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Tuesday May 20, 2025
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Ryan Mann, Faculty Development Facilitator at SAIT’s Centre for Academic Development and Innovation, and Eric Mitchell, an Automotive Services Instructor at Lethbridge Polytechnic, are actively responding to teaching and learning gaps in the Trades through innovative—and technically scholarly—work.
Despite the improvements they're making, Ryan and Eric don't really consider their work as scholarly—but framing it differently could amplify the impact.
Ryan and Eric are joined by the polytechnic's Jaddon Park (Academic Services Manager) and Craig McCarthy (Learning Experience Designer). The four discuss the value of reframing work as scholarly, the power of integrating student feedback, and the joy in discovering creative ways to pass along knowledge.Â
During the show, guests and host (Donna) mention:
- SAIT: Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyÂ
- Lethbridge PolytechnicÂ
- CTLI: Centre for Teaching, Learning, And Innovation
- ICP: Instructor Certification Program
- NIOP: New Instructor Orientation Program
- SoTL: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- LC Extension
- Community of Practice
- OER: Open Educational Resources
- Automotive Services Technician ApprenticeshipÂ
- Automotive Systems certificateÂ
- Introduction to the TradesÂ
- Electrician Apprenticeship Â
- UDL: Universal Design for LearningÂ
- EAL: English as an Additional LanguageÂ
- ChatGPT
- Alberta Minister of Advanced EducationÂ
- AIT: Apprenticeship and Industry TrainingÂ
- STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, MathematicsÂ
- The Fast and the FuriousÂ
- Gone in 60 SecondsÂ
- Calgary Corrections CentreÂ
- Integration of Trades-Based STEM Education in Canadian K-12 Schools by Josh HillÂ
- KahootÂ
- Bright Space (learning management system)
- LITL-Pod episodes:Â
- E69: How to make online learning feel like in-person community – A creative course revision at Lethbridge PolytechnicÂ
- E66: 👍 Researcher’s Guide to the Galaxy – How to practically (and painlessly) share your research project, create meaningful impact, and find your community as a Networked ScholarÂ
- E55: Environmental Psychology and Conservation – An instructor's creative course-build through the Scholarship of Teaching and LearningÂ
- E47: Updates in STEM – Sparking real-world connections between K-12 and the Trades to foster early career passionsÂ
- E29: How to Develop, Validate, and Disseminate Your Teaching and Learning Research Project through The Scholarship for Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Download Ryan's AI guidebook here: A Guide to Generative AI for Educators
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