November 21, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Mona Maxwell

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Experiential Learning Community of Practice Monthly Meeting - The Flipped Classroom as Experiential Learning

The Experiential Learning Community of Practice is a growing network of UM faculty, instructors, and staff passionate about experiential education.

Monthly meetings
Join our monthly meetings to build relationships with other CoP members, explore best practices and innovations, and participate in engaging conversations.

The Flipped Classroom
At this session, we'll explore The Flipped Classroom as a model for bringing experiential learning to courses. 

Date and time: Wednesday, November 27, 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Gerardo Villagran Becerra, and Meaghan Ewharekuko

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TLCN09 Reflective Practice

John Dewey observed that, “We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” In order to become a better teacher, it is necessary to reflect on what we do and why we do it – to ask ourselves, is what we do effective? In this workshop we will explore several models of self-reflection, including the Gibbs’ Model, as methods for engaging in a reflective practice. Participants will also have the opportunity to share their own successes and struggles as they strive to become a better teacher.

Date and time: Thursday, December 05, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Meaghan Ewharekuko

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TLCN10 Self-Evaluation of Teaching Practice

Feedback and evaluation of teaching are part of every teacher’s life. How do you make sense of the evaluative feedback you receive from SRI scores, daily classroom experiences and student grades? This workshop examines the theory and practice of evaluation and suggests practical strategies for integrating effective evaluative practices into your teaching. Please note that this workshop does not cover the design and creation of student assessments. 

Date and time: Monday, December 9, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Joanna Koulouriotis

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TLCN02 Teaching and Technology

In this workshop, we will explore a framework for using technology in teaching and learning. Rather than a technology ‘how-to’ session, the focus will be on providing a method for evaluating technology that supports the goals of teaching and learning. We will also discuss the benefits and challenges of using technology in the classroom.

Date and time: Monday, December 9, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Iwona Gniadek and Mona Maxwell

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TLCN03 Navigating Challenging Student Situations

As instructors, you may have experienced behaviour by your students that you felt was disrespectful, rude, or disruptive. These can be challenging situations to deal with. Staff from Student Advocacy and Case Management and the Office of Human Rights and Conflict Management will provide an overview of pertinent University policies and procedures to help you understand your rights and responsibilities as an instructor. This interactive workshop will provide you with strategies and tips for preventing and responding to these behaviours.

Date and time: Tuesday, December 10, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Heather Morris and Megan Bowman

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TLCN07 Mental Health in the Classroom: Responding to Students Demonstrating Mental Health Distress

Young adults are highly susceptible to mental health problems. We know that most instructors encounter many students who are struggling with mental health issues that affect their academic performance, behaviour in the classroom, and interactions with teaching staff.  Research also indicates that the incident rate and intensity of mental health problems experienced by students is increasing. These situations can be stressful, time-consuming, and potentially can involve risks to personal safety for the students and others. David Ness, the Director of the Student Counselling Centre at the University of Manitoba, will provide you with information about how to identify and respond effectively to student mental health issues, how to understand the factors that contribute to student distress, and how to access resources.  This interactive workshop will involve case study material to apply your knowledge of risk assessment, response alternatives, and on- and off-campus resources.

Date and time: Tuesday, December 10, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: David Ness

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TLCN08 Indigenous Knowledges for Teaching Higher Education

This workshop introduces participants to Indigenous pedagogies by contextualizing Indigenous knowledges, discussing the importance of making space for Indigenous content and knowledge transmission in the academy, and providing participants with resources about the pedagogical significance of Indigenous knowledges.

Date and time: Wednesday, December 11, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Micheline Hughes

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TLCN01 Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an orientation to teaching and learning that promotes greater student choice and agency in learning experiences, with the aim of reducing barriers to learning by providing multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression. In this workshop, participants will explore how UDL values intersect with their own teaching philosophies, identify barriers to learning for students with a range of needs, and (re)design course elements to adopt UDL guidelines in a way that is practical for instructors yet beneficial to learners.

Date and time: Wednesday, December 11, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitator: Johnathan Bevan

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Teaching Through Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is recognized as one of the 12 types of experiential learning at UM. Entrepreneurship is not only the early stage start up of businesses, but the solving of real world problems. In this workshop, participants will learn to create experiences that allow students to learn through entrepreneurship. 

Date and time: Thursday, December 12, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Janine Carmichael

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TLCN04 Academic Integrity Teaching and Learning Strategies

Do you want to promote academic integrity in your course but don’t know how?  In this workshop, we will discuss the meaning of academic integrity at the University of Manitoba, and how it relates to your teaching and learning environment (whether that be face-to-face, remote/online). We will discuss ways to implement teaching and assessment strategies that promote integrity that will allow you to focus on students’ learning and community building. Resources for academic integrity education (e.g., syllabus statements, learning activities) that you can modify and incorporate into your courses will be shared.

