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2026 Winter Newsletter

February 12, 2025

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Meet Our New COED Co-Chairs Elect

A 6-panel comic strip of Ashlyne (she/they) and Luyi (she/her) as cartoons, introducing themselves, reminding you about Fika Fridays, Co-mentorship meetings, and Communities of Practice. They will also be sending a membership survey in preparation for the annual fall meeting, and are excited to bring this to fruition.

We invite you to check out our photos and bios on the COED Executives webpage.

What We Learned

From the ever‑curious COED collective: here’s what we explored, questioned, and stumbled delightfully upon this month.

Addressing the AI monster in the room. Faculty who consult students as partners in the conversation get authentic results – both in terms of assessment design, but also in student assignment submissions. Check out this case study: “Assessment design through co-creation: Student-staff partnership in evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence.”

We are endlessly curious about what COED members are doing. What have you learned or changed your mind about lately? Send us your ‘Ah-ha’ and we can share it in this space for folks to try in their practice.

COED’s Alberta Connection

In October, Christopher Laursen moved to the University of Alberta in Edmonton to work with the Centre for Teaching and Learning as Senior Consultant, Curriculum Innovation. Although moving to another province, Christopher maintains his Ontario connections and continues for one more year as a Past Co-Chair with COED alongside Shirley Hall and Mercedes Cardella.

COED has long welcomed folks from outside of Ontario to join us in our communities of practice and events. In 2024, Christopher collaborated with Cosette Lemelin, Chair of the Educational Developers Network of Alberta (EDNA), to hold a pre-Fall Meeting cross-provincial professional development workshop on setting boundaries in our work. We look forward to sharing further insights with Christopher as he gains perspectives from working in higher education in Alberta.

Join Upcoming COED Community Events (Winter 2026)

Want to connect with the COED community on specific topics? Join us for our monthly informal gathering, Fika Fridays. You can also participate in one or more of the six active COED Communities of Practice (CoP) (click here to connect with CoP leads by e-mail to get info on joining their meetings, or check web links for some of the CoPs below). COED CoP co-leads can e-mail COED to add meeting sessions to the COED website.

  • Fika Friday: February 27, March 27, April 24, May 29
  • Curriculum CoP: February 24, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23 (Spring Retreat)
  • Experiential Learning CoP: February 23, March 23, April 20
  • Generative AI CoP: March 9
  • Graduate Student Development CoP: February 19, March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18
  • Indigenous Education CoP: March 16, April 13
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning CoP: March 2

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