E71: 📚 Accidental scholars — Responding to teaching and learning gaps in the Trades

2025-05-20

Ryan Mann, Faculty Development Facilitator at SAIT’s Centre for Academic Development and Innovation, and Eric Mitchell, an Automotive Services Instructor at Lethbridge Polytechnic, are actively responding to teaching and learning gaps in the Trades through innovative—and technically scholarly—work. Despite the improvements they're making, Ryan and Eric don't really consider their work as scholarly—but framing it differently could amplify the impact. Ryan and Eric are joined by the polytechnic's Jaddon Park (Academic Services Manager) and Craig McCarth...

Despite the improvements they're making, Ryan and Eric don't really consider their work as scholarly—but framing it differently could amplify the impact.

Ryan and Eric are joined by the polytechnic's Jaddon Park (Academic Services Manager) and Craig McCarthy (Learning Experience Designer). The four discuss the value of reframing work as scholarly, the power of integrating student feedback, and the joy in discovering creative ways to pass along knowledge.

During the show, guests and host (Donna) mention:

SAIT: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
- Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Academic Development and Innovation
- Automotive programs
- Apprenticeship and Trades
Lethbridge Polytechnic
- CTLI: Centre for Teaching, Learning, And Innovation
- ICP: Instructor Certification Program
- NIOP: New Instructor Orientation Program
- SoTL: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- LC Extension
- Community of Practice
- OER: Open Educational Resources
  - Making the switch from textbooks to OERs: How (and why) one instructor made the change
- Automotive Services Technician Apprenticeship
- Automotive Systems certificate
- Introduction to the Trades
- Electrician Apprenticeship
UDL: Universal Design for Learning
EAL: English as an Additional Language
ChatGPT
Alberta Minister of Advanced Education
AIT: Apprenticeship and Industry Training
- Registered Apprenticeship Program
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
The Fast and the Furious
Gone in 60 Seconds
Calgary Corrections Centre
Integration of Trades-Based STEM Education in Canadian K-12 Schools by Josh Hill
Kahoot
Bright Space (learning management system)
LITL-Pod episodes:
- E69: How to make online learning feel like in-person community – A creative course revision at Lethbridge Polytechnic
- E66: 👍 Researcher’s Guide to the Galaxy – How to practically (and painlessly) share your research project, create meaningful impact, and find your community as a Networked Scholar
- E55: Environmental Psychology and Conservation – An instructor's creative course-build through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- E47: Updates in STEM – Sparking real-world connections between K-12 and the Trades to foster early career passions
- E29: How to Develop, Validate, and Disseminate Your Teaching and Learning Research Project through The Scholarship for Teaching and Learning (SoTL)