Date and time: Thursday, December 12, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitator: Nausheen Peerwani

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TLCN05 Developing Intercultural Teaching Competence

Every student and instructor brings their own culture into the teaching and learning contexts in which they inhabit. Similarly, every teaching and learning context is informed by and situated in institutional, regional, and national cultures. In this workshop, you’ll explore your own cultural attitudes, knowledge, and skills, and those of your learners and the environments you all find yourselves in. Then, you’ll apply this to your own teaching practices through elements of course design.

Date and time: Monday, December 16, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Cintia Costa

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TLCN06 Teaching Dossier

Increasingly, university promotion and tenure committees are requiring a teaching dossier to document your development and achievements as an educator. This workshop looks at the requirements at the University of Manitoba for teaching dossiers and covers the basics of writing a Teaching Philosophy statement and creating a teaching dossier.

Date and time: Monday, December 16, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Joanna Koulouriotis

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Deficit Thinking and Strengths-Based Approaches in the Classroom When Working With Indigenous Students

This half-day workshop will define deficit thinking and how harmful it can be to our Indigenous students. Using case studies and time for participants to work together, we will cover how historical events and policies have shaped deficit thinking, and how this impacts Indigenous students in education spaces, and ways of overcoming this unhelpful thinking pattern. The workshop will focus on strength-based strategies and best practices to implement in the classroom.

Date and time: Wednesday, January 15, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Randi Desmarais

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Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series

The Centre is excited to host the 2024-2025 Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series, a collection of six professional development opportunities related to academic integrity. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to individuals who register and attend all six sessions in this series. Visit the Manitoba Academic Integrity Network Speaker Series website for more details.

Session 3: Transparency vs. Equity: Ethical Dilemmas in the Responsible Use of AI Tools in Science  

Tomáš is an assistant professor at the Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing at the Faculty of Informatics and a member of the Ethical Committee for Research at Masaryk University, Czechia. He is President of the Board of the European Network for Academic Integrity. He is also a vice-chair of the Bureau of the Council of Europe’s Pan-European Platform for Ethics, Transparency, and Integrity in Education (ETINED), and a deputy head of the Working Committee on Ethics in Scientific and Pedagogical Work within the Council of Higher Education Institutions in Czechia. His research activities involved plagiarism detection and prevention, academic integrity policies and ethical use of artificial intelligence in education. He has led several national and international projects on academic integrity, namely plagiarism prevention. Since 2013 he has been organizing conferences on this topic. He is a certified VIRT2UE research integrity trainer.     

Date and time: Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 9:00 AM to 9:55 AM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Special presenter: Dr. Tomáš Foltýnek assistant professor at Masaryk University, Czechia

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Effective Graduate Student Supervision

This workshop will review strategies that can help in supporting graduate students throughout their program. Each graduate student is unique and will follow a different path through their degree and into their career. We will discuss how to effectively advise students, monitor their progress and provide mentorship.

Date and Time: Thursday, January 30, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Kelley Main

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Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium Series: Session 2

The 2024/25 Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium Series shares the important work of University of Manitoba scholars and educators, whose research sheds light on student support needs, barriers to support seeking, and strategies for supporting students’ learning. Over a series of three research talks, faculty, instructors, and support staff will learn from and with each other about supporting diverse learners. Each talk will be followed by a discussion period and refreshments.

Session 2:

Fostering Success: Addressing Basic Psychological Needs for Students with Learning Disabilities in Postsecondary Settings.

The number of students with Learning Disabilities (LD) at postsecondary institutions is increasing; however, their graduation rates continue to lag behind those of their peers. To address this, Dr. Goegan and her team have been exploring Basic Psychological Needs (BPNs) and the impact that the satisfaction or frustration of these needs can have on postsecondary success. Indeed, decades of research has found that supporting students’ needs for autonomy (e.g., feeling in control), competence (e.g., feeling capable), and relatedness (e.g., feeling connected to others) has a positive impact across various indicators of success. As such, this session will begin by providing a summary of research on the satisfaction and frustration of BPNs for students with LD and then explore strategies for supporting the satisfaction of students’ BPNs in postsecondary classrooms.

Date and time: Thursday, February 6, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Location: Room 325 - Education Building (71 Curry Place)
Facilitator: Matthew Quesnel

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Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series

The Centre is excited to host the 2024-2025 Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series, a collection of six professional development opportunities related to academic integrity. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to individuals who register and attend all six sessions in this series. Visit the Manitoba Academic Integrity Network Speaker Series website for more details.

