Workshop #1
9:00AM - 12:00PM
Thursday, November 10, 2022
SoTL as Reconciliation: How might Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Ways of Being, and Ways of Doing help us to decolonize our research and teaching and contribute to reconciliation?
Mount Royal University
Research has the potential to contribute to decolonization (Smith, 1999) and reconciliation
(Wilson & Hughes, 2019) however complexities exist and it is vital that we engage in this work
in good ways. In this workshop we will work together, inspired by Indigenous ways of doing,
and you will be invited to bring, co-develop, voice, and pursue your own learning intentions
during our time together and beyond. We will draw on a Medicine Wheel protocol to support
us to reflect on our own positionalities, consider how our past experiences influence us, look
ahead to where we are going, and identify our roles and responsibilities in this work. I (Josh)
will share stories from my journey of seeking to engage in SoTL research from an Indigenist
approach and reflect on how Indigenous ontology, epistemology, and axiology (or Ways of
Knowing, Ways of Being, and Ways of Doing; Martin & Mirraboopa, 2003) is informing my
emerging research practice. I aim to create an ethical space for us to think deeply together
about how we as individuals and as a community of scholars might engage in SoTL as
reconciliation.
Through his teaching, scholarship, and service
Josh seeks to create the conditions to (re)story education as a
journey towards agency, wonder, and expansive awareness of
oneself-in-the-world. Josh, his wife Melanie, and their four
children live in Mohkinstsis near the confluence of the Bow and
Elbow rivers. Josh is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta and
his ancestors trace back to the historic Métis community in the
Red River Valley and to European Settler communities. Josh is an
Assistant Professor of Education at Mount Royal University.
Preceding his current appointment Josh was an Assistant
Professor at Ambrose University and prior to that was a teacher
and leader in Rocky View Schools. In his current research, Josh is
exploring storytelling, Indigenous land based learning,
heterarchy, decolonization, and Indigenization in the contexts of
learning, teaching, and leadership in k-12 and post secondary
education.
Workshop #2
1:30PM - 4:30PM
Thursday, November 10, 2022
I have qualitative data, now what? An introduction for empirical qualitative researchers
Mount Royal University
This half-day workshop introduces novice qualitative researchers to common empirical approaches to data analysis and coding. In particular, we will explore some of the differences between content analysis and empirical thematic analysis. Participants will practice coding (or labelling) data.
Karen Manarin, Professor of English at Mount
Royal University, is interested in how people read and how
academic identities are formed. Recent publications include
Reading across the Disciplines (2022). With the marvellous
Michelle Yeo and amazing Janice Miller-Young, she is currently
working on a SoTL methodology book.
Workshop #3
1:30PM - 4:30PM
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Student-faculty partnerships in SoTL: Exploring practice through simulation and role play
Mount Royal University
Dr. Cherie Woolmer is Assistant Professor and
Canada Research Chair (Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning), based in the Mokakiiks Centre for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning. Her research program focuses on
student-faculty partnerships in higher education, which is
informed by critical pedagogy, socio-cultural approaches to
change, and the impact of pedagogical partnerships on
institutional culture. Her recent publications focus on
approaches to co-creating curriculum with students, issues of
equity and risk in partnerships, and working with students in
the knowledge mobilization of SoTL.
She co-facilitates Mount Royal’s SoTL Development Program,
runs workshops and book studies on issues relating to
pedagogical partnerships and SoTL, and offers consultations
with faculty and students engaged in SoTL.
Mount Royal University
Sara Reena is a recent graduate and Research Assistant from Mount Royal University. She is working as a student partner in the Mokakiiks Centre for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Currently she is collaborating with a group of international researchers dedicated to investigating how SoTL was shared with students. She has various experience working in research at Mount Royal and has been heavily involved in student government and student life through undergraduate studies. She been the recipient of numerous awards such as the Mount Royal Bright Futures Award amongst others throughout her time as a Health Science Major. She is currently awaiting publication on various articles and has been heavily involved with Mount Royal since 2017.
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Odd Rune Stalheim is a Ph.D. in innovation and pedagogics. His research focuses on quality and innovation in higher education with a particular interest in digital technology and how student involvement in innovations and education contributes to professional and personal development.
Working with students as partners in SoTL provides an exciting opportunity to shift from a mode of researching on students to researching with them. The purpose of working in partnership with students is to share responsibility and develop shared ownership of the research, from inception to dissemination. However, the process of working in partnership can sometimes feel a little uncertain (or even daunting) for faculty and students. The stakes can feel high when working in partnership and the opportunities to try, fail, and try again can feel limited.
This workshop provides an opportunity to learn more about the process of working as student and faculty partners in SoTL. Drawing on scenarios developed Woolmer et al., (forthcoming), the workshop facilitators will use role plays as a way to explore different events within the research process (for example, first meetings, data analysis, writing for publication). This highly interactive workshop will give participants the opportunity to explore and practice what t feels like to set up and work through student-faculty partnerships in SoTL and to apply this to heir own practice. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend this session.