Meet CTL's Karen, Lily and Katelyn

In this episode, Cree Elder John Bigstone (osow kihew ᐅᓱᐤ ᑭᐦᐁᐤ), discusses his journey through residential school and his life now as a community leader, counsellor, and healing and wellness facilitator with Andrea Menard, CTL's Lead Educational Developer, Indigenizing Curricula and Pedagogies. Together they shed light on Indigenous ways of teaching, learning, and knowing that move beyond traditional Western academic structures.   Access the transcript for this episode from this link. Music credit: "Pequeñas Guitarras" by Mr Smith (Free Music Archive) Licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License

In this episode, Mark Hall and Jacky Chow from the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine describe the distributed education model of the MSc Physical Therapy program that has been connecting Edmonton and Calgary students for more than a decade.

In this episode, Mandy Penney, CTL’s Lead Educational Developer for Digital Pedagogies and Writing Across the Curriculum, tells us about a “Community of Practice and Care” that is being piloted this summer with educators across the University. Now more than ever, Mandy says, is the time to reflect deeply on our teaching and learning practices and how we can be in good relationship with each other in the classrooms and beyond.

In this episode of the Get to Know CTL series, Everett Igobwa (Lead Educational Developer Critical Pedagogies and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity) shares what he loves about important EDI conversations he is having with instructors across the University of Alberta. We also learn about his hobbies of music, exercise, gardening, and what kind of bread he makes every week.

In this episode of the Get to Know CTL series, John Nychka (Vice Provost Learning Initiatives) and Tommy (Executive Director at CTL) share what they love about their work at the University of Alberta, and what is on their dinner table at the end of the day.

In this episode, 3rd year undergraduate student Katrina Hewitt speaks about valuable teaching strategies she has experienced in her courses over the past two academic years at the University of Alberta and shares some of her own self-directed learning strategies.

In this episode, 4th year undergraduate student Robel Ng’ong’a speaks about valuable teaching strategies he has experienced in his courses over the past two academic years and shares some of his own self-directed learning strategies.

In this episode of the Get to Know CTL series, Karen, Lily and Katelyn speak about their expert, supportive, behind-the-scenes work for operations, communications, and content development. 

In this episode, Kat Danser, Education Curriculum Developer with FGSR, discusses the importance of student motivation, underlying educational theories, and actionable strategies that instructors can use in their courses to boost and sustain student motivation throughout the semester.

In this episode of the Get to Know CTL series, Brad and Bradon share how they help U of A instructors with course assessments and how important data is to informing with work we do at CTL.