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The annual Foundational Learning Conference brings the community together to learn from each other, exchange ideas, and springboard future collaboration.

Theme: Advocacy for CAEC as First Step

This conference will help create a community of practice. It will prompt future collaborative work among learning organizations on this credential and subsequent projects. It will give foundational learning and its students a voice and advocacy. It will mean common learning resources to act as a standard and to provide access. It will invite much needed applied research and professional development in this area. It will create opportunities to accrue and distribute funds among the community for needed work for this cause.

 
 

Outline

8:00 AM

Setup

Coffee and Snacks

Contest Entry

9:00 AM

Block 1

Keynote

Canada! Let's Bake a CAEC: A Slice of Opportunity for Adult Learners

Ken Steele, Chief Futurist, Eduvation

10:00 AM

Block 2A

Testing

Block 2B

Management

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Block 3A

Prep

Block 3B

Access

2:00 PM

Block 4A

Panel

Block 4B

Panel

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

Contest Prizes Awarded

Collaboration Project Exchange

5:00 PM

Descriptions

Element Description
Keynote Address Ken Steele, Chief Futurist at Eduvation, will address the Canadian Adult Education Credential as a key piece of the current foundational learning landscape. This interactive presentation will connect the community on current and future challenges related to the development and delivery of CAEC.
Community Presentations Practitioners from the Foundational Learning Community will present on key topics related to CAEC in the spirit of its further development. They will have the chance to share their experience and expertise. These presentations should promote ongoing discussions and future collaborations.

Each presentation will focus on a subtheme of CAEC advocacy: testing, management, prep, and access.
Community Panels These panels will discuss challenges and next steps related to a CAEC domain. Members will be from the Foundational Learning Community of Practice. A question period will involve the audience in this debate.
Collaboration Project Exchange This exchange will be an opportunity for groups in the Foundational Learning Community to take experience and expertise shared at this conference and turn it into collaboration projects in support of CAEC.
Contest A contest will be announced at the beginning of the program. The contest will be focused on trivia and participation. Prizes will be announced and sent to the winners.
Exhibits Exhibits of resources and services from providers will be offered in a virtual hall with information and exhibitor reps.

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