Outline of Professional Goals
Since I am new to this role, I did not have a chance to set official goals at the beginning of my contract. I knew that I wanted to challenge myself to improve in areas that I was inexperienced in, such as facilitating workshops, and I knew much of the year would be dedicated to learning and improving my skills in areas such as WordPress, Generative AI, and project management. I believe I made positive strides in these areas but still have a lot of room for growth. I had limited time to dedicate towards projects, programming, and research areas of personal interest due to the necessity of handling a large percentage of our support tickets up until the period of March, 2025.
As noted in my APAR, submitted in June 2025, I highlighted the following goals that I would like to achieve either by the end of my current contract or early on if and when I have another opportunity in this role:
- Complete the AI Fluency for Educators course for an October launch
- Develop AI programming to be developed through the AI Collaboratory
- Present or facilitate a workshop outside of TRU, such as ETUG, BCcampus, Open Education week, or an external conference.
- Continue to improve at facilitating workshopping by integrating a feedback mechanism.
- Similarly, I would like to expand the reach of my work through other mediums. For example, I have been approved to publish an article in the BCcampus Digital Toolbox blog series in January 2026.
- I would like to identify more university-wide service opportunities but have found that LTC faculty have limited opportunities.
Professional Development Activities
Workshops/Webinars Attended
- TRU Faculty of Science Professional Development Day – August 2024
- 30+30 Integrating GenAI in Assignments and Assessments (UBC) – August 2024
- Climate Action Pedagogy (Karen Costa) – August 2024
- TRU Makerspace AI Session – September 2024
- The Future of Education: Integrating Generative AI into Your Curriculum In-Person (TRU CELT) – October 2024
- Exploring GenAI Tools for Teaching Material Development (UBC) – October 2024
- GenAI Make Session: Developing Quizzes and Problem Sets with Generative AI (UBC) – October 2024
- GenAI and OER in Teaching and Learning (UBC) – October 2024
- Developing Case Studies and Scenarios with Generative AI (UBC) – October 2024
- Sustainability in Teaching, Learning and Research (CELT) – October 2024
- Assessments and Assignments in the Age of AI (Jose Antonion Bowen) – October 2024
- APARs: What are they? (TRU CELT) – January 2025
- FLO Friday: Climate Conscious AI Use – Wrestling with Environmental Impacts (BCcampus; VCC) – January 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Future-Focused Learning (Dr. Sarah Eaton) – February 2025
- GenAI Maker Session: Checking Progress and Evaluating Learning with AI (UBC) – April 2025
- GenAI Maker Session: Enhancing Teaching Materials with AI: Innovative Tools and Strategies (UBC) – April 2025
- Helping Students Develop Evaluative Judgment Through Generative AI Hallucinations and Inaccuracies (UBC) – April 2025
- GenAI Chatbots for Teaching and Learning (UBC) – May 2025
Conferences Attended
- Digital Learning Strategy Forum – November 2024
- TRU Teaching Practices Colloquium – February 2025
- Ai-Cademy: Canada Summit for Post-Secondary Education – March 2025
- TRU AI: Exploring Responsible Use & Opportunities for AI Teaching and Learning – March 2025 (also on planning committee)
- Thompson-Okanagan Teaching and Learning Conference – May 2025 (also on planning committee)
- Teaching with AI Conference – June 2025
Professional Development Offered
- In addition to the workshops and presentations listed in the Instruction section of this site, I also published a piece titled “Designing a Grading Rubric Using AI” as part of CELT’s Summer PD Series.