Come discuss Shakespeare! Once per month we look at a play by Shakespeare from the perspective that Shakespeare might have something to teach us (rather than the other way around) about politics and human nature. Open to interested Humber faculty, administrators and support staff. You don’t need a background in English literature to attend.

Our play for February is Richard II and we meet Tuesday, February 18 at 6 p.m. in E205, North Campus, Faculty of Business, Boardroom (E204F). Richard II is a history play that explores the downfall of a monarch who rules by divine right and is supplanted by a more modern breed of political king. This play has some of the most beautiful passages in Shakespeare and explores the exercise of political power, Richard's identity crisis as he is deposed, the strengths and weaknesses of monarchy, and the background to England's bloody War of the Roses.

Note our play for March will be Macbeth on Monday, March 16, with Measure for Measure on Monday, April 13.

Free text at opensourceshakespeare.org 

Arden, Signet, and Oxford editions of Shakespeare are also good.

Videos: Humber College Library has all of the BBC (early 1980’s) videos available which can be watched online. The BBC version of the play features the talents of Derek Jacobi, and Sir John Gielgud. A more recent film version (2012) features Ben Whishaw is also excellent.

RSVP to Kirk Rintoul, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Business at kirk.rintoul@humber.ca.

Limited to 16 confirmed attendees (waiting list if necessary)

The Educational Technology Committee (ETC) is hosting a series of free ETC Virtual Lunch and Learn Webinars!

This interactive webinar presents blended learning and Community of Inquiry framework as innovative approaches to course designs and technology integration.

We will discuss framework and practical tools for those working in educational leadership, policy and practice to help them innovate in their own settings developed by OECD as a culmination of the Innovative Learning Environments Project that run over decade.

We will explore blended learning designs and Community of Inquiry framework for blended learning designs. Both blended learning and Community of Inquiry framework provide flexible and diverse opportunities for designing innovative learning environments for higher education.

Presenter: Elena Chudaeva, George Brown College

Register for this webinar

Want to watch this webinar with like-minded individuals? Join your colleagues for a viewing party on February 18 at North Campus, D236 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Pandora in Blue Jeans is an original devised work based on the extraordinary world and life of Grace Metalious, whose novel Peyton Place blew the lid off small town life in the 1950s America. Banned, burned and read by millions. Featuring the work of 2020 graduating Theatre Performance and Theatre Production classes.

Tickets for the show are $15 and available at humberpandora.eventbrite.com.

For further information contact humber.theatre@humber.ca.

The Educational Technology Committee (ETC) is hosting a series of free ETC Virtual Lunch and Learn Webinars!

Students and faculty can sometimes be overwhelmed by all of the digital learning technologies available to them at their institution. What should I use? How do I use it? What have I missed? Where do I start? At Fleming there is a new starting place, the Digital Learning TechBank. It’s a space where all of the digital learning options available to students and faculty are listed to ease that decision-making process. Each tool has its own page that details the who, what, when, where, why and how. Join this session for an overview of this resource and how it is used at Fleming and to begin work on a plan for creating your own techbank for your institute.

Presenter:Terry Greene, Fleming College

Register for this webinar

Want to watch this webinar with like-minded individuals? Join your colleagues for a viewing party on February 14 at North Campus, D236 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.