Royal Roads University acknowledges that the university campus is on the traditional lands of the Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) and Lekwungen (Songhees) ancestors and families who have lived here for thousands of years. It is with gratitude that we now learn and work here, where the past, present and future if Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, faculty and staff come together.
The Conference will follow the format that were adopted in 2015 and 2017. Registration will open on Wednesday afternoon and the Conference will open with a Keynote on Wednesday night, followed by a Welcome reception. Breakout sessions will begin on Thursday morning and run until early Friday afternoon. The Conference will close with a plenary after lunch on Friday.
Registration
The cost of registration is as follows:
Early Bird Registration (before July 1st, 2019) $300.00
Presenter Registration $300.00
Student Registration $200.00
Full Registration (after July 1st, 2019) $350.00
The visit of Hatley Castle can be added at the time of registration at a cost of $20
On-campus accommodation is not reserved at the time of registration. Instead a link and a Promo Code will appear here in a few weeks for direct bookings with Campus Accommodation Services.
Please proceed to Registration.
Conference Sponsors
Program
The preliminary draft of the Program is now available and can be downloaded below. Please note there may still be slight changes carried out to the draft. Participants will be able to download the final version from September 25th. On September 20th, participants will also find available for download the book of short abstract and the full list of co-authors.
Download the Final Program here and download the Final Conference Schedule here.
We will also host the Canadian launch of the 2019 book edited by Sean Brackley and Katie Novak: “Transforming Higher Education through Universal Design for Learning: An International Perspective” (Routledge, London). Some of the 23 International authors will be present and facilitate a session highlighting their chapters.
Keynote Presentation
The Keynote, which will take place on Wednesday October 2nd at 6pm, will be offered by Dr Bonnie Stewart
Open for Whom? At the intersection(s) of UDL & Open Practice
Bonnie Stewart is an educator and social media researcher interested in the implications of digital networks for institutions and society. Assistant Professor of Online Pedagogy and Workplace Learning at the University of Windsor in Canada, Bonnie has an extensive background in digital education and adult learning. An early MOOC researcher and ethnographer of Twitter, Bonnie holds current Visiting Fellowships with the Open University of Catalonia in Spain, and with University of the Arts London, UK. Her current research interests include educators' data literacies, and what it means to know, to learn, and to be a citizen in our current information ecosystem. Bonnie does her best thinking out loud, on Twitter.
Registration
The cost of registration is as follows:
Early Bird Registration (before July 1st, 2019) $300.00
Presenter Registration $300.00
Student Registration $200.00
Full Registration (after July 1st, 2019) $350.00
The visit of Hatley Castle can be added at the time of registration at a cost of $20
On-campus accommodation is not reserved at the time of registration. Instead a link and a Promo Code will appear here in a few weeks for direct bookings with Campus Accommodation Services.
Please proceed to Registration.
Conference Sponsors
- Gold Sponsor – BCcampus
- Silver Sponsor – Blackboard ALLY
- Silver Sponsor – ReadSpeaker
Program
The preliminary draft of the Program is now available and can be downloaded below. Please note there may still be slight changes carried out to the draft. Participants will be able to download the final version from September 25th. On September 20th, participants will also find available for download the book of short abstract and the full list of co-authors.
Download the Final Program here and download the Final Conference Schedule here.
We will also host the Canadian launch of the 2019 book edited by Sean Brackley and Katie Novak: “Transforming Higher Education through Universal Design for Learning: An International Perspective” (Routledge, London). Some of the 23 International authors will be present and facilitate a session highlighting their chapters.
Keynote Presentation
The Keynote, which will take place on Wednesday October 2nd at 6pm, will be offered by Dr Bonnie Stewart
Open for Whom? At the intersection(s) of UDL & Open Practice
Bonnie Stewart is an educator and social media researcher interested in the implications of digital networks for institutions and society. Assistant Professor of Online Pedagogy and Workplace Learning at the University of Windsor in Canada, Bonnie has an extensive background in digital education and adult learning. An early MOOC researcher and ethnographer of Twitter, Bonnie holds current Visiting Fellowships with the Open University of Catalonia in Spain, and with University of the Arts London, UK. Her current research interests include educators' data literacies, and what it means to know, to learn, and to be a citizen in our current information ecosystem. Bonnie does her best thinking out loud, on Twitter.
Conference Blog
We will be using the conference blog to introduce the authors and promote the sessions in the month leading up to the conference. We will also use the blog during the event itself to develop dialogue. Lastly, if you are interested in being part of the creation of a Canadian non-profit for the promotion of UDL, this is also where you will find messages around this topic and will connect with the community of scholars and practitioners that shares this desire with you.
https://thirdpancanadianconferenceonudlblog.com/
Integrating the Edcamp recipe into the conference format
The Edcamp recipe has created much interest in the last few years because it turns the traditional conference format on its head. Edcamps, indeed, involve no speakers per se and instead invite everyone to contribute in a round table set up. It also allows participants the flexibility to determine on the day what they wish to discuss and focus on. It creates exceptional opportunities for dialogue and cross sector/ cross institution pollination. It also addresses head on the “sage on a stage” power dynamics that plague traditional conferences. As such, the Edcamp recipe is particularly well aligned with UDL in several ways, and provides significant opportunities to reflect on the ways UDL affects thedesign of professional development. The AHEAD Ireland Conference was the first, in 2018, to explore the possibilities of the Edcamp format within an academic conference on UDL, and it did so with great success by integrating parallel round table discussions. The Third Pan-Canadian Conference on UDL wishes to follow this lead, and seeks to integrate free flowing conversations, alongside the more formal break-out sessions. If you are attending the conference in Victoria and wish to facilitate a round table discussion, please contact the Organizing Committee at udlconference2019@gmail.com. There will be a room set up for spontaneous round tables on UDL in K-12, HE, accessibility services and instructional design respectively.
We will be using the conference blog to introduce the authors and promote the sessions in the month leading up to the conference. We will also use the blog during the event itself to develop dialogue. Lastly, if you are interested in being part of the creation of a Canadian non-profit for the promotion of UDL, this is also where you will find messages around this topic and will connect with the community of scholars and practitioners that shares this desire with you.
https://thirdpancanadianconferenceonudlblog.com/
Integrating the Edcamp recipe into the conference format
The Edcamp recipe has created much interest in the last few years because it turns the traditional conference format on its head. Edcamps, indeed, involve no speakers per se and instead invite everyone to contribute in a round table set up. It also allows participants the flexibility to determine on the day what they wish to discuss and focus on. It creates exceptional opportunities for dialogue and cross sector/ cross institution pollination. It also addresses head on the “sage on a stage” power dynamics that plague traditional conferences. As such, the Edcamp recipe is particularly well aligned with UDL in several ways, and provides significant opportunities to reflect on the ways UDL affects thedesign of professional development. The AHEAD Ireland Conference was the first, in 2018, to explore the possibilities of the Edcamp format within an academic conference on UDL, and it did so with great success by integrating parallel round table discussions. The Third Pan-Canadian Conference on UDL wishes to follow this lead, and seeks to integrate free flowing conversations, alongside the more formal break-out sessions. If you are attending the conference in Victoria and wish to facilitate a round table discussion, please contact the Organizing Committee at udlconference2019@gmail.com. There will be a room set up for spontaneous round tables on UDL in K-12, HE, accessibility services and instructional design respectively.