It is with a heavy heart and deep sympathy we offer our thoughts to the Secwépemc people as the world learns more and mourns the discovery of the remains of 215 children found at the Kamloops Residential School. This is a profound tragedy. We encourage everyone to learn more, and find ways of offering meaningful support to those around us. A virtual healing circle hosted by TRU will be taking place on Thursday and a list of supports can be found here.

In our efforts to learn more, CELT is working in partnership with the TRU Library and the Thompson Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) as part of the One Book One Community Initiative. This year's book is Five Little Indians by Michelle Good winner of a 2020 Governor General's Literary Award. It tells a story of residential school survivors and the impacts of colonial violence on their lives, and the lives of those around them. Over the next year we will gathering the community together for events and initiatives.  Learn more about the project and how to get involved on the OBOC webpage.

As we move toward fall semester, we also recognize that students, faculty and staff are approaching the return to campus with a variety of complex feelings. In partnership with the Faculty of Student Development and People and Culture, we will be offering BCcampus' Capacity to Connect workshop to those interested. During the workshop participants will learn how they can play a role in supporting students' mental health and well-being. A link to the resource is provided in the recommended readings below.

Course (Re)Design Institute

Intensive (5 days), June 21-June 25

Working on a new course or tweaking an existing one?

Join either this five-day intensive workshop to map course concepts, connect learning outcomes, practice new instructional techniques, and develop activities and assessment strategies for your students. We'll use the time-tested process outlined in the 2004 book "Rethinking Teaching in Higher Education" by Saroyan and Amundsen to help you prepare your course. You'll explore course (re)design options through reflection, facilitated discussion, and peer feedback and at the end of the workshop you will be prepared to teach!

Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.  Register here.

Moodle Support

Every Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.- Noon & 2-4 p.m. 
Drop-in and meet with a Moodle expert.

To see the programming available and to register visit the Learning Technology and Innovations Calendar

Connect by accessing Support for Virtual Delivery or email moodlesupport@tru.ca.

Learning Technology Podcast

You Got This is produced by the Learning Technology and Innovation (LTI) team at Thompson Rivers University to provide just-in-time teaching and learning encouragement and support to our campus community. It's designed to support you when you need it with weekly episodes offering tips, advice, insights, and conversations with folks from across our campus community.

Your Host:
Brenna Clarke Gray, Coordinator, Learning Technology, LTI @ TRU

Visit our External Conferences page to get up to date information on upcoming conferences, including links and submission deadlines.

Here's a sneak peek at what's on there right now: [See More]

June 7-11, 2021 Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Annual Conference (Online) Conference website

June 17-18, 2021 University of Windsor International Teaching Symposium (Online) Conference website

June 22-23, 2021 2021 Canadian Symposium on Academic Integrity (Online) Conference website

July 7-10, 2021 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (Brisbane, Australia) Conference website

Sep 27-Oct 1, 2021 Open Education Global 2021 Conference (Online) Conference website

Oct 5-7, 2021 Open Education Global 2021 Conference (Nantes, France) Conference website

Did you know that CELT has a blog?

It's called In Progress. Click to view our latest posts.

One Book, One Community: A Collaboration between TRU and TNRL 

By Catharine Dishke Hondzel

One Book, One Community is a collaborative community-wide reading project between the Thompson Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) and TRU. This is the first time that TRU and the TNRL have initiated a collaborative community project, and it’s an exciting time to be using reading as a means to gather people together once again. .... {more}.

Do you have a tip or strategy to share with colleagues? An idea for an article? Would you like to be a featured author on our blog? Contact Carolyn Ives at cives@tru.ca with your idea!

Cascade Journal of Knowledge

The Cascade Journal of Knowledge disseminates knowledge (open-access) from scholars and enhances the scholarship of teaching and learning. The journal achieves this through a unique and innovative journal format: scholars submit a screen-cast/video/podcast (3-8 minutes) of an academic topic that is double-blind peer-reviewed. This year you may be interested in creating a screen-cast, podcast, or video assignment with your students!

Visit the website to learn more or contact Russell Currie in SoBE.

Armstrong, G., Daoust, M., Gil, Y., Seinen, A., Shedletzky, F., Gillies, J., Johnston, B., & Warwick, L. (2021). Capacity to connect: Supporting students’ mental health and wellness. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/capacitytoconnect/

Good, M. (2020). Five little indians. Harper Perennial.

Hoessler, C., Godden, L. (2021). Outcome-based experiential learning: Let's talk about, design for, and inform teaching, learning and career development.  Higher Education and Beyond. Information and resources at: www.hedbeyoned.ca/obel

Have you written, performed, or created something you'd like to share? Email us at CELT@tru.ca to put it in our next newsletter!

P.S. Don't forget you can rewatch your favourite or discover a new CELTalk anytime!