Registration is now open! Make sure to register soon to grab your spot as capacity is limited for on-campus sessions.

Prior to the event, consider completing a Teaching Excellence Framework self-assessment to help you prioritize and select sessions based on your needs and areas of growth.

The week’s activities will include the following learning opportunities. Please note that every day of Camp Horizon will include time for faculty recognition and celebrating success in teaching and learning. 

May 16, 2022: Day 1 of Camp Horizon will focus on learning support with the curriculum alignment framework (CAF). Join us for all things CAF-related including reflection on successes and trials of the past year, updating your CAF, course design and more template options. Faculty will have opportunities to engage in one-on-one and/or small group consultations and discussions.

May 17, 2022: Day 2 of Camp Horizon will feature Canvas/Ed Tech Trek sessions exploring effective pedagogical use of the Canvas learning management system. The day will also include interactive educational technology sessions, focusing on innovative and emerging technologies.

May 18, 2022: Day 3 of Camp Horizon will explore crucial Lethbridge College equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and decolonization initiatives including the Niitsitapi Strategy, the Kairos Blanket Exercise, systems thinking, land-based learning, universal design for learning (UDL), and trauma-informed teaching. The importance of both students and instructors building awareness and upholding standards of academic integrity will also be addressed. 

May 19, 2022: Day 4 of Camp Horizon will shift focus to our day-to-day teaching landscapes. Sessions will be interactive in nature and provide you with strategies that are classroom ready. These include: sparking creativity, using thinking routines/liberating structures, and incorporating the sustainable development goals. Other topics are still in development — you can check out the schedule when it is available for full details! Faculty members will also have the opportunity to attend consultations to discuss topics of interest.

Camp Horizon has 4 guiding beacons threaded throughout its professional development events and resources.  Our goal is to inspire you to strive for these beacons in your own teaching practices by giving practical and tangible ideas to try and by encouraging you to share your own ideas with our faculty community.

Lethbridge College and CTLI strive to support faculty in their professional growth. Our Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is an essential resource developed through collaboration with our faculty that identifies our teaching values and priorities. It supports and guides instructors in engaging in and prioritizing dimensions for continuous professional development and lifelong learning with the goal of improving teaching practices and benefiting student learning. Throughout Camp Horizon, we will provide guidance and opportunities to reflect on how the TEF can support you in your pursuit of teaching effectiveness and student success.

For more information on TEF, please click here.

Let’s explore together how we can embed and exemplify equity, diversity, and inclusion in our teaching, curriculum and learning experiences.

To support our collective goals of reconciliation (as outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Committee’s Calls for Action), we are also prioritizing our Niitsitapi Strategy and Indigenous ways of knowing and being throughout our gatherings.

For more information about the Niitsitapi strategy, please click here.

We are student-centered. Modelling human-centered design can inspire faculty to be student-centered in new ways and give ideas for adopting and adapting strategies in their teaching practices. A key in being student-centered is to ensure accessibility, engagement and empowerment. This beacon will highlight student-centered teaching and learning strategies, like UDL practices. Opportunities to share your experiences and successes in the classroom will be encouraged!

Website link coming soon.

To continuously learn and grow, we must continuously reflect: “Experience alone is not the key to learning” (Boud et al., 1985, p. 7); one can have the experience, but miss the meaning (Ash & Clayton, 2009, p. 26.). Reflective Practice is vital for realizing opportunities for improving teaching practices. Let’s inspire each other to question ourselves and our learning on an ongoing basis.

Website link coming soon.

We believe that meaningful engagement of stakeholders is essential to any good initiative. Below is a list of engaged stakeholders. (Classification based on CTLI engagement framework and IAP2 Public Participation Spectrum) 

We are committed to providing flexible, innovative and collaborative support for the success of diverse learners while advancing a culture of universal teaching and learning. If you have any questions or concerns about access to various sessions, parking, building layouts, or about obtaining information about Camp Horizon in alternative formats, or wish to request accommodations, please contact the Camp Horizon organizers at eddev@lethbridgecollege.ca.

Please reach out to the Camp Horizon organizers at eddev@lethbridgecollege.ca.

If you would like to facilitate a session or share a story of your teaching successes and/or stumbling blocks, please reach out to eddev@lethbridgecollege.ca.

Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P. H. (2009). Generating, deepening, and documenting learning: The power of critical reflection in applied learning. Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 1(1), 25-48. 

Boud, D., Keogh, R., & Walker, D. (Eds.). (1985). Reflection: Turning experience into learning. Routhledge.