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AI DialoguesS2 E4: Researching GenAI in Higher Ed - A conversation with HEQCOI’m joined by two people from the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), Alexandra McFarlane, who’s one of the Directors, and Ryan Tishchoff who works as a Researcher. They’re here to talk about some of the research their group has been spearheading around Generative AI and how they hope to support further research in this area by creating a Consortium on Generative AI that’s made up of different stakeholders from post-secondary institutions in Ontario. You can find out more about HEQCO's request for proposals here - applications are due September 20. Have feedback or questions or want to con...2024-08-3016 min
AI DialoguesS2 E4: Researching GenAI in Higher Ed - A conversation with HEQCOI’m joined by two people from the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), Alexandra McFarlane, who’s one of the Directors, and Ryan Tishchoff who works as a Researcher.
They’re here to talk about some of the research their group has been spearheading around Generative AI and how they hope to support further research in this area by creating a Consortium on Generative AI that’s made up of different stakeholders from post-secondary institutions in Ontario. You can find out more about HEQCO's request for proposals here - applications are due September 20.
Have feedba...2024-08-3015 min
Think UDLHEQCO’s Key Recommendations with Rachel Courts and Ken Chatoor Welcome to Episode 114 of the Think UDL podcast: HEQCO’s Key Recommendations with Rachel Courts and Ken Chatoor. Rachel Courts is a Researcher at HEQCO, the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario and Ken Chatoor is a Senior Researcher at HEQCO as well. Together with their co-authors Jackie Pichette, Ofure Okujie and Ryan Tischoff, they have extensively researched UDL in Higher Education in Ontario and written a fantastic and extremely helpful work for any UDL practitioner entitled, HEQCO’s Dialogues on Universal Design for Learning: Finding Common Ground and Key Recommendations from the Sector. In this episode, Rachel and Ken o...2023-09-0844 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOIt'sNotAcademic: Episode Ten with Gary McCluskieAs institutions grapple with ways of attracting and retaining students who are underrepresented in higher education, more attention is being focused on the physical space. In this episode of It’sNotAcademic, we talk to Gary McCluskie, a principal with Diamond Schmitt Architects, a Toronto architecture firm.2018-03-2722 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOIt'sNotAcademic: Episode Nine with Val WalkerIt’s an often heard complaint. University and college graduates lack the skills that employers seek. They don’t have what it takes to thrive in today’s rapidly changing workplace. To look at this issue, the Business Council of Canada brought together representatives from some of Canada’s largest companies and those from postsecondary institutions to create the Business Higher Education Roundtable. What skills are employers looking for in new hires? Do young Canadians have them? And what can universities and colleges do to ensure they are teaching the skills that employers require?
In this episode, we speak with Val Walk...2017-12-0714 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOIt'sNotAcademic: Episode Eight with Brenda SmallTwo years ago, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued 94 calls to action, or recommendations, urging all levels of government to implement policies to acknowledge and redress the harm caused by residential schools to Indigenous people. Several of the recommendations urged governments, schools and postsecondary institutions to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into the classroom and to make instruction of residential schools, treaties and Indigenous people’s contributions to Canada a mandatory part of the curriculum. Several institutions have heeded the call.
But Confederation College, which is based in Thunder Bay, was way ahead. Together with the Negahneewin Council, it has been work...2017-11-0219 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOIt'sNotAcademic: Episode Seven with Tim Fricker, Dean of Students at Mohawk CollegeWelcome to the latest episode of It’sNotAcademic: the podcast – education conversations from HEQCO. Enrolment rates at Canadian universities and colleges have gone up considerably over the past two decades. That’s the good news. But, for a whole host of reasons, not all students who enrol in a degree or diploma program successfully complete it. Postsecondary institutions have started to turn their attention to boosting retention rates. They offer a variety of programs and services to support students, like transition and orientation programs for first-year students, mentoring programs and academic-support classes. Since 2012, Mohawk College has teamed up with the Educat...2017-09-2618 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOIt'sNotAcademic: Episode SixWelcome to the latest episode of It’sNotAcademic: the podcast - education conversations from HEQCO. Last month, HEQCO invited experts from across Canada and the world to take part in a two-day workshop examining a big question: “How do you assess quality in higher education?” One of the participants was Hamish Coates, professor of higher education at the University of Melbourne. After the workshop, Dr. Coates and HEQCO President and CEO Harvey Weingarten sat down to discuss what’s been happening in Australia’s higher education system and what lessons this holds for Ontario. Here’s what they had to say.2017-06-1331 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOIt'sNotAcademic: Episode FiveIn anticipation of our Rethinking Access conference we have explored many dimensions of access on this podcast, but one area we have not yet discussed is the skilled trades. The trades are often left out of conversations about postsecondary education, despite the demand and opportunities that are available to students.
Bobby Watt is a keynote speaker at the Rethinking Access conference and president of RJW-Gem Campbell Stonemasons Inc. He is an expert in the conservation of historic buildings, including a project on Canada’s Parliament buildings. He is also an educator who helped establish the stonemasonry program at Durham College an...2017-04-1816 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOItsNotAcademic: Episode FourIt’sNotAcademic – The podcast: Episode four with Jay Gosselin
Welcome to the latest episode of ItsNotAcademic – the podcast, education conversations from HEQCO. The importance of mentorship and positive role models is often discussed in conversations around promoting access to higher education. Obviously these concepts are important, but why? What need do mentors serve and how do you identify and connect with students who need them most?
The guest this episode is Jay Gosselin, a long-time student services professional and the founder of MentorU and the Discover Year program, an entrepreneurial initiative aimed at addressing these difficult questions. He is also a spea...2017-04-1113 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOIt'sNotAcademic Episode 3Welcome to the latest episode of ItsNotAcademic: The podcast – education conversations from HEQCO.
The Rethinking Access conference is taking place April 19 and 20 and one of the recurring themes that runs through the panel discussions is the role of early intervention programs and strategies. By the time they graduate from high school, many students have already made up their minds about whether they can or will pursue postsecondary studies.
Early intervention programs offer supports to students at a much younger ager to help them imagine themselves on campus and figure out how to get there. This sounds great in concept, but wh...2017-03-0709 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOIt'sNotAcademic: Episode 2We talk to Mehnaz Tabassum, student success advisor at Centennial College. In her current role at Centennial and previously at Pathways to Education, Mehnaz has worked to reduce barriers that can prevent students from moving on to postsecondary and succeeding while there. Hear Mehnaz talk about her experiences growing up and how they helped shape the work she does.2017-02-0112 min
It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCOIt's Not Academic: Episode 1It's Not Academic, the podcast - education conversations from HEQCO. In the first episode we speak with May Wong, Executive Director of the Omega Foundation.2016-12-2314 min