VCC Teaching, Learning and Research Symposium
| Date | Day | Time | Room | Location |
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| March 3, 2025 | Monday |
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
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SAVE THE DATE: March 3 & 4, 2025 9:00am-3:30pm (PST)
VCC Teaching, Learning, and Research Symposium 2025:
Teaching and Learning with Heads, Hands, and Hearts
Join us at the VCC Teaching, Learning, and Research Symposium, a dynamic space designed to inspire, connect, celebrate, and deepen learning among educators, staff, students, researchers, administrators, and others in post-secondary education. As a community college dedicated to inclusivity and accessibility, our symposium is free of cost to participants and fully online.
Theme: Teaching and Learning with Heads, Hands, and Hearts
Indigenous pedagogy practiced since time immemorial centers holistic learning through attending to the mind, body, spirit and heart, and fosters learning in relationship with connection to community and to land (First Peoples Principles of Learning). Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, a Swiss educator (1746-1827), advocated for a pedagogy of holistic, integrated and experiential learning through heads, hands and hearts. Universal design for learning emphasizes providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and action and expression to accommodate diverse learners’ needs. All these approaches share a common goal of creating inclusive, holistic, and student-centered learning environments.
Stay tuned for updates. Meanwhile, we are accepting proposals to present. For more information, please visit our Symposium page.