Over 100 educators and healthcare professionals attended the University of Calgary–Qatar’s first ever ‘Teaching and Learning Conference.’ Along with UCQ faculty and instructors, 28 representatives of Hamad Medical Corporation, Sidra, Qatar University and College of the North Atlantic participated.
The event was intended to bring together UCQ faculty and instructors to showcase the innovative teaching methods and learning strategies that are used in all UCQ programmes.
“Excellent in terms of sharing, excellent in terms of collaboration and excellent in terms of learning,” is how John Kelley, manager of clinical education for children’s services at Sidra, described his experience.
Cheri Macleod, College of the North Atlantic teaching specialist in learning technologies, called the conference a great initiative. “Today is the result of research that the faculty has been doing over the course of the year. It’s a good thing for people to do that reflective practice of their research and then to have an event where they get a chance to showcase what they learned.”
Twenty-seven presenters spoke on 16 topics ranging from ‘Classroom lecture capture technology’ to “Analysis of students’ approaches to information seeking.’
“Creating better learning conditions is the key to student success,” said Brad Johnson and Ken Ryba, conference organisers at the University of Calgary-Qatar.
Hissa Al Aali, associate director of the UCQ nursing project, in an address to open the conference, said, “Sharing this real-life research with other educational institutions is very important for serving the Qatar community. It’s all about educating people, enlightening them to become leaders now and in the future.” The Peninsula