Session 4: Academic Integrity in the Irish Higher Education System: Lessons Learnt and Reflections along the Way 

In 2019, legislation was passed in Ireland that criminalized the provision or advertisement of contract cheating services. Shortly thereafter, the National Academic Integrity Network, which brings together representatives from across the Irish higher education sector (and more recently the vocational/further education sector), was established. Throughout its five years of existence, NAIN has encouraged and supported the development of cultures of academic integrity in higher education institutions and produced resources to guide and assist institutions. Since 2023, elements of the N-TUTORR project, a national program of activity aimed at building capacity in the relatively new technological university sector, has been building upon and working in partnership with NAIN to progress and support the implementation of NAIN resources. In this webinar, the chair of NAIN and the N-TUTORR academic integrity project lead will discuss the benefits of collaboration and partnership and reflect upon lessons learnt. 

Date and time: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 9:00 AM to 9:55 AM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Special presenters:

• Mairéad Boland, Assistant Registrar at South East Technological University in Carlow, Ireland 
• Billy Kelly, Chair, National Academic Integrity Network (NAIN – Ireland); former Assistant Registrar and Dean of Teaching and Learning, Dublin City University,
• Dr. Frances O’Connell, N-TUTORR Lead; Vice President Student Education and Experience, Technological University of the Shannon 

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Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series

The Centre is excited to host the 2024-2025 Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series, a collection of six professional development opportunities related to academic integrity. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to individuals who register and attend all six sessions in this series. Visit the Manitoba Academic Integrity Network Speaker Series website for more details.

Session 5: Neutralizing the “Threat”: A Practitioners Guide to Re-Evaluating Student Assessments to Maintain Academic Integrity 

Technology and various tools have the power to disrupt learning and compromise academic integrity. The onslaught of genAI has caused many of us to reconsider our assessments, yet the task of assessment redesign can be daunting, and we may not know where to begin. This presentation discusses four broad "filters" through which educators can consider how to best move forward (or not) with an existing assessment. When considered with other concepts, theories, and contextual factors, these filters may help enrich our decision-making. The four filters are, Abandon, Monitor, Enhance, & Adopt, and they all intended to help "neutralize the threat" to assessments. Overall, these filters are intended to provide a guide or framework for faculty (or used by those who coach or work with faculty) when they are considering assessment redesign while promoting academic integrity. 

Date and time: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 , 10:00 AM to 10:55 AM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Special presenter: Dr. Cory Scurr, Manager of Academic Integrity, Conestoga Library & Learning Services and Chair, Academic Integrity Council of Ontario (AICO)

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Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium Series: Session 3

The 2024/25 Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium Series shares the important work of University of Manitoba scholars and educators, whose research sheds light on student support needs, barriers to support seeking, and strategies for supporting students’ learning. Over a series of three research talks, faculty, instructors, and support staff will learn from and with each other about supporting diverse learners. Each talk will be followed by a discussion period and refreshments.

Session 3:

Barriers to Support: Metastereotypes and Help-seeking Among International Students

International students face unique challenges adapting to living and studying abroad, which may influence various aspects of their postsecondary studies. The resources and support services offered by university staff, instructors, and classmates are, therefore, essential for academic success and an overall positive university experience for many international students. Dr. Matthew Quesnel’s work examines how international students’ metastereotypes of how they are viewed by Canadian faculty, staff, and students on their campus, predict whether they seek out peer support and support services offered by their postsecondary institutions. In this session, Matthew will share his research findings on international students’ metastereotypes and its relationship to their help-seeking on campus and explore how this can inform strategies for fostering a more inclusive campus environment, promoting international students’ help-seeking and academic success and well-being on campus.

Date and time: Thursday, March 6, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Location: Room 325 - Education Building (71 Curry Place)
Facilitator: Matthew Quesnel

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Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series

The Centre is excited to host the 2024-2025 Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series, a collection of six professional development opportunities related to academic integrity. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to individuals who register and attend all six sessions in this series. Visit the Manitoba Academic Integrity Network Speaker Series website for more details.

Session 6: Transforming Assessment Practices in Higher Education with the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) 

As the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technologies have become increasingly ubiquitous in higher education, and institutions must equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary for an AI-driven future. Although some institutions have attempted to ban the use of these tools and enforce this through an AI text detection strategy, this session proposes an alternative solution to this challenge. The AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) developed by Perkins et al. (2024), offers a flexible framework for incorporating GenAI into educational assessments while promoting academic integrity and ethical use of these technologies. It consists of five allowable levels of AI use in submitted assessments, ranging from 'No AI' to ‘AI Exploration’, enabling educators to design assessments that focus on areas requiring human input and critical thinking. This intervention will explore the challenges of attempting to use a detection-based approach to dealing with GenAI use in assessments, introduce the AIAS as a possible alternative, and discuss the findings of a pilot study of the AIAS at British University Vietnam which has demonstrated significant benefits in reducing misconduct and supporting student engagement and attainment. 

Date and time: Thursday, March 13, 2025 , 6:00 PM to 6:55 PM
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Special presenter: Dr. Mike Perkins, Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Research & Innovation at  British University Vietnam. 

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