Joan Butterworth
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Joan Butterworth is a leadership educator with almost 15 years experience developing processes and programming centred on leadership development and student engagement integrating to inclusivity, experiential learning and empowerment. She is part of a great team called Campus Life & Engagement which is part of Student Services at McGill University. She has been combining her expertise in education, training and theatrical improvisation with leadership development, emotional intelligence, community/team building and communication skills. She creates engaging interactive arts-based workshops which inspire positive creative expression, cognitive flexibility as well as intellectual exchanges and encourages participants to build on their own expertise and awareness in a collaborative environment. Currently she continues to design and develop active learning workshops focused on facilitation skills for various levels of expertise and experience within academic, administrative and research environments.
Joan has degrees from McGill including a B.A. in English Literature as well as a Master’s degree in Educational Technology from Concordia. She has been active in Montreal theatre (from underground theatre to Fringe Festivals and main stage productions) for many years; she is also an avid improvisation champion, performing and teaching improv for over 25 years. She taught improvisation at Dawson’s Professional Theatre program in 2015 and gives improvisation workshops for actors and non-actors in the Montreal community. Her accessible approach to improvisation allows everyone to safely explore active learning through play, connecting to joy and creativity.
Sessions in which Joan Butterworth attends
Monday 12 June, 2023
The story of Interprofessional Education: Designing a program within programsTim Miller and Krista BulowDiscover how a team of medical technology teachers has been able to design an Interprofessional Education approach to teaching across their 7 programs. Hear directly from the team on how they found creative solutions around common barriers and how these have directly influenced some the more impactful learning opportunities for the students.&nbsp...
Designing Online Interactive Simulations for LearningCamila Lee, Preeti Raman and Justin ReichThis mini-workshop introduces the SALTISE community to Teacher Moments, an interactive digital clinical simulation platform that immerses educators in depictions of classroom life through video, audio, text, images, and animations. Participants are guided by AI agents to improvisationally respond to difficult moments in teaching through recorded audio and text. With ...
3 PresentationsWindows, mirrors and sliding glass doors: Leveraging community partnerships to provide authentic learning experiences in secondary education Emily Di Nunzio and Isabella LiuSupporting collaborative learning about Nature of Science and science identity development in a high school Biology class in OntarioElena Boldyreva, Maria Niño-Soto and James D. SlottaAI ...
Link to join the live stream: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/86300688484 “Educators collaborating to innovate: The roles digital technologies can play”As blended learning is now ...
Teaching Inclusive Teaching Strategies: A Game-Based ApproachMichael Reese and Reid SczerbaThis session will present an approach for teaching research-based, inclusive-pedagogical strategies in any modality. This approach is based on a card deck inspired by game design. The presenter will describe the approach and then model the workshop for participants so they can incorporate the approach in their academic departments and faculty development programs. The p...
3 PresentationsIt IS Rocket Science Lee Zentner and Khash AfsharFacilitating Active Learning in a 200-Student Introductory Physics CourseGarrick Burron and Carolyn SealfonLa problématisation dans l’enseignement des sciences et des technologies : de la théorie à la pratiqueNicolas-Félix Lacombe, Fatima Bousadra, Abir Ouerhani and Elijah Van Houten...
Tuesday 13 June, 2023
3 PresentationsTeachers as video game designers: A collective autoethnography of our experiences, challenges, and triumphs Neerusha Baurhoo-Gokool, Jason Lapointe and Terry SaropoulosThree Semesters in Minecraft: Lessons Learned from a Fully Flipped Online ClassDarren Wershler, Bart Simon and Stuart ThielJeux sérieux en réalité virtuelle pour apprendre les sciences : de la...
Everything You Wanted to Know About Blended Learning but Were Afraid to AskDaniel GoldsmithThis workshop will give a general overview of what blended learning is (and, perhaps more importantly, what it is not). We will explore how blended learning can be inspired and informed by active learning pedagogy. By the end of the workshop, I hope to leave you with some tools that you can use to craft a blended and/or active lesson and integrate it into your courses.
Link to join the live stream: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/86349273320 “Overcoming Challenges in Active Learning Environments”Despite active learning being recognized as a superior method of instruction in the classroom, most c...
3 PresentationsFormal fun: Eduhack as an Enzymatic Initiative for Substantiative ChangeAmarachi Onuorah, Ferdinand Ochor and Vidya SujayaL’intégration du multiculturalisme dans un cours d'introduction à l’énergie en ligne: Stratégies et leçons de l’expérienceGanna Pletnyova, Ethan Boechler, Sylvie Musongela, Rodrigo Verney Lopes Castello Branco and Jason M.K.C. DonevCross-disci...