<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Hi Everyone</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">On December 10, UBC¹s Faculty of Education will host an online information session for the<span style="color: rgb(178, 89, 39);" class=""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><a href="http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/MED3?utm_source=Direct&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=13-12+MED3" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(178, 89, 39);" class="">Master of Museum Education program</span></a> a part-time, 2.5 year program <b class=""><i class="">open to participants across Canada</i></b>. The program is delivered 90% online.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Focusing on the study of education and learning that occurs in museums and other informal learning context, the programs draws together <b class=""><i class="">Museum professionals, educators</i></b> and those with an interest in using the community to support teaching and learning to further their thinking and scholarship around <b class=""><i class="">museums as sites of education and learning</i></b>.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Please join us to learn more about this unique degree program. Details for joining the information are below.</span></div><div style="font-family: ComicSansMS; border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><a href="http://bit.ly/1PQls3a" style="color: purple;" class="">MM.Ed. | Master of Museum Education (MED4)</a></span></u></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(94, 134, 159); text-decoration: none;" class="">Online 90% | In-Person 10%</span></span></p><div style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(171, 108, 62);" class="">Begins September 2016 | Apply by March 1</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><a href="http://bit.ly/1PQls3a" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(171, 108, 62);" class="">pdce.educ.ubc.ca/MED4</span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: ComicSansMS; border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; border: none; padding: 0cm;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 2pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></p><div style="font-family: ComicSansMS; border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; border: none; padding: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(94, 134, 159);" class="">Develop your capacity for improving Teaching & Learning, Curriculum & Theory, and Pedagogical Practice.</span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><a name="OLE_LINK2" class=""></a><a name="OLE_LINK1" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(171, 108, 62);" class="">THE PROGRAM</span></b></a></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""><br class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">The Master of Museum Education is a unique graduate degree program focusing on the study of education and learning that occurs in museums and other informal learning contexts. This program draws together Museum professionals, educators and those with an interest in using the community to support teaching and learning to further their thinking and scholarship around museums as sites of education and learning.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">This program will provide the necessary skills and knowledge for careers as educators in informal settings such as museums, locally and globally, and to support classroom-based teachers in expanding their use of the community as a learning site. The program model is one that recognizes the need for contextualizing museum education curriculum in both home country context (which has its own unique social and political context) and in the Canadian cultural context of museum education, in which practices may be conceptualized in other beneficial ways to that of the student¹s own country of origin. The end result are graduating students that are then better able to influence the systems in their own countries with strengthened capacities to introduce beneficial reforms around museum education.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(171, 108, 62);" class="">INFORMATION SESSION Online</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(171, 108, 62);" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">4:00-5:30pm </span></b><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">(Pacific Time)</span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">To learn more, please join our livestream online information session, where we will discuss:</span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-family: ComicSansMS; margin-top: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">the nature of the MMEd program</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">the courses and scheduling</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">admission requirements</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">tuition costs</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">tips for how to apply</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">time for question and answer</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">an opportunity to meet key faculty who will teach in the program.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">To access the info session online:</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> </span></b></div><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-family: ComicSansMS; margin-top: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Ensure you have steady internet access and a headset.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Prepare to enter the session at 3:50 pm PST on December 10.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Go to </span><a href="https://bluejeans.com/278238961" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">https://bluejeans.com/278238961</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> and enter your name.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Then, select ³Browser² and then click on the ³Join Meeting² button.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Download and install the necessary plugin by following the on-screen instructions <i class="">(this only needs to be done once)</i>.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Once you are in the meeting, you can either use your microphone to ask a question, or use the chat box to type a question<i class="">.</i></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">You can perform a system check by going to the test session: </span><a href="http://bluejeans.com/111" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">http://bluejeans.com/111</span></a></div><div style="font-family: ComicSansMS; border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> </span></p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(171, 108, 62);" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(171, 108, 62);" class="">APPLICATION DEADLINE</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">March 1, 2016</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(171, 108, 62);" class="">LEARN MORE</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">Visit <a href="http://bit.ly/1PQls3a" style="color: purple;" class="">pdce.educ.ubc.ca/MED4</a> to learn more, or contact Yvette Kharoubeh at </span><a href="mailto:yvette.kharoubeh@ubc.ca" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">yvette.kharoubeh@ubc.ca</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> with your questions.</span></div><div style="font-family: ComicSansMS; border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; text-align: right;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(171, 108, 62);" class="">Pro-D Newsletter</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; text-align: right;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(12, 35, 68);" class="">We¹re here to support you in your professional development goals.<br class="">Have opportunities delivered to your inbox each month:<br class=""></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(94, 134, 159); font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="http://ow.ly/Kg72v" style="color: purple;" class="">pdce.educ.ubc.ca/newsletter</a></span></span></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div class="">Lisa McIntosh</div><div class="">Sessional lecturer</div><div class="">Master of Museum Education program</div><div class="">UBC</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>