Overview of Service Contributions
Below is an overview of my service contributions, including a description of my role and extent of contributions.
Winter Sprint Planning Committee (August ’24 – April ’25)
In response to a departmental need for deeper collaboration and relationship-building across Instructional Designers, CELT Coordinators, and LT&I Coordinators, I helped plan and deliver the LDI Winter Sprint. From August 2024 through February 2025, I was actively involved in all stages of planning—from conceptualization to execution. The initial purpose and direction of this day was unclear, so we organized a department-wide planning day in November 2024 to gather input on themes, structure, and facilitation ideas. Following consultation, we identified a “wicked problem” for our teams to explore: how can we support Flexible Learning Initiatives and Generative AI through the lens of Digital Literacy across campus and Open Learning?
I contributed in a number of ways. I designed a Padlet activity for the department-wide planning day, helped with the creation of surveys, communicated to the department regarding survey results and scheduling, helped research location and lunch options, and helped draft the pre-reading materials and final schedule.
The day was well received and generated strong engagement. I contributed to the post-event feedback survey and helped summarize outcomes for directors. One of the next steps I’m supporting is the creation of a digital space to share project ideas and enable sign-ups for cross-unit collaboration.
Learning Technology Working Group (Ongoing)
This group meets twice per month and is a collaboration between Learning Technology & Innovation, Open Learning, and IT Services. We meet to discuss the planning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of various learning technology platforms supported at TRU. I bring forward agenda items and contribute to discussions, planning, and testing when needed.
Blended Principles Working Group (June ’25 – Ongoing)
The goal of this working group is to draft guidance for faculty around the design of blended learning to help with the development and facilitation of support resources and programming. Although the future of TRUly Flexible is unclear, we continue to meet to help prepare for future blended course offerings, in whatever form they may take. I have attended meetings to help determine the focus and scope of the working group and outline our key milestones. I have helped conduct an environmental scan of existing materials available at other post-secondary institutions, and have joined a sub-committee to help draft guidance surrounding technology and tool selection and use.
Unspent PD Funds Committee (June ’25 – Ongoing)
This committee is responsible for the allocation of unspent PD funds in the Learning Design and Innovations Department, reviewing applications three times per year. We have only met once thus far so activity has been limited. My contributions have included helping review the terms of reference for the committee and the first batch of applications.
AI Collaboratory Design CoP (June ’25 – Ongoing)
This group is responsible for developing a vision, planning logistics, and planning and delivering programming within the AI Collaboratory. My contributions have been limited to attending a full-day planning event, and sharing relevant resources through our Teams space. This initiative has been mostly driven by CELT and the Library.
Thompson-Okanagan Teaching and Learning Conference (October ’24 – May ’25)
This was the second iteration of this conference and was a partnership between TRU and UBC Okanagan. We met frequently and I was a meeting notetaker on more than one occasion. My primary contributions were negotiating discounted accommodations for conference attendees and putting together reservation instructions, and designing a “guide to Kamloops,” which included food and entertainment recommendations. In addition, I served on a sub-committee to determine the workflow for assigning presentation proposal submissions to reviewers and served as a reviewer myself. I also provided maintenance and updates to the conference website when needed. On the day of the conference, I chaired a session and provided technical support throughout.
Winter 2025 TRU AI Showcase Planning Committee (January ’25 – March ’25)
This group met frequently to plan TRU’s first AI Showcase. My primary contribution was the design and development of the conference website. I served on a sub-committee to draft the call for proposals, created an online submission form to collect proposals, and then distributed them for review. I also served on the sub-committee that reviewed and decided on the acceptance of proposals, and subsequently drafted the conference schedule. On the day of the conference, I helped with setup and chaired multiple sessions.
Fall 2025 TRU AI Showcase Planning Committee (September ’25 – November ’25)
I have again joined the planning committee for the next iteration of the TRU AI Showcase. My role looks to be similar to the previous convening of this committee. I had hoped to co-chair the committee this time, but early meetings conflicted with my parental leave so I was unable to.
Institutional Generative AI Guidelines Working Group (February ’25 – Ongoing)
This group convened under the umbrella of the Data Stewardship and Analytics for Learning and Teaching (DSALT) working group of the Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC) of Senate. The goal of this group is to develop a set of generative AI guidelines for teaching and learning, while also consulting with the Office of the Vice-President Research. I have been involved in this group from its onset, participating in asynchronous discussions, virtual drop-in sessions, environmental scans of existing AI guidelines at other institutions, and helping draft a set of principles that will help provide guidance during the next stage of drafting the guidelines.