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 ...

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...

A hands-on educational kit showcasing ethical and responsible use of AI to solve a societal issueMeghrig Terzian, Mauricio Buschinelli, Ann-Louise Davidson, Kristen Irvine and Tarik BikhandafneThis activity is a practical demonstration for teachers in STEM of how ethical and responsible AI can be used in the classroom to tackle a societal issue. Participants will use a Raspberry PI and sensors to read data and make AI decisions. The activity is one of three p...

Teaching to the Text Generation Generation Robert Stephens and Joel TrudeauWith all the media hype about how A.I. text generation systems such as ChatGPT are ushering in a new era of rampant student plagiarism and possibly the “end of homework”, many educators and wondering if they need to radically reshape their methods. In this symposium, members of the DawsonA.I. Community of Practice will demonstrate how text generation can be engaged proactively in ...

Augmenting place: Centering student work in the creation of AR Cité, an augmented reality appNancy Rebelo and Reisa LevineImagine if our city could speak… what secrets would be revealed?Over the past two years, students and faculty from a range of disciplines have been building AR Cité, an augmented reality app that brings to life stories from in and around Dawson College. Members of the production team will discuss the challenges and opportunities in ...