SALTISE (Supporting Active Learning & Technological Innovation in Studies of Education), and S4 (Systems, Supporting, Student Success) is a learning community service that brings together instructors and professional development staff from English and French educational institutions within the greater Montreal area, as well as other regions of Quebec. The key goals of SALTISE/S4 are based on the ideals of implementing evidence-based pedagogy involving instructional innovations and often leveraging the use of educational technology to promote improved learning.

Objectives

SALTISE/S4 organizes events and workshops designed to aid the education community and all who are interested in developing ways to encourage greater student engagement leading to learning. Increased student engagement leads to a more successful pedagogy.  SALTISE/S4 has hosted international and national scholars, as well as provided opportunities for local experts to share best practices in the area of active learning pedagogy and the use of technology. Over the years, these activities have brought together hundreds of instructors from around Quebec.

SALTISE/S4 members have presented their expanding repertoire of best practices at conferences in Quebec, across Canada, and internationally. SALTISE/S4 members are among some of the most dedicated instructors and have won provincial and national awards for their inventiveness, design of pedagogical innovations and community building – e.g., the Shifting Minds National Award from the C21 Canada; Canadian Association of Physicists teaching award (2011 & 2013); and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education College Sector Educator Award 2012 & 2016, among others.

Funding | What we do – Conference, Awards, Innovation, Resources, Community outreach| Who’s Who at SALTISE | Purpose of our Website

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Funding

SALTISE began as a two-year Chantier 3 inter-order grant¹ funded by Quebec’s Ministry of Education, Sports and Leisure (MELS)

Grant title: L’appel à la technologie et à l’innovation pour parfaire l’enseignement des sciences, grant #1126.

Grant written by: Professors Robert Bracewell, Gail Seiler & Roger Azevedo (McGill’s Faculty of Education); Professors Elizabeth S. Charles & Silvia d’Apollonia (Dawson College); Professor Nathaniel Lasry (John Abbott College). Collaborators: Professor Ken Ragan (Faculty of Science, McGill); Professors Marielle Beauchemin & Kevin Lenton (Vanier College); Murray Bronet (John Abbott College); Chris Whittaker & Suzanne Kunicki (Dawson College).

Grant awarded: 2011-13

SALTISE/S4 owes its continued existence to funding from the Entente Canada-Québec funding agency. This provincially managed, cross-Canada program, supports education-based initiatives for minority language and second language education projects that promote improving the quality of education for students of the linguistic minority and conditions learning second languages.

Grant title: Active Learning & Pedagogical Innovation Center (ALPIC). French title: Centre d’apprentissage actif et d’innovation pédagogique.

Grant written by: Professors Elizabeth S. Charles (Dawson College) & Nathaniel Lasry (John Abbott College), grant held by Dawson College in collaboration with John Abbott College.

Grant awarded: 2014-15; 2015-16; 2016-17

¹ Chantier 3 is considered the Projet Interordre – Programme de collaboration universités – colleges. The Project title: L’appel à la technologie et à l’innovation pour parfaire l’enseignement des sciences.

What we do

Annual Conference

SALTISE hosts international and national scholars, and provides opportunities for local experts to share best practices in the area of active learning pedagogy and the use of technology through our annual conference. Check out our past conferences 

Awards

Innovations & Resources

Community Outreach

Learning Communities & Partners

Associated local communities and partners who promote evidence-based instruction, new pedagogies, and develop best practices.

Explore our Learning Communities

Mini-grants

The aim of the SALTISE Mini-Grant program is to support efforts to develop materials and tools that enrich the students learning experiences and promote the use of active learning instruction at the post-secondary level. Eligible individuals include faculty, instructional designers and professionals; and, post-doctoral and graduate students working with eligible faculty in Quebec

• Learn more about the SALTISE mini-grant program here.
• Check out the mini-grant projects SALTISE has supported here.

Innovators – Members of the SALTISE Community

SALTISE is a community of educational researchers, post-secondary instructors and faculty developers, across Montreal and the Province of Quebec who actively promote national and international collaborations and partnerships. Our common interests are the exploration and implementation of evidence-based innovations in pedagogy and educational technology.

Meet the SALTISE community

Who’s Who at SALTISE

Current Executive Members

SALTISE’s organizational structure is composed of 13-members: two Directors and 11 Executive Committee members. The aim of this structure is to have representatives from all of our participating institutions. With that, the number of members on the Executive Committee is not rigid but is intended to be expanding.

Executive Committee

Past Executive Committee Members

We thank our past committee members for their contribution and support of SALTISE.

• Nathaniel Lasry (Saltise Co-director, Physics, John Abbott College)
• Jim Sparks (Education advisor, Champlain College)
• Founding Members (emeritus and external) Roger Azevedo (North Carolina State University, external), Bob Bracewell (McGill University, emeritus), Silvia d’Apollonia (Dawson College, emeritus), Gale Seiler (Iowa State University, external)

Past Conference Committee members

Purpose of our Website

The SALTISE/S4 website is intended as a resource for its members and all who are interested in exploring ways to better implement evidence-based pedagogical practices. The tools, articles, activities, and technologies presented represent the best of our promising practices along with accomplishments and resources produced by members. Lastly, the website is a showcase of SALTISE/S4 sponsored events, most notably our Annual Conference, held in June and hosted by one of our member institutions on the island of Montreal. All information presented within the website is shared freely and not intended for any monetary gain.

For more information refer to our Terms of Use.