Welcome to the Centre for Teaching Excellence

Lucas Wright to present at 2024 Teaching and Learning Symposium

We are pleased to announce that Lucas Wright, Senior Education Consultant, UBC will facilitate an exciting and  practical session on the last day of the 2024 Teaching and Learning Symposium with the title: Nurturing Learning and Enhancing Teaching with Generative AI:...

Johanna Sam keynote at 2024 Teaching and Learning Symposium

We are pleased and excited to announce that Dr. Johanna Sam will be our second keynote for the 2024 Capilano University Teaching and Learning Symposium from April 24th – 27th, 2024.

Maha Bali keynote at 2024 Teaching and Learning Symposium

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Maha Bali will be the opening keynote speaker for the 2024 Symposium on Teaching and Learning at Capilano University

Reimagining Grading: Faculty Learning Community

Back by popular demand! This Spring let’s explore how alternative  grading  can transform teaching to focus on student learning instead of grades.

Peer Observation of Teaching and Learning Workshops 2024

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!

Interactivity in eLearn with H5P and ChatGPT

H5P, integrated with eLearn, allows you to create and reuse a wide variety of interactive and engaging learning objects. With an assist from ChatGPT, you can now create these activities quickly and easily.

The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) fosters excellence, innovation, and collaboration in teaching and learning by supporting faculty and staff through programming, mentoring, professional development opportunities, and research on effective teaching practices for student learning.  

Connect with us!

Here are just a few of the things we can work on together:

  • Developing rubrics
  • Creating learning activities in and outside of class
  • Active learning strategies
  • Curricular alignment (assignments, activities and learning outcomes)
  • Building classroom community
  • Formative feedback and assessment
  • Integrating technology into your teaching

We are available for in-person and virtual one-on-one consultations Monday through Friday 8:30 am – 4:00 pm to support you in your teaching, answer questions and to explore any new ideas for innovative and evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning.

 

CTE Upcoming Events

Capilano University is named after Chief Joe Capilano, an important leader of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) Nation of the Coast Salish people. We respectfully acknowledge that our campuses are located on the unceded sovereign Indigenous Nations of Lil’wat, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm(Musqueam), Shíshálh (Sechelt), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh(Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh).

 

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