{"id":1388,"date":"2017-10-23T15:13:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T19:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2021-08-04T16:58:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:58:45","slug":"dawson-college-welcomes-over-30-speakers-for-ped-day-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/dawson-college-welcomes-over-30-speakers-for-ped-day-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawson College Welcomes Over 30 Speakers for Ped Day 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acclaimed speakers with diverse areas of expertise shared their research and knowledge with Dawson College\u2019s faculty on October 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0as part of Dawson\u2019s annual Ped Day.<\/p>\n<p>Ped Day workshops encourage innovative pedagogical practices by allowing our teaching community to both showcase and be exposed to novel ideas. This year\u2019s speakers covered topics that were far-ranging, from the technical aspects of SMART boards to the interpersonal nature of sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Randall Bass, Vice Provost for Education and English Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Bass shared key findings from his research, which explores how next generation learning encourages students to become agents of positive change by bridging liberal and professional education.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Ped Day concluded with a cocktail reception announcing this year\u2019s recipients of the Director General\u2019s Teaching Excellence Awards.<\/p>\n<p>To provide feedback on this year\u2019s Ped Day, please fill out the Office of Academic Development\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/oad\/ped-day-evaluation-2017\/\">evaluation form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acclaimed speakers with diverse areas of expertise shared their research and knowledge with Dawson College\u2019s faculty on October 13th\u00a0as part of Dawson\u2019s annual Ped Day. Ped Day workshops encourage innovative pedagogical practices by allowing our teaching community to both showcase and be exposed to novel ideas. This year\u2019s speakers covered topics that were far-ranging, from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":1389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/1392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}