Month: January 2024

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WACC 2024 Keynotes

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You won’t want to miss these empowering WACC 2024 keynotes with Dr. Jenni Hayman and Brinda Sivaramakrishnan!

Empower – verb /ɛmˈpaʊər/: the act of inspiring or motivating individuals to believe in themselves, their potential, and their ability to effect positive change

Washington’s Annual Canvas Conference (WACC 2024)

Join us in-person March 27th – 28th at Tacoma College or virtually in Zoom for two days of EMPOWER-ing! keynote presentations.

Day 1| Dr. Jenni Hayman

Headshot of Dr. Jenni Hayman smiling. Jenni wears glasses and has light eyes, very short grey hair, and a fair complexion.

Empowering Education Through Generosity

The evolving dynamics of higher education and generosity play a pivotal role in empowering learners,, educators, and institutions. Generosity is the sharing of knowledge, sharing of power, and the co-creation of policy and process with learners and colleagues. It is the heart of open education, equity, diversity, and inclusion, genuine collaboration, and flexible, successful, technology-enriched teaching and learning. It is the heart of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Join us to envision and actively engage with a flexible and adaptable generosity-oriented education model that empowers us, our colleagues, our institutions, and most especially our learners to succeed.

Day 2| Brinda Sivaramakrishnan

Headshot of Dr. Brinda Sivaramakrishnan smiling. Brinda has dark eyes, long dark hair, and an olive complexion.

Tapping into Collective Consciousness

A missing feature in mainstream academia is acknowledging the empowering aspect of community healing that is foundational in most worldviews and cultures. The challenging work of dismantling harmful institutional precedents and building strong campuses calls for a space to reflect. Join us for a gathering that provides time to honor our individual experiences, engage in deep rest, and restore our energy reserves with breath and meditation techniques coming from an ancient lineage. Enjoy this hour empowering with a facilitator who is authentically connected to the lineage and ceremony behind the techniques.

Early bird registration ends on February 16th!

Register for the WACC 2024 Conference

To register, click the link above or copy and paste the link below into your browser. Or try the QR code!

https://bit.ly/WACC2024-Registration

QR code for WACC 2024 registration

Please visit the WACC conference web pages for more WACC 2024 info and see the WACC 2024 agenda doc for a tentative list of session times. Contact Tim Trussler at ttrussler@batestech.edu with WACC in the subject line with your registration questions. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you at the conference!

The WA eLearning Council
Professional Development Work Group

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Early bird registration for WACC 2024 is open!

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Empower – verb /ɛmˈpaʊər/: the act of inspiring or motivating individuals to believe in themselves, their potential, and their ability to effect positive change

Early bird registration for WACC 2024 is open!

Washington’s Annual Canvas Conference
March 27th – 28th

Register by March 1st to get the early bird rate!

Join us in-person at Tacoma College or virtually in Zoom for two days of sharing uplifting teaching, learning, and technology topics that will EMPOWER! your practice and help you EMPOWER! student success.

Choose how to attend!

The early bird in-person rate of only $199.00 covers both conference days and includes EMPOWERING! keynote speakers and conference presentations, conference swag, a customizable scheduling app, and access to the captioned session recordings. You’ll also get yummy breakfasts, snacks, beverages, and catered lunches! After March 1st, the in-person rate increases to $249.00.

The virtual rate of only $99.00 covers BOTH conference days and includes EMPOWERING! keynote speakers and conference presentations, a customizable scheduling app, and access to the captioned session recordings.

Register for the WACC 2024 Conference

To register, click the link above or copy and paste the link below into your browser. Or try the QR code!

https://bit.ly/WACC2024-Registration

QR code for WACC 2024 registration

Act now … the conference sells out every year!

Visit the WACC conference web pages for more info.

See the WACC 2024 agenda doc for a general list of session times. Keynote info coming soon!

Interested in presenting? Submit a WACC 2024 Proposal!

Please contact Tim Trussler at ttrussler@batestech.edu with WACC in the subject line with your registration questions. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you at the conference!

The WA eLearning Council
Professional Development Work Group

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The 2024 WACC Call for Proposals has been extended!

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What are you waiting for? Submit today!

The WACC 2024 proposal deadline has been extended to January 26th!

The 2024 WACC conference theme is EMPOWER! and we’re excited to learn about how you are empowering yourself, your students, and your fellow instructors and staff. The eLearning Council is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion and we’re looking for proposals that reflect equity-minded and re-imagined teaching, learning, and technology practices.

The conference will be held in-person at Tacoma Community College and virtually in Zoom – Wednesday and Thursday, March 27th – 28th, 2024. Due to feedback from last year’s attendees, we strongly encourage you to present in person.

All are welcome to present, so come share your amazing work! This includes faculty, staff, librarians, IT folks, instructional designers, admins, access services, student services, veteran’s services, tribal liaisons, students, and the list goes on and on. The first round of proposal approvals is already underway, but you still have an opportunity to have your topic considered.

Submit a WACC 2024 Proposal

To submit a proposal, click the link above or copy and paste the link below into your browser.

https://bit.ly/WACC2024-cfp

It’s not just all about Canvas! We’re open to receiving proposals on ALL types of teaching, learning, and technology topics, especially topics that incorporate equity-minded and re-imagined practices. Whether your presentation is designed for newbies, veterans, instructors, staff, tech wizards, people who write their passwords on post-it notes affixed to their monitor, or anyone in between – we’re interested and eager to consider your submission. Some potential topic areas to consider are:

  • All things Canvas from newbie hints to expert hacks to best practices to advanced features
  • Anything advancing equity, inclusion, and accessibility
  • Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • Excellent pedagogy/andragogy methods, practices, and tips
  • New tools for empowering students
  • Everybody’s favorite buzzword, AI
  • If all else fails, don’t forget “Other”

Please contact our professional development work group chair, Tim Trussler at ttrussler@batestech.edu, with WACC in the subject line for questions about the proposal submission process. Thank you and we look forward to reading your proposal!

The WA eLearning Council
Professional Development Work Group