EdTech Sandbox Series (2024-25)

Discover the BCcampus EdTech Sandbox Series, workshops empowering educators, learning designers, and graduate students in B.C.’s post-secondary institutions to explore, experiment with, and evaluate cutting-edge tools for enhancing teaching excellence and student success. Aligned with the B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework (PDF), this program emphasizes a support technology perspective, encouraging open-mindedness, curiosity, troubleshooting skills, and the selection of appropriate tools for work and study.   

In these two-hour live streamed webinars, expert leaders will introduce and demonstrate cutting-edge, open, and free, or low-cost educational technology tools.  

By actively participating in these sandbox sessions, participants will experiment with tools, work with fellow educators to review features of the tools, gain insights into teaching activities, and discover ways to integrate these tools into courses.

EdTech Sandbox Series Sessions

1. September 18, 2024, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PT, Beyond Surveillance: The Case Against AI Detection and AI Proctoring, Ian Linkletter (BCIT)
   
2. October 16, 2024, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PT, Learning Design with ChatGPT: Implications for AI Literacy, Hajime Kataoka (UVic)
3. November 6, 2024, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PT, Design Smarter: Harnessing Canva’s AI for Enhanced Educational Outcomes, Prabhjot (Prab) Bhamra (University of Toronto)
4. January 22, 2025, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PT, Exploratory Learning: Effectively Integrating AI with Hypothesis, Julia Grav and Emily Schudel (Camosun College)
5. February 26, 2025, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PT, Exploring Animaker for Teaching and Learning, Maryam Safa Schneider (University Canada West) 

Please Note: Each session will be recorded, captioned, and made available publicly on BCcampus.ca after the event. You do not need to register to view the recordings.

Hosts:

Gwen Nguyen (she/her) is an advisor on the Learning and Teaching team at BCcampus.
Britt Dzioba (she/her) is an advisor on the Learning and Teaching team at BCcampus.

Click "Register" to sign up for one or all of the sessions in this series.