SALTISE Conference

We hope this message finds you and yours in good health and in safe surroundings during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 crisis. For those who may be unwell, in precarious circumstances, or experienced a loss, our thoughts and condolences go out to you. The Annual SALTISE conference is cancelled for 2020. The Conference Committee debated whether or not to…

Thank you for attending the 8th Annual SALTISE Conference on June 3rd & 4th. We hope you had a rewarding conference and enjoyed the hospitality of our host, Dawson College. Please take a few moments to complete this survey. Your feedback is very important and will help us plan next year’s event. Our aim is to continue to improve the…

SALTISE Conference Graduate Student Award goes to… Armin Yazdani It is my pleasure to nominate my colleague Armin Yazdani for the 2019 SALTISE Graduate Student Award. I have known Armin for more than three years and it has been an absolute pleasure working with him. I met Armin when he presented at McGill’s  Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) the results of his…

SALTISE 8th Annual Conference Attracts Record Number of Attendees The 8th Annual SALTISE Conference focusing on Promoting Deeper Learning: From Analytics to New Strategies attracted over 520 attendees this year from Quebec, across Canada and overseas. This year the conference recruited a roster of prominent keynote speakers and panelists on the exciting topics of augmented intelligent tools stemming from innovations…

How does one go about deciding on a topic for a workshop proposal? Three college teachers are in an office talking about presenting workshops at conferences. I have been asked to present a session on “pedagogie numérique” in English at the AQPC this June. I am excited, although I had to check the definition to make sure that the term…

Valentine’s Day looms near but I am not thinking about romantic proposals. I am preoccupied by academic engagements in the form of workshop proposals for upcoming conferences that open their calls for papers like a garden of fascinating flowers to attract teacher/researcher bees. Yesterday’s SALTISE newsletter announced the call for proposals for its 2018 conference to be held at McGill…