Welcome to the Centre for Teaching Excellence

Lydia Watson asks: What would a compassionate classroom look like? How do we shift from feeling bad for our students to acting on our feelings?

We are very pleased to welcome Tania Barron Loken to the Centre for Teaching Excellence as the Educational Developer – Work-Integrated Learning.

At a recent CTE meeting I joked that I should record myself and then post the reflections as blogs. Apparently, I was only half joking because that’s what I’ve now decided to do. This post is compiled from my memory of the land acknowledgement and reflection at our most recent CTE meeting.

“Dead ideas” in teaching and learning are often firmly embedded in popular culture and sometimes in the pedagogical choices we make. 

Recent updates to eLearn/Moodle have provided access to some new tools for building accessibility into your eLearn course site.

If you’ve participated in faculty evaluations as a colleague, chair, coordinator or convenor, you may have thought to yourself, “There’s got to be a better way!”—And, you’re right!

In consultation with faculty and colleagues, the Centre for Teaching Excellence has created an updated list of recommendations and resources for faculty who are navigating this tricky path